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Posted 1/25/07Big News in Diabetes!
"It monitors the blood sugar continuously so that one knows at any point in time during the day or night what your blood sugar is," John Daniels, M.D., an endocrinologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, tells Ivanhoe.
Posted 3/6/07Chinese Plant Product may Battle Diabetes
A natural plant product found in the roots and bark of plants common to China may one day help treat people with type 2 diabetes.
Posted 8/2/06Diabetes Adds 15 Years
People with diabetes can expect to develop cardiovascular disease about 15 years sooner than people without the condition.
Posted 7/3/06Diabetics say Goodbye to Insulin
According to researchers at University of Minnesota, the most recent data shows using donor islet cells in type 1 diabetics may help reverse diabetes, making patients insulin-free.
Posted 4/17/07Diabetes Vaccine?
A new vaccine holds promise in preventing type 1 diabetes -- a disease that strikes 35,000 people each year in the United States.
Posted 6/11/07Diuretics for Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome affects the lives of 50 million Americans. New research shows a fairly inexpensive diuretic is a better treatment than another more expensive medication.
Posted 6/29/06Gardenia Fruit Compound may Treat Diabetes
A new study shows the extract contains a chemical called genipin, which may target some of the pancreatic dysfunctions of diabetes.
Posted 6/8/06Gene Increases Type 2 Diabetes Risk
New research confirms a previous finding -- a variant in a gene called "transcription factor 7-like 2" (TCF7L2) increases the risk of type 2 diabetes.
Posted 7/20/06Healing Painful Wounds -- Full-Length Doctor's Interview
Patients with diabetes may not be able to feel pain. Why is this dangerous?
Posted 1/24/07Inhaled Insulin
EXUBERA® (insulin human [rDNA origin]) Inhalation Powder is the first diabetes treatment that you can inhale. And it could change the way you manage your blood sugar.
Posted 7/17/06Keeping Diabetics Healthy
If you’re one of the 21 million people in the United States dealing with diabetes, don’t miss this week’s report on Metabolic Activation Therapy, a complex IV treatment which recent studies suggest can improve blood sugar and blood pressure, slow kidney disease progression and possible reverse nerve damage. Diabetes patients who have undergone this treatment are reporting they feel and function better.
Posted 5/15/07Medicine's Next Big Thing: Body Enhancers (Part 2 of 3)
"A person with diabetes would wear the contact lens, and one piece of it would report on the glucose in the tear fluid," Dr. Asher tells Ivanhoe. Photonic crystals are set in a standard contact lens. The crystals simply change color as blood sugar levels rise and fall. Instead of finger pricks, diabetics just need a mirror.
Posted 2/6/07New Diabetes Marker Identified
When doctors want to identify people at risk for diabetes they assess them for insulin resistance. In the future, they may also look at blood levels of the RBP4 protein.
Posted 6/15/06Newer Diabetes Meds Keep the Pounds Off
Diabetics concerned about weight gain and other side effects of standard diabetes medications might want to ask their doctors about a new class of drugs.
Posted 7/13/07Red Hot Chili Peppers Cure Diabetes
Diabetic mice became healthy virtually overnight after researchers injected a substance to counteract the effect of malfunctioning pain neurons in the pancreas. "I couldn't believe it," said Dr. Michael Salter, a pain expert at the Hospital for Sick Children and one of the scientists. "Mice with diabetes suddenly didn't have diabetes any more."
Posted 12/18/06Study Tests Oral Insulin to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes
Researchers have begun a clinical study of oral insulin to prevent or delay type 1 diabetes in at-risk people, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today. Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet, an NIH-funded network of researchers dedicated to the understanding, prevention, and early treatment of type 1 diabetes, is conducting the study in more than 100 medical centers across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia.
Posted 2/12/07Type 2 Diabetes: Treatment and Prevention
Two new studies reveal promising new ways to treat and prevent type 2 diabetes. A drug used to treat type 2 diabetes may also be the way to prevent the disease from developing in people at high risk, reveals one of the studies. The other study demonstrates how a different medication can reduce the risk of heart disease and strokes.
Posted 9/19/06The Upside of Coffee
Good news for coffee drinkers. It appears your morning java may help reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Posted 6/28/06