Archive for the ‘Diabetes’ Category
Friday, October 17th, 2008
Taking regular aspirin and antioxidant supplements does not prevent heart attacks even in high risk groups with diabetes and asymptomatic arterial disease, and aspirin should only be given to patients with established heart disease, stroke or limb arterial disease, according to a study published today on bmj.com.
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Diabetic Hypoglycaemia, the influential online diabetes journal published by ESP Bioscience, leads its new issue with a topical editorial, authored by Professor Simon Heller, one of the ADVANCE investigators, and Dr Rory McCrimmon.
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
DiaKine Therapeutics, developers of drugs designed to cause diabetes to go into remission, announced today that a Phase 2 Clinical Trial with the Company's lead drug candidate, Lisofylline (LSF), is underway. Use of LSF may improve the long-term success of transplanting islets (the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas) into people with type 1 diabetes.
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
New evidence discovered by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus shows that patients with Type 2 diabetes may be at increased risk of contracting tuberculosis because of a compromised immune system, resulting in life-threatening lung infections that are more difficult to treat. Blanca I. Restrepo, Ph.D.
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
A protein made by the liver in response to inflammation and used to treat patients suffering from a genetic form of emphysema has been shown to restore blood glucose levels in a mouse model of Type 1 diabetes mellitus, according to a new study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC).
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Nicholas A. Peppas has been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences, becoming the first faculty member from The University of Texas at Austin to receive this honor -- the highest recognition a scientist or engineer in the medical sciences can receive in the United States.
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Genetics researchers have identified two novel gene locations that raise the risk of type 1 diabetes. As they continue to reveal pieces of the complicated genetic puzzle for this disease, the researchers expect to improve predictive tests and devise preventive strategies.
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Genetics researchers have identified two novel gene locations that raise the risk of type 1 diabetes. As they continue to reveal pieces of the complicated genetic puzzle for this disease, the researchers expect to improve predictive tests and devise preventive strategies.
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) announced that it is bringing together key opinion leaders to push for action to secure care for the thousands of children with diabetes in developing countries without access to care.
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
Medical News Today has launched a diabetes information hub called All About Diabetes - a comprehensive information centre covering a wide range of aspects of the condition. The content consists of a mixture of texts, images and illustrations, and embedded videos, providing diseases/condition information for all audiences - from healthcare professionals to newly diagnosed patients.
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