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• GP Groups Disappointed With Lack Of Consultation Over Policy For Patients With Diabetes, Australia

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 4:00pm CDT

  The members of United General Practice Australia are disappointed that our organisations were not consulted by the Federal Government on today's announcement in relation to proposed changes in arrangements for patients with diabetes. United General Practice Australia calls on the Government to consult with our organisations as a matter of urgency...

• Policy On The Run Will Disadvantage People With Diabetes, Australia

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 3:00pm CDT

  AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the Government's proposed voluntary enrolment plan for people with diabetes is policy on the run that will make it more difficult for patients to access vital GP services...

• Government's New Diabetes Plan "of Significant Concern" To Rural Doctors, Australia

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 10:00am CDT

  The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) has warned that a proposed plan for voluntary enrolment for diabetic patients in general practices significantly undervalues the comprehensive care that general practices already provide to patients with diabetes and is unlikely to improve their health outcomes...

• Flavonoids In Orange Juice Suppress Oxidative Stress From High-Fat, High-Carb Meal

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 7:00am CDT

  Eating foods containing flavonoids -- orange juice, in this case -- along with a high-fat, high-carbohydrate fast-food meal neutralizes the oxidative and inflammatory stress generated by the unhealthy food and helps prevent blood vessel damage, a new study by University at Buffalo endocrinologists shows...

• New Cancer Therapy May Fight Cardiovascular Disease

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 7:00am CDT

  New drugs that are helping fight a multi-front war on cancer may do the same for cardiovascular disease, Medical College of Georgia researchers said. Cancer and cardiovascular disease, both among top U.S. killers, share inflammation as a cause. Heat shock protein 90 inhibitors as a treatment could become additional common ground, said Dr...

• New Funding Model Should Improve Patient Care, Australia

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  Australian Nursing Federation welcomes a new Federal Government announcement on block funding for diabetes care in general practice. Federal Secretary Ged Kearney said the announcement heralded a significant shift in primary healthcare and was a step in the right direction...

• Women, Diabetics, Dementia Patients Most Likely To Fall In 'Doughnut Hole'; Reform Seeks To Close Coverage Gap

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  Bloomberg BusinessWeek: "Among elderly Americans, women and those with diabetes and dementia are most likely to find themselves in the Medicare Part D drug plan 'doughnut hole,' the coverage gap that occurs after a beneficiary has reached the annual coverage limit but hasn't spent enough on drugs to qualify for catastrophic coverage...

• Access Pharma Launches Clinical Development Program For Oral Insulin Product

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 3:00am CDT

  ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACCP) signed a collaborative development agreement with bioRASI, LLC, a full-service global CRO specializing in the accelerated development of novel therapeutics, to facilitate clinical development for its Cobalamin™-based oral insulin and other Cobalamin-based products...

• Diabetes Can Be Linked To Eye Problems Patients Should Work With Appropriate Health Care Providers To Decrease Risks

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 3:00am CDT

  For people with diabetes, proper nutrition can have a far-reaching effect on their health and wellness. They also have a higher risk of developing vision problems...

• K-State Study Using Chinese Wolfberries As A Dietary Supplement To Improve Vision Imperfections Caused By Type-2 Diabetes

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 3:00am CDT

  A Kansas State University researcher is exploring the use of Chinese wolfberries to improve vision deficiencies that are common for type-2 diabetics. Dingbo "Daniel" Lin, K-State research assistant professor of human nutrition, is studying wolfberries and their potential to improve damage to the retina...

• Happy Two-Year Anniversary 'Circle D' - Diabetes UK

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 2:00am CDT

  'Circle D', a Kent support group set up by Diabetes UK volunteer Shelley Bennett for 18- to 30-year-olds living with diabetes, has reached its two-year milestone. Shelley created the group after attending a Diabetes UK 3D (Diabetes, Diagnosis, Discussion) training course, which gave her the skills she needed...

• Screening For Diabetes Highly Cost Effective, Study Finds

  Posted: March 30th, 2010, 6:00am CDT

  Though some professional organizations recommend routine screening for type 2 diabetes, research now confirms it not only helps prevent or delay illness, it is also highly cost effective, according to a study commissioned by the American Diabetes Association being published today in the journal Lancet...

• Diabetes UK Calls On Next Government To Make Diabetes A Priority

  Posted: March 30th, 2010, 2:00am CDT

  Diabetes UK is calling on the next Government to make diabetes a key priority for the forthcoming Parliament. Political leadership is critical to ensure that diabetes services are prioritised at both a national and local level...

• Diabetes Raises Risk For Post-Surgical Mortality In Cancer Patients

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  Undergoing surgical cancer treatment holds greater risk for people who also have diabetes than it does for people who just have cancer, according to a study being published this month in Diabetes Care...

• Key Protein Links Insulin Action, Insulin Resistance In Diabetes

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  Biologists have long known that an enzyme called the PI 3-kinase is a crucial actor in the main molecular pathway for insulin signaling in cells. Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center now have uncovered startling evidence that one of the proteins in this enzyme also drives a pathway with an opposite result-triggering a stress response that leads to insulin resistance...

• Diabetes Raises Risk Of Death In Cancer Surgery Patients

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  People with diabetes who undergo cancer surgery are more likely to die in the month following their operations than those who have cancer but not diabetes, an analysis by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests...

• Novel Approach May Circumvent Lost Response In Insulin Due To Obesity

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have identified a new strategy for treating type 2 diabetes, identifying a cellular pathway that fails when people become obese. By activating this pathway artificially, they were able to normalize blood glucose levels in severely obese and diabetic mice. Their findings will be published online by Nature Medicine on March 28...

• Patient Enrolment In Clinical Trial For Diabetic Macular Edema

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 3:00am CDT

  A Phase II clinical trial for a promising treatment for diabetic eye disease has begun enrolling participants...

• 1 In 10 Chinese Have Diabetes

  Posted: March 28th, 2010, 3:00am CDT

  Nearly one in 10 adults in China have diabetes and most Type 2 cases remain undiagnosed, according to research published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study found diabetes to be more endemic than previously thought with figures suggesting China has more than 92 million people diagnosed with the condition and that nearly 150 million more were showing early symptoms...

• Medical Conditions Putting Seniors At Risk Of Medicare Donut Hole

  Posted: March 28th, 2010, 2:00am CDT

  Among seniors, women and patients with diabetes and dementia are the most likely to fall into the Medicare Part D prescription drug plan "donut hole" - the gap occurring after beneficiaries reach their annual coverage limit and before catastrophic coverage kicks in - according to new research published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine...

• $1 Million In Federal Funds To Develop A New Approach To Reverse Type 1 Diabetes

  Posted: March 27th, 2010, 3:00am CDT

  Researchers at the Eastern Virginia Medical School Strelitz Diabetes Center have been awarded a $1,076,250 grant by the Department of Defense (DoD) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program to develop new ways of reversing the underlying causes of Type 1 diabetes...

• Smoking, High Blood Pressure, Elevated Blood Glucose And Obesity Reduce Life Expectancy In US

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 11:00am CDT

  A new study by researchers in the US (the first to examine the effect of four preventable risk factors on life expectancy across the nation), suggests that smoking, high blood pressure, elevated blood glucose, and overweight and obesity reduce life expectancy in the US by 4.9 years in men and 4.1 years in women and lead to health disparities...

• Now You're Covered, Now You're Not: The Medicare Donut Hole

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 8:00am CDT

  New study identifies medical conditions which put seniors at high risk of unsubsidized medical prescription expenses If you're older, a woman, and suffering from either dementia or diabetes, you are the most likely to be exposed to unsubsidized medication costs in the US...

• Oramed Announces Completion Of Pivotal Phase 2b Clinical Trials Of It's Oral Insulin Capsule, ORMD-0801 For Type 2 Diabetes

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 6:00am CDT

  Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OTCBB: ORMP.OB) announced the completion of its' pivotal Phase 2b clinical study of its oral insulin capsule, ORMD-0801. The Company expects to report results from this study within the coming weeks...

• Kidney Disease Hides In People With Undiagnosed Diabetes

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  Millions of Americans may have chronic kidney disease (CKD) and not know it, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). "Our research indicates that much of the CKD burden in the United States is in persons with prediabetes and undiagnosed diabetes, who are not being screened for CKD," comments Laura C...

• A Certain Form Of Body Fat Inflammation Is Necessary For Fat Cell Turnover In The Lean, Healthy State

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  It has been a common opinion that inflammation in adipose tissue may cause insulin resistance, and thereby type 2 diabetes. However, recent research from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, question the theory that inflammation in the body fat is only pernicious...

• Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Europe B.V. Withdraws Its Marketing Authorisation Application For Repaglinide SUN (repaglinide)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  The European Medicines Agency has been formally notified by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries B.V. of its decision to withdraw its application for a centralised marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Repaglinide SUN (repaglinide) 0.5 mg, 1 mg and 2 mg film-coated tablets...

• Possible Explanation For How Weight-Loss Surgery Reverses Type 2 Diabetes

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 2:00am CDT

  A team of researchers, led by a UC Davis veterinary endocrinologist, has shown for the first time that a surgical procedure in rats that is similar to bariatric surgery in humans can delay the onset of type 2 diabetes. The researchers also have identified biochemical changes caused by the surgeries that may be responsible for that delay...

• Topical Drug To Treat Diabetic Macular Edema Tested By JDRF Funded Researchers

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 2:00am CDT

  Early-stage human clinical trials showed that a new topical drug was safe and had biological effects in a type of diabetic eye disease, and may offer researchers a new approach to prevent and treat diabetic macular edema...

• Key Enzyme Discovered To Be Master Regulator In Protein-Protein Reactions

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 2:00am CDT

  Protein phosphorylation is a process by which proteins are flipped from one activation state to another. It is a crucial function for most living beings, since phosphorylation controls nearly every cellular process, including metabolism, gene transcription, cell-cycle progression, cytoskeletal rearrangement and cell movement...

• Diabetes At Epidemic Proportions In China According To New Tulane University Study

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 2:00am CDT

  A large population-based study of diabetes in China conducted by investigators from Tulane University and their colleagues in China has concluded that the disease has reached epidemic proportions in the adult population of China. The study estimates that 92.4 million adults age 20 or older (9.7 percent of the population) have diabetes and 148.2 million adults (15...

• The Number Of Patients Diagnosed With Diabetes In Scotland Continues To Grow

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 5:00pm CDT

  New statistics from the Scottish Diabetes Survey show that 228,004 people in Scotland now have diabetes The growing numbers diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes accounts for the largest element of the increase. 199,264 now have Type 2 diabetes, up from 190,772 in 2008...

• Diabetes Major Problem In China

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 1:00pm CDT

  New research suggests there are 92 million Chinese living with diabetes, that is nearly ten per cent of China's 1.3 billion people, indicating that the disease is now a major health problem in the world's most populated country...

• Identifying The Structure Of Insulin's Docking Point

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 8:00am CDT

  Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have determined the structure of a previously unseen part of the insulin receptor, making possible new treatments for diabetes. The insulin receptor is a large protein on the surface of cells to which the hormone insulin binds. Insulin controls when and how glucose is used in the human body...

• NAVIGATOR Shows Valsartan Delayed Progression To Type 2 Diabetes In At-Risk Cardiovascular Patients With Impaired Glucose Tolerance

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 6:00am CDT

  Results from a landmark study involving more than 9,000 people showed that the high blood pressure medicine valsartan delayed progression to type 2 diabetes in patients with cardiovascular disease or risk factors and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), a common pre-diabetic condition...

• Mealtime Ultra-Rapid Acting Insulin For Inhalation Rather Than Injection

  Posted: March 24th, 2010, 6:00am CDT

  Scientists have described a new ultra-rapid acting mealtime insulin (AFREZZA™) that is orally inhaled for absorption via the lung. Because the insulin is absorbed so rapidly, AFREZZA's profile closely mimics the normal early insulin response seen in healthy individuals. AFREZZA is awaiting approval by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

• ChemoCentryx Announces Phase II Clinical Trial Of CCX140, A Novel, Orally-Available Small Molecule Antagonist Of Chemokine Receptor CCR2

  Posted: March 24th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  ChemoCentryx, Inc., announced that it has undertaken a Phase II clinical trial of CCX140, a novel, orally-available small molecule compound designed to specifically target the chemokine receptor known as CCR2...

• SEIU ULTCW Encourages Californians To 'Take The Test' To Assess For Diabetes

  Posted: March 24th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  SEIU ULTCW the United Long Term Care Workers' Union would like to encourage Californians to participate in the 22nd annual American Diabetes Association Alert Day by simply taking the free Diabetes Risk Test that helps assess the potential for developing type 2 diabetes...

• Leptin Therapy In Animal Models Shows Promise For Type 1 Diabetes

  Posted: March 24th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  Using leptin alone in place of standard insulin therapy shows promise in abating symptoms of type 1 diabetes, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report. UT Southwestern researchers, using mouse models, found that leptin administered instead of insulin showed better management of blood-sugar variability and lipogenesis, the conversion of simple sugars into fatty acids...

• Tequila Plant Ingredient May Fight Osteoporosis And Other Diseases

  Posted: March 24th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  The plant that gave the world tequila contains a substance that seems ideal for use in a new genre of processed foods -- so-called "functional foods" -- with health benefits over and above serving as a source of nutrients, scientists reported at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS)...

• Diabetes Program To Focus On Beta Cell Replication And Regeneration

  Posted: March 24th, 2010, 2:00am CDT

  The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, has said that it will begin a diabetes research collaboration with Pfizer, Hadassah Medical Organization, and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem on drugs to replicate and regenerate insulin-producing cells in people with type 1 diabetes...

• World-Class International Research Center To Be Opened In Denmark

  Posted: March 24th, 2010, 2:00am CDT

  With funds from the largest-ever private donation in Danish history, the University of Copenhagen is set to build a new center for international metabolic research at the Faculty of Health Sciences. The center will open in autumn 2010...

• What Is Diabetic Retinopathy? What Causes Diabetic Retinopathy?

  Posted: March 24th, 2010, 2:00am CDT

  Diabetic retinopathy is damage to the retina (retinopathy), specifically blood vessels in the retina, caused by complications of diabetes mellitus. Diabetic retinopathy can eventually lead to blindness if left untreated. Approximately 80% of all patients who have had diabetes for at least ten years suffer from some degree of diabetic retinopathy...

• Diabetes Services In Scotland Urged To Do More

  Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 7:00pm CDT

  As the number of people with diabetes in Scotland grows to 228,000, Diabetes UK Scotland is today urging NHS Scotland to meet the challenge to improve diabetes services and improve the health of people with diabetes...

• New Insight Into Diabetes From Sea-Creatures' Sex Protein

  Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 7:00am CDT

  A genetic accident in the sea more than 500 million years ago has provided new insight into diabetes, according to research from Queen Mary, University of London. Professor Maurice Elphick, from Queen Mary's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, says his findings could help to explain a rare form of the disease that causes sufferers to urinate more than three litres every day...

• Disease-Fighting Anti-Oxidants Discovered In Pure Maple Syrup

  Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  Before you dig in to your next stack of French toast or waffles, you might want to pour on pure maple syrup. That's because University of Rhode Island researcher Navindra Seeram, who specializes in medicinal plant research, has found more than 20 compounds in maple syrup from Canada that have been linked to human health, 13 of which are newly discovered in maple syrup...

• Genes May Exert Opposite Effects In Diabetes And IBD

  Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 3:00am CDT

  Pediatric researchers analyzing DNA variations in type 1 diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease have found a complex interplay of genes. Some genes have opposing effects, raising the risk of one disease while protecting against the other. In other cases, a gene variant may act in the same direction, raising the risk for both diseases...

• Health Reform Bill Ends The "Just Because You Have Diabetes" Excuse

  Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 6:00am CDT

  The American Diabetes Association issues the following statement on the health reform bill passing in the U.S. House of Representatives today. "Today is a day for celebration for the 23.6 million American children and adults who are living with diabetes...

• Avandia Debate "Skewed" By Pharmaceutical Company

  Posted: March 21st, 2010, 2:00am CDT

  Researchers claim that pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithkline has tried to influence the debate on the safety of diabetes treatment drug Avandia, also known as rosiglitazone, which the company manufactures. A new study claims that more than nine out of ten scientists who backed the drug had financial links to the pharmaceutical industry...

• Financial Interests Should Be Clearer To Increase Trust In Science Suggests Study Of Research Behind Anti Diabetes Drug

  Posted: March 19th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  A new US study published this week that investigated the research behind the anti-diabetes drug rosiglitazone (GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia) found that nearly all the scientific authors who provided results in favour of the drug had financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, and while this may not prove industry's interests influenced the research, it sugge...

• CPEX Pharmaceuticals Announces Preliminary Results From Its Phase 2a Clinical Trial Of Nasulin™

  Posted: March 19th, 2010, 3:00am CDT

  CPEX Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: CPEX) reported preliminary results related to its Phase 2a proof-of-concept clinical trial of the Company's nasal insulin product, Nasulin™...

• Call For More Nutrition Training For Doctors, UK

  Posted: March 19th, 2010, 3:00am CDT

  Nutrition needs to become a more important part of doctors' training as leading experts claim that current provision is "patchy"...

• Study Finds Selenium Protects Men Against Diabetes

  Posted: March 19th, 2010, 2:00am CDT

  The role of selenium in diabetes has been controversial, with some studies suggesting that it raises diabetes risk and others finding that it is protective. Now, research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Nutrition and Metabolism, has shown that, for men, high plasma selenium concentrations are associated with a lower occurrence of dysglycemia...

• Are You Surrounded By Risk? - American Diabetes Association

  Posted: March 19th, 2010, 2:00am CDT

  To combat the growing diabetes epidemic, the American Diabetes Association is asking Americans -- "What will you do to Stop Diabetes? Know your risk." On March 23, the 22nd annual American Diabetes Association Alert Day(SM), the Association is encouraging people to join the Stop Diabetes movement by taking the Diabetes Risk Test (at stopdiabetes...

• Diabetes Patients' Lives May Be Shorter If They Have Difficulty Trusting And Reaching Out To Others

  Posted: March 19th, 2010, 2:00am CDT

  Mistrust can exact a high toll. Being overly cautious or dismissive in relating to people, researchers are learning, may shorten the lives of people with diabetes. Diabetes patients who have a lower propensity to reach out to others have a higher mortality rate than those who feel comfortable seeking support. These are the findings of a five-year study reported by Dr...

• Educational Events Planned For Diabetes Alert Day In Alabama

  Posted: March 18th, 2010, 9:00am CDT

  Diabetes is one of the most significant health issues facing Alabama today and is expected to remain so in the years ahead. Two events are planned to educate and inform the public about diabetes on March 23, Diabetes Alert Day...

• Device Manages Care Online For Chronic Disease Patients

  Posted: March 18th, 2010, 7:00am CDT

  The Cleveland Plain Dealer: A pilot project at the Cleveland Clinic that monitored 250 patients with chronic diseases showed patients were able to increase the number of days between visits. The study used a medical device that shared daily patient data online with doctors and nurses and found that patients better managed their care using the system...

• 'Walk The Extra Mile' For Diabetes UK

  Posted: March 18th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  Do you like to have fun outdoors? Do you want to raise much-needed funds for diabetes research? Then why not take part in 'Walk the extra mile', a series of walks organised by Diabetes UK taking place across the UK, throughout the summer (and beyond)...

• 'Worried Well' Cost NHS Time And Money - Diabetes UK

  Posted: March 18th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  Approximately £2bn of healthcare money is wasted on adults of working age seeing their GP for a minor ailment. Almost a fifth of GP appointments are spent seeing patients for back pain, indigestion and other common complaints including coughs, colds and headaches. This is time taken away from patients who are in most need, such as people with diabetes...

• ACCORD Lipid Study Brings New Hope To People With Type 2 Diabetes And Atherogenic Dyslipidemia Says International Academic Foundation

  Posted: March 17th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  Cardiovascular risk can be reduced by an additional 31 percent in type 2 diabetes patients with atherogenic dyslipidemia, the common combination of elevated triglycerides (TG, 204 mg/dL or 2.3 mmol/L or higher) and low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C, 34 mg/dL or 0.88 mmol/L or lower). This is achieved by adding fenofibrate to simvastatin...

• Search For New Diabetes And Heart Disease Treatments Unresolved

  Posted: March 17th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  Treatment with the anti-hypertensive drug valsartan (Diovan) led to a modest reduction in the development of type 2 diabetes but did not significantly reduce cardiovascular events in patients with impaired glucose tolerance, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center and the University of Oxford...

• Amylin, Lilly And Alkermes Receive Complete Response Letter From FDA For Exenatide Once Weekly Submission

  Posted: March 17th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN), Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Alkermes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a complete response letter regarding the New Drug Application (NDA) for BYDUREON™ (exenatide for extended-release injectable suspension)...

• The Control Of Fatty Acid Uptake By Muscle Cells

  Posted: March 17th, 2010, 3:00am CDT

  A new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet shows that the blood vessels and muscles of the heart can regulate the uptake of fatty acids that we ingest through meat, milk products and other food. The researchers behind the study have also identified the way in which regulation is governed by the muscles themselves...

• FDA Requests Additional Information Regarding AFREZZA™ In Complete Response Letter To MannKind

  Posted: March 17th, 2010, 3:00am CDT

  MannKind Corporation (Nasdaq:MNKD) announced that it has received a Complete Response letter from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the New Drug Application (NDA) for AFREZZA™ (insulin human [rDNA origin]) Inhalation Powder for the treatment of adult patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus for the control of hyperglycemia...

• Publix Pharmacies Launch Free Metformin For Type II Diabetes Patients As New Diabetes Program Debuts

  Posted: March 17th, 2010, 1:00am CDT

  Publix Pharmacies launched the first phase of a new diabetes management system. The program is a multi-faceted program established to assist customers and associates living with diabetes in managing their medication, compliance, monitoring, education, nutrition and exercise...

• Sernova Announces Interim Results From Key Preclincal Study With Its Proprietary Cell Pouch SystemTM

  Posted: March 16th, 2010, 6:00pm CDT

  Sernova Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SVA) today reported interim results from a key porcine diabetes study evaluating the safety and efficacy of the Cell Pouch System™...

• News From Annals Of Internal Medicine, March 16, 2010

  Posted: March 16th, 2010, 8:00am CDT

  1. Excess Risk for Death Following Hip Fracture Persists Over Time, Especially for Men While almost all studies report an increased risk for death in the first three to six months following hip fracture, it is unclear whether this risk continues over the longer-term...

• New Research Reveals Potential New Drug For Type 2 Diabetes

  Posted: March 16th, 2010, 7:00am CDT

  An experimental oral drug has lowered blood sugar levels and inflammation in mice with Type 2 diabetes, suggesting that the medication could someday be added to the arsenal of drugs used by millions of Americans with this disease, according to new research...

• More Support For Health Benefits Of Coffee

  Posted: March 16th, 2010, 7:00am CDT

  Multitudes of people worldwide begin each day with a cup of steaming hot coffee. Although it is sometimes referred to as "the devil's brew," coffee contains several nutrients (eg, calcium) as well as hundreds of potentially biologically active compounds (eg, polyphenols) that may promote health...

• Lifestyle And Diet Still Best Ways To Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

  Posted: March 16th, 2010, 3:00am CDT

  Researchers looking at whether using a drug that lowers blood pressure (Valsartan) or a drug that lowers blood glucose levels (Nateglinide) could prevent Type 2 diabetes from developing found no great difference in the number of people who went on to develop the condition when prescribed either drug compared with the people who were prescribed a dummy pill...

• Study Shows Superior Efficacy For TAXUS(R) Express(R) Stents At One Year Compared To Bare-Metal Stents In Diabetic Patients Experiencing Heart Attack

  Posted: March 16th, 2010, 3:00am CDT

  Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced results from an analysis of one-year subset data from the HORIZONS AMI trial assessing the impact of diabetes on clinical and angiographic outcomes in heart attack patients treated with the TAXUS® Express2™ Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent System or the Express® bare-metal stent...

• Generic Drug For Type 2 Diabetes Passes Next Clinical Hurdle

  Posted: March 16th, 2010, 3:00am CDT

  Clinical studies of a generic drug called salsalate, widely prescribed for arthritis, now provide early promising results that it may be useful for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes as well. Salsalate is an atypical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent that is chemically similar to aspirin but a bit easier on the stomach...

• Mayo Clinic Proceedings Study Finds Link Between Hypoglycemia And Mortality Rates In Critically Ill

  Posted: March 16th, 2010, 2:00am CDT

  In a study published in the March issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researchers report that they have found a link between mild to moderate hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and mortality in critically ill patients. The multicenter study involved six medical centers from Australia, New Zealand and Japan...

• Abbott Statement: ACCORD Lipid Results Support Treatment Guidelines For Fibrate Use

  Posted: March 15th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  Results were presented today on behalf of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute from ACCORD, a study in patients with diabetes that evaluated cardiovascular outcomes in three distinct studies - glycemic control, blood pressure control and lipid control...

• Intensive BP, Combined Lipid Therapies Do Not Help Adults With Diabetes

  Posted: March 15th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  Lowering blood pressure to normal levels - below currently recommended levels - did not significantly reduce the combined risk of fatal or nonfatal cardiovascular disease events in adults with type 2 diabetes who were at especially high risk for cardiovascular disease events, according to new results from the landmark Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) clinical trial...

• Exercising Just Got Easier For Busy People, Study Shows

  Posted: March 15th, 2010, 3:00am CDT

  If you're the type of person who invokes the "not enough time" clause when it comes to exercising, it's time to find a new excuse. Researchers who have been studying interval training have found that it not only takes less time than what is typically recommended, but the regimen does not have to be "all out" to be effective in helping reduce the risk of such diseases at Type 2 diabetes...

• Diabetes Experts Call For Early, Integrated Treatment Approach To Help Prevent Complications And Improve Patient Outcomes

  Posted: March 13th, 2010, 4:00am CST

  Results from a new online survey of more than 300 practicing endocrinologists and family medicine physicians1 show that a large majority of physicians (83 percent)1 indicated that using a team of specialists early in the course of type 2 diabetes (T2D) treatment can help prevent serious T2D-related complications...

• TaiGen Announces Nemonoxacin (TG-873870) Once-A-Day Oral Dosing In Diabetic Foot Infection Met Primary Endpoints

  Posted: March 13th, 2010, 3:00am CST

  TaiGen Biotechnology Co., Ltd. announced the Phase II trial of nemonoxacin (TG-873870) in Diabetic Foot Infection (DFI) with once-a-day dosing met the primary endpoints and showed promising clinical efficacy and good tolerability. Nemonoxacin is a novel non-fluorinated quinolone that has a broad spectrum of activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and atypical pathogens...

• The Body's Anticipation Of A Meal Can Be A Diabetes Risk Factor

  Posted: March 13th, 2010, 2:00am CST

  Alterations in our response to the taste or smell of food may be another culprit responsible for Type 2 diabetes, according to scientists at Duke University Medical Center who have identified the specific mechanism in human specimens and in mice...

• Exploring Diabetes' Link To Eating Disorders

  Posted: March 13th, 2010, 2:00am CST

  Diabetics, under the gun to better manage their disease by controlling their food intake and weight, may find themselves in the sticky wicket of needing treatment that makes them hungry, researchers said. Attempts to maintain healthy blood sugar levels and prevent weight gain may suggest an eating disorder when the disease and its treatment are to blame, said Dr...

• Short Term High-Intensity Interval Training (HIT) As Effective As Moderate Long Term Endurance Exercise, Study

  Posted: March 12th, 2010, 12:00pm CST

  The excuse that there is not enough time to exercise effectively is beginning to wear thin according to evidence from a study by scientists in Canada who found that short term high-intensity interval training (HIT) can deliver in significantly less time the same health benefits as moderate long term "endurance" training...

• Survey: Employers Plan To Shift More Health Costs To Workers

  Posted: March 12th, 2010, 5:00am CST

  News outlets report on new trends in health insurance for employers. The Washington Post: "Most big employers plan to shift a larger share of health-care costs to their workers next year, according to a survey to be released Thursday. ...

• Growth Of Chronic Kidney Disease Highlights Need For Early Detection, Greater Knowledge Of Treatment Options

  Posted: March 12th, 2010, 4:00am CST

  As the incidence of diabetes and hypertension continues to grow worldwide - and increasing numbers of patients progressing to kidney disease and kidney failure place a financial strain on public health systems - the need for early patient education about kidney disease and treatment options, including home-based treatments, has become critical...

• Access Pharmaceuticals Reports Significant Oral Bioavailability Of Cobalamin(TM) Oral Insulin In Additional Studies

  Posted: March 12th, 2010, 4:00am CST

  ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACCP) announced that it has received reports of significant bioavailability of orally delivered insulin in two independently-conducted animal studies. The studies, which confirm earlier findings, were performed as part of on-going work with commercial collaborators that are evaluating Access' Cobalamin™ Oral Drug Delivery Technology...

• New Alterations Found In Young Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

  Posted: March 12th, 2010, 4:00am CST

  Diet and aerobic exercise are highly effective for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, but not for obese subjects that have developed the disease when very young...

• The American Diabetes Association Encourages Community Organizations To Join The Movement To Stop Diabetes

  Posted: March 11th, 2010, 4:00am CST

  The American Diabetes Association announced today their efforts to further engage community organizations across the country in raising awareness about the seriousness of diabetes and its complications through the Association's Stop Diabetes movement...

• Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality News And Numbers: High Cholesterol, Diabetes Lead Drug Spending For The Elderly

  Posted: March 11th, 2010, 4:00am CST

  Purchases of cholesterol and diabetes prescription drugs by elderly Medicare beneficiaries reached nearly $19 billion in 2007 - about one-fourth of the approximately $82 billion spent for medications for the elderly, according to the latest AHRQ News and Numbers...

• Glycated Hemoglobin Tests See Increasing Use

  Posted: March 11th, 2010, 4:00am CST

  Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) testing is one of the success stories of point-of-care diagnostics, and an area that will experience higher growth rates than other POC tests as a result of expert recommendations, new cases and booming mail-in test sales, according to the new report "Point-of-care Diagnostics 2010 and Beyond: Rapid Testing at a Crossroads," by healthcare market rese...

• Diamyd Medical: Diamyd US Phase III Study Well Under Way

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 4:00pm CST

  Diamyd Medical (STO:DIAMB)(Pink Sheets:DMYDY) announces today that one hundred study participants have been included in the ongoing US Phase III study, DiaPrevent. The global Phase III program with the company's lead drug candidate Diamyd® has thereby enrolled more than 430 children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Europe and the USA...

• Hepatitis C And Insulin Resistance - Surprising Findings

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 5:00am CST

  We have known for several years that Hepatitis C, a common cause of liver cirrhosis and cancer, also makes people three to four times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes. In studying the insulin resistance of 29 people with Hepatitis C, Australian researchers have confirmed that they have high insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes...

• Starting Treatment Early Doubles Chance Of Success For People With Diabetes

  Posted: March 10th, 2010, 3:00am CST

  The sooner people with diabetes start taking metformin, the longer the drug remains effective, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the March issue of Diabetes Care, a journal of the American Diabetes Association...

• Link Between Hepatitis C And Insulin Resistance Surprises Scientists

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 2:00pm CST

  Scientists in Australia found that when they studied insulin resistance in people with Hepatitis C little or none of it was in the liver and nearly all the insulin resistance occured in muscle, which surprised them because Hepatitis C is a liver disease that not only leads to cirrhosis and cancer, but also makes people three to four times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes...

• Obesity As Protection Against Metabolic Syndrome, Not Its Cause

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 4:00am CST

  The collection of symptoms that is the metabolic syndrome - insulin resistance, high cholesterol, fatty liver, and a greater risk for diabetes, heart disease, and stroke - are all related to obesity, but, according to a review in the March 9th issue of the Cell Press publication Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, not in the way you probably think they are...

• Higher Fast Food Prices Lead To Lower Weight, Diabetes Risk

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 3:00am CST

  A new study that followed participants for 20 years shows both weight and risk for diabetes decreased for people in communities where fast food prices increased. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study, published in the March 8, 2010, issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, also showed the reverse when fast food prices fell, then consumption, weight and diabetes risks rose...

• Eye Disease Linked To Weakened Brain Power In People With Diabetes

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 2:00am CST

  Diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in the UK's working-age population, could be associated with poorer memory and diminished brain power in people with Type 2 diabetes, according to new research¹ announced this week at leading health charity Diabetes UK's Annual Professional Conference. The study looked at 1,066 people with Type 2 diabetes aged between 60 and 75 years old...

• Is There A Link Between Drinking Too Many Sugary Drinks And Diabetes?

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 2:00am CST

  A new study claims that having sugary drinks every day could put people at a greater risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. American researchers found that the excessive consumption of sugary drinks, which can contain up to 200 calories each, contributed to 130,000 cases of Type 2 diabetes and 14,000 cases of heart disease between 1990 and 2000 in the USA...

• American Diabetes Association Applauds Senate's Efforts To Reauthorize Special Diabetes Programs

  Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:00am CST

  The American Diabetes Association applauds today's introduction of Special Diabetes Program legislation in the U.S. Senate. The bill (S. 3058) would reauthorize the Special Diabetes Type 1 Program and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians for 5 years. Each program would receive $200 million per year. Senator Byron L...

• What Will You Do To Stop DiabetesSM? Know Your Risk

  Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:00am CST

  What On the 22nd annual American Diabetes Association Alert Day, the American Diabetes Association will encourage people to join the Stop Diabetes movement by taking the Diabetes Risk Test to find out if they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes and, if they are at high risk, to speak with their health care provider...

• Major Depression More Than Doubles Risk Of Dementia Among Adults With Diabetes

  Posted: March 8th, 2010, 4:00am CST

  Adults who have both diabetes and major depression are more than twice as likely to develop dementia, compared to adults with diabetes only, according to a study published in the recent Journal of General Internal Medicine. Dementia is the progressive decline of thinking and reasoning abilities...

• Drinking Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Daily Linked To Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Increased Healthcare Costs

  Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:00am CST

  More Americans now drink sugar-sweetened sodas, sport drinks and fruit drinks daily, and this increase in consumption has led to more diabetes and heart disease over the past decade, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 50th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention...

• The Therapeutic Effect Of Worm-Derived Proteins On Experimental Colitis

  Posted: March 6th, 2010, 3:00am CST

  Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suffer from chronic inflammation of the gut leading to gastrointestinal motility alterations with symptoms such as abdominal pain, cramps and diarrhea that profoundly affect their quality of life...

• Study Examines Perceived Barriers To Care For At-Risk Patients With Diabetes

  Posted: March 6th, 2010, 3:00am CST

  Diabetes affects approximately 8 percent of the people in the United States and adults with diabetes have heart disease death rates two to four times higher than adults without diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association...

• Eye Condition Linked To Weakened Brain Power In People With Diabetes, Says New Research

  Posted: March 5th, 2010, 11:00am CST

  Diabetic retinopathy could be associated with poorer memory and diminished brain power in people with Type 2 diabetes, according to new research announced this week at Diabetes UK's Annual Professional Conference. The study looked at 1,066 people with Type 2 diabetes aged between 60 and 75 years...

• New Technique Will Probe Hidden Dynamics Of Molecular Biology

  Posted: March 5th, 2010, 4:00am CST

  Funded by a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation, University of Chicago scientists are aiming to develop a systematic method for determining how biological processes emerge from molecular interactions. The method may permit them to "rewire" the regulatory circuitry of insulin-secreting pancreatic beta cells, which play a major role in type-2 diabetes...

• People With Prediabetes Not Taking Adequate Precautions To Avoid Diabetes - New Study Published In The American Journal Of Preventive Medicine

  Posted: March 5th, 2010, 4:00am CST

  In 2005-2006, almost 30% of the U.S. adult population had prediabetes, but over 90% were unaware of their prediabetes status. Although it is known that diabetes can be prevented or delayed among adults at high risk through modest weight loss and increased physical activity, a study published in the April 2010 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine revealed that only about half of U...

• Hemoglobin A1c Outperforms Fasting Glucose For Risk Prediction

  Posted: March 4th, 2010, 6:00am CST

  Measurements of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) more accurately identify persons at risk for clinical outcomes than the commonly used measurement of fasting glucose, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. HbA1c levels accurately predict future diabetes, and they better predict stroke, heart disease and all-cause mortality as well...

• Vitamin D Lifts Mood During Cold Weather Months

  Posted: March 4th, 2010, 6:00am CST

  A daily dose of vitamin D may just be what Chicagoans need to get through the long winter, according to researchers at Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (MNSON). This nutrient lifts mood during cold weather months when days are short and more time is spent indoors...

• Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute Cardiologist Sanjay Kaul, M.D. Co-Authors Statement On Safety Of Diabetes Drugs

  Posted: March 4th, 2010, 5:00am CST

  A Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute cardiologist co-authored the joint science advisory issued by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology that calls for close monitoring of patients taking certain blood sugar-lowering drugs. Sanjay Kaul, M.D. co-authored the advisory about drugs called thiazolidinediones (TZDs) such as pioglitazone (Actos) or Rosiglitazone (Avandia)...

• Mice Show 'Global' Metabolic Improvements With Just 1 Enzyme Missing

  Posted: March 4th, 2010, 2:00am CST

  When researchers created mice lacking an enzyme that breaks down and releases stored triglycerides (more properly known as triacylglycerols or TGs), they expected to see animals with better lipid profiles. But according to a report in the March Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, they got more than they bargained for...

• Method Identified To Help Reduce Fat In The Blood

  Posted: March 4th, 2010, 2:00am CST

  Over 60 per cent of Canadians are classified as overweight or obese. This epidemic is a concern for experts around the world. One of the major problems is high levels of lipids in the blood, which can lead to cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease and Type 2 diabetes. But a University of Alberta researcher has taken a major step in protecting people against these diseases...

• Avoiding Diabetes: People With Prediabetes Not Taking Adequate Precautions

  Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 8:00am CST

  In 2005, almost 30% of the U.S. adult population had prediabetes, but over 90% were unaware of their prediabetes status. Although it is known that diabetes can be prevented or delayed among adults at high risk through modest weight loss and increased physical activity, a study published in the April 2010 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine revealed that only about half of U.S...

• Ronnie Campbell MP Gets Serious About Diabetes, UK

  Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 5:00am CST

  Diabetes UK is delighted that Ronnie Campbell, MP for Blyth Valley has shown his commitment to Get Serious about diabetes by signing up to the campaign. By offering his support, Mr Campbell has joined more than 5,000 other Get Serious supporters across the UK, in helping us achieve our mission to improve the lives of people with diabetes...

• Experts Call For Further Research Into The Relationship Between Insulin Therapy And Cancer

  Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 5:00am CST

  The benefits of using insulin to treat diabetes far outweigh the risks, but a review just published online by IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice, suggests that commonly used diabetes therapies may differ from each other when it comes to their influence on cancer risk...

• Dangers Of Doctors' Shorthand And Bad Writing - Diabetes UK

  Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 6:00pm CST

  Inappropriate use of abbreviations and illegible writing on hospital prescription charts are leading to prescription errors, according to findings presented this week at Diabetes UK's Annual Professional Conference in Liverpool...

• Diabetes UK Supports New Students And Fellows

  Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 5:00pm CST

  Diabetes UK has dedicated £828,000 to eight new research projects looking to understand the causes of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and protect against their complications. The new projects include six PhD Studentships and two Allied Health Professional (AHP) Fellowships, which have been awarded to universities across the UK, from Southampton to Glasgow...

• Frequent Napping Is Associated With Increased Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes In Older Adults

  Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 6:00am CST

  A study in the March 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that frequent napping is associated with an elevated prevalence of type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in an older Chinese population. Results show that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes was 36 percent higher (adjusted odds ratio = 1.36) in participants who reported napping four to six times a week and 28 percent higher (OR = 1...

• Celiac Disease: Pinpointing Immune System Disturbances

  Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 6:00am CST

  New research has identified four aspects of immune system disturbance which lead to the development of coeliac disease. Nearly 40 different inherited risk factors which predispose to the disease have now been identified...

• Relationship Between Extremes In Sleep Duration And Increases In Abdominal Fat In Minority Young Adults

  Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 5:00am CST

  A study in the March 1 issue of the journal SLEEP shows that African-American and Hispanic young adults with short or long sleep durations had greater increases in belly fat over a five-year period compared with those who reported sleeping six to seven hours a night...

• What Is Ketosis? What Causes Ketosis?

  Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 2:00am CST

  Ketosis occurs when there are raised levels of chemicals, called ketones, in the blood. It is a potentially very serious condition. A diet that is very low in carbohydrate can cause ketosis. Carbohydrate is the main food group. Foods high in carbohydrates include breads, pastas, beans, potatoes, bran, rice, and cereals. Most of these foods are high in starch...

• Think Globally, Act Locally To Reduce Burden Of Diabetic Kidney Disease

  Posted: March 1st, 2010, 8:00am CST

  Countries must act locally to reduce the global health burden caused by diabetic kidney disease, according to an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia...

• Diabetes Complications A Huge Health Care Burden In Poorer Countries, Not Just The Developed World

  Posted: March 1st, 2010, 5:00am CST

  A study published in /PLoS// Medicine /finds that major diabetes complications are a huge economic burden to health care systems around the world, adding new evidence in an area that has focused on cost estimates almost exclusively in the developed world...

• Cotton Thread Could Emerge As A Core Material In Low-Cost 'Lab-On-Chip' Devices Capable Of Detecting Diseases Such As Kidney Failure And Diabetes

  Posted: March 1st, 2010, 3:00am CST

  In a world first, the researchers have used ordinary cotton thread and sewing needles to literally stitch together the uniquely low-cost microfluidic analytical device, which is the size of a postage stamp...