Breaking news on diabetes
Epitwin: Largest Ever Epigenetics Project Launched published
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
One of the most ambitious large-scale projects in Human Genetics has been launched: Epitwin will capture the subtle epigenetic signatures that mark the differences between 5,000 twins on a scale and depth never before attempted, providing key therapeutic targets for the development of drug treatments...
Concern About Rosiglitazone (Avandia) And How Drugs Are Regulated And Promoted, BMJ published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:00:00 PDT
There is serious concern about top-selling diabetes drug rosiglitazone (Avandia), its safety, as well as the whole system by which medications are regulated, evaluated and promoted worldwide, according to a BMJ (British Medical Journal) investigation. Dr. Fiona Godlee, BMJ Editor-in-Chief, thinks Avandia should not have been licensed; she believes it should be withdrawn...
Vended Foods And Beverages May Be Linked To Obesity, Diabetes And Coronary Artery Disease published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
School children who consume foods purchased in vending machines are more likely to develop poor diet quality - and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such as diabetes and coronary artery disease, according to research from the University of Michigan Medical School...
Pediatric Weight Expert Provides Obesity Trinity Answers published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
In a first person paper published in the August 27, 2010 issue of Childhood Obesity, Dr. Melinda Sothern, Director of Health Promotion and Professor of Public Health at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, provides three ways to de-program the 1950s obesity trinity underlying the current obesity epidemic in the United States and protect future generations from its health consequences...
Why Fish Oils Work Swimmingly Against Diabetes published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified the molecular mechanism that makes omega-3 fatty acids so effective in reducing chronic inflammation and insulin resistance. The discovery could lead to development of a simple dietary remedy for many of the more than 23 million Americans suffering from diabetes and other conditions...
Halozyme Begins Phase 2 Clinical Trials With Insulin Analogs Lispro And Aspart With RHuPH20 In Type 1 And Type 2 Diabetes published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HALO) announced the initiation of two Phase 2 Ultrafast Insulin treatment studies that utilize its rHuPH20 hyaluronidase enzyme (PH20) in combination with the two leading commercially available mealtime analogs: insulin aspart, the active ingredient in NovoLog®, and insulin lispro, the active ingredient in Humalog®...
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Sept. 1, 2010 published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Modified adenovirus malaria vaccine works a treat in mice Malaria kills more than 1 million individuals each year. Despite intensive research, there is still no malaria vaccine approved for use. A team of researchers, led by Moriya Tsuji, at the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, has now designed a new vaccine that provides protection from malaria in mice...
Diabetes 2 Drug Metformin May Protect Against Lung Cancer In Smokers published
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:00:00 PDT
Two studies reveal that smokers may have a significantly lower risk of developing lung cancer and colorectal cancer with the drug metformin, which is commonly prescribed for diabetes type 2 treatment, the medical journal Cancer Prevention Research informs...
More Patients Research Their Own Diseases, Seek To Manage Chronic Conditions published
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 PDT
News outlets report on how the delivery of health care is being changed by empowered patients. USA Today: "In the past, most patients placed their entire trust in the hands of their physician. Your doc said you needed a certain medical test, you got it. Not so much anymore. Though some doctors find the newer 'empowered' patients taxing, others ...
pSivida Announces Iluvien(R) Receives FDA Priority Review For Treatment Of Diabetic Macular Edema published
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
pSivida Corp. (NASDAQ:PSDV) (ASX:PVA), a leader in the development of sustained release back of the eye drug delivery systems for difficult-to-treat conditions, announced that its licensee, Alimera Sciences (NASDAQ:ALIM) has been notified that the U.S...
New Study Singles Out Factors Linked To Cognitive Deficits In Type 2 Diabetes published
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Older adults with diabetes who have high blood pressure, walk slowly or lose their balance, or believe they're in bad health, are significantly more likely to have weaker memory and slower, more rigid cognitive processing than those without these problems, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association...
Experts Wonder Why Slimming Drug Meridia (sibutramine) Is Still On The Market In USA published
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Sibutramine, brand name Meridia is an appetite suppressant, a weight loss pill. Editors at the NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine) write it is difficult for them to discern a "credible rationale for keeping this medication on the market", even though it is restricted for people without heart disease...
Growing Obesity, Diabetes Epidemics In California published
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
A majority of adults in California are obese or overweight, and more than 2 million have been diagnosed with diabetes, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research...
Diabetic Macular Edema Drug Iluvien Gets FDA Priority Review published
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:00:00 PDT
Iluvien(R) (fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal insert), an investigational sustained drug delivery system that releases sub-microgram levels of fluocinolone acetonide for DME (diabetic macular edema) treatment, has been accepted for filing and granted Priority Review States by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration, USA), Alimera Sciences, Inc. announced today...
Many Older Adults With Diabetes Are Sexually Active But Have Problems published
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:00:00 PDT
New research from the University of Chicago found that many middle-aged and older Americans with diabetes are sexually active but more likely to experience sexual problems compared with counterparts without diabetes...
Genetic Variations Associated With Development Of End-Stage Kidney Disease In Chinese Patients With Diabetes published
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Examination of a gene involved in cell signaling finds that four common variants of this gene are associated with the development of end-stage renal disease in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study in the August 25 issue of JAMA. Renal (kidney) failure is an important cause of death among patients with type 2 diabetes...
Wound Management Technologies Expands Distribution Foot Print In Florida With The Addition Of Central Medical Systems published
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Wound Management Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WNDM) announced that its subsidiary Wound Care Innovations, LLC has further expanded its rapidly growing coverage of the Florida wound care market with the addition of Central Medical Systems to its already extensive list of distributors and suppliers...
Gender Difference In Energy Compensation Effect Discovered By Researchers published
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
The results of a new scientific study from Oxford Brookes University show that the consumption of caloric beverages has different affects on short-term total energy intake in men and women...
Breastfeeding May Protect Mother From Developing Diabetes Type 2 published
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
A mother who breastfed her children has a considerably lower risk of developing Diabetes Type 2 when she is older, compared to a woman who had children but never breastfed, according to an article published in the American Journal of Medicine...
Co-Workers, Families And Friends 'Step Out' To Stop Diabetes published
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 PDT
This year, thousands of people in communities across the country will join the movement to Stop Diabetes® by participating in the American Diabetes Association's Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes event...
Diabetes Impairs But Does Not Halt Sex Among Older Adults published
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Many middle-aged and older adults with diabetes are sexually active according to a study of nearly 2,000 people aged 57 to 85 presented in the September 2010 issue of the journal Diabetes Care...
Insulin Resistance Increases Risk Of Alzheimer's - New Study published
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Rising numbers of people who are resistant to insulin or who have type 2 diabetes may also have an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease according to a new study published in Neurology. The study of 135 people from Hisayma in Fukuoka found that protein that clumps in the brain of people with Alzheimer's disease was present in higher amounts in people who were insulin resistant...
Grapefruit's Bitter Taste Holds A Sweet Promise For Diabetes Therapy published
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Naringenin, an antioxidant derived from the bitter flavor of grapefruits and other citrus fruits, may cause the liver to break down fat while increasing insulin sensitivity, a process that naturally occurs during long periods of fasting...
Researchers Study Cinnamon Extracts - Could Help Reduce Risk Factors Associated With Diabetes And Heart Disease published
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
A study led by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) chemist Richard Anderson suggests that a water soluble extract of cinnamon, which contains antioxidative compounds, could help reduce risk factors associated with diabetes and heart disease...
Lipid Peroxides Found To Be More Sophisticated Than Their Reputation published
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
In a joint study conducted by Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and a research group at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, researchers have now discovered that lipid peroxides* play a specific physiological role in the cell. Prior to this study, scientists had already established that accumulation of lipid peroxides* indicate cell stress...
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