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- When it comes to preventing amputation
Scientists at Scholl College's Center for Lower Extremity Ambulatory Research (CLEAR) at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Leiden University in the Netherlands, and Texas AandM University have presented important new information that could help physicians and their patients predict dangerous recurrent wounds that precede amputations in persons with diabetes. The study, conducted over a several-year period, identified two simple items that helped predict recurrence........
Thu, 24 May 2007 01:52:17 GMT - Sleep apnea may increase risk of diabetes
Scientists at the Yale University School of Medicine have observed that patients with obstructive sleep apnea are at increased risk for developing of type II diabetes, independent of other risk factors. The findings are being presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference, on Monday, May 21........
Thu, 24 May 2007 01:52:17 GMT - Illuminating Cause Of Diabetes
Any photographer can vouch for the difficulty of capturing a clear picture of a moving target. When it comes to molecules, however, sometimes the motion is exactly what researchers want to see - for example, to understand the pathological protein mis-folding and assembly that seem to underlie a host of human disorders, including diabetes and Alzheimer's disease........
Thu, 24 May 2007 01:52:17 GMT - Supplement Inhibits Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes
A glucosamine-like dietary supplement has been found to suppress the damaging autoimmune response seen in multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes mellitus, as per University of California, Irvine health sciences researchers. In studies on mice, Dr. Michael Demetriou and his colleagues with the UC Irvine Center for Immunology observed that N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), which is similar but more effective than the widely available glucosamine, inhibited the growth and function of abnormal T-cells that incorrectly direct the immune system to attack specific tissues in the body, such as brain myelin in MS and insulin-producing cells of the pancreas in diabetes. Findings from the study are published on the online version of the Journal of Biological Chemistry........
Thu, 24 May 2007 01:52:17 GMT - Erectile dysfunction in diabetics
A new study sheds additional light on how erectile dysfunction (ED) interacts with diabetes. The study is another step in uncovering the link between the two disorders, and may lead to improved efficacy in therapys. The study, "Lack of Central Nitric Oxide Triggers Erectile Dysfunction in Diabetes," was conducted by Hong Zheng, William G. Mayhan, and Kaushik P. Patel, Departments of Cellular and Integrative Physiology; and Keshore R. Bidasee, Department of Pharmacology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE. The results appear in the March 2007 edition of the American Journal of Physiology Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, one of 11 peer-reviewed scientific publications issued monthly by The American Physiological Society (APS) (www.The-APS.org)........
Thu, 24 May 2007 01:52:17 GMT - Periodontal diseases and pre-diabetes
Periodontal diseases may contribute to the progression to pre-diabetes, as per a new study that appears in the recent issue of the Journal of Periodontology. Pre-diabetes is a condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. The American Diabetes Association estimates 54 million people in the United States have pre-diabetes, and a significant portion of those people will develop Type 2 diabetes within 10 years........
Thu, 24 May 2007 01:52:17 GMT - protecting against weight gain and diabetes
new study from Joslin Diabetes Center may shed light on why some people can eat excessive amounts of food and not gain weight or develop type 2 diabetes, while others are more likely to develop obesity and this most common form of diabetes on any diet. The study, which used two strains of mice with differing tendencies to gain weight and develop diabetes on a high-fat diet, identified genetic and cellular mechanisms that may prevent certain mice on a calorie-dense diet from gaining weight and developing metabolic syndrome........
Thu, 24 May 2007 01:52:17 GMT - genetic basis of Type 2 diabetes
Scientists from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Lund University and Novartis have announced the completion of a genome-wide map of genetic differences in humans and their relationship to Type 2 diabetes and other metabolic disorders. All results of the analysis are accessible, free of charge, on the Internet to researchers around the world........
Thu, 24 May 2007 01:52:17 GMT - Insulin Pen Injector
At last there comes a device that reduces more than a few concerns of diabetics dependent on insulin. And it happens to be the digital insulin pen, Huma-Pen Memoir, designed by researchers at the Battelle Memorial Institute, for the Indianapolis-based drug company Eli Lilly. The insulin pen injector not only allows the user to dial in the dosage of insulin he/she needs to take, but also cleverly records the dosage, and the date-time of 16 injections at a time. Thereby it plainly addresses the critical every-day issues that diabetics face of maintaining the records of their insulin dosages for analysis by physicians and to avoid overdosage. The device is also an inconspicuous way of taking insulin since it resembles an innocuous looking pen once the cap is replaced. Pretty neat........
Thu, 24 May 2007 01:52:17 GMT - Weight-loss Supplement Traits
A supplement some people turn to in hopes of losing a few pounds may have some previously unknown, unsavory side effects, suggest two new studies. Researchers studied how mice and rats responded to the supplement conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), an essential amino acid found in trace amounts primarily in beef, lamb and milk. Synthetic forms of CLA are marketed as supplements that help reduce body fat, and some manufacturers also tout CLA for reducing the risk of diabetes and certain types of cancer........
Thu, 24 May 2007 01:52:17 GMT - Role Of Appetite Hormone Mch In Insulin Production
A new Joslin Diabetes Center-led study has shown conclusively that a neuropeptide, melanin concentrating hormone (MCH), found in the brain and known for its role in increasing appetite in people, plays a role in the growth of insulin-producing beta cells and the secretion of insulin. This finding has the potential to spur the development of new therapys for diabetes that stimulate the production of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. This latest research, conducted with scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and other institutions, will appear in the February 2007 issue of Diabetes........
Thu, 24 May 2007 01:52:17 GMT - Discovery Of Diabetes Fighting Molecule
University of California, Riverside Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Jiayu Liao played a pivotal role in the discovery of a small molecule that has been shown to control diabetes in mice and may pave the way to the development of easier therapy for adult-onset diabetes. This discovery was a collaboration between Liao at UC Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering and a team in the National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai, which is part of the Chinese Academy of Science........
Thu, 24 May 2007 01:52:17 GMT - Gene That Leads To Kidney Failure In Diabetes
A research team at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and the University of Heidelberg has proven that a gene protects some people with diabetes from developing severe kidney failure or "end-stage renal disease". Diabetes is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease worldwide, an illness that requires either kidney dialysis therapys or a kidney transplant for survival........
Thu, 24 May 2007 01:52:17 GMT - Diabetes, Heart Associations Align Fight Against Heart Disease
In a joint statement released recently, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and American Heart Association (AHA) summarize the evidence supporting lifestyle and medical interventions that can help to prevent the development of heart disease in people with diabetes. The statement, published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association's clinical research journal Diabetes Care, outlines joint guidelines from the organizations that encourage more aggressive prevention and treatment of the risk factors that lead to heart disease, the number one killer of people with diabetes........
Thu, 24 May 2007 01:52:17 GMT - Groundbreaking Diabetes Treatment In Sight
A researcher is working on a ground-breading methodology to treat type-1 diabetes. He hopes that he could start early clinical trial on this new therapy in about 10 years. Professor Elliott and his team at Living Cell Technologies are involved in research which involves injecting cells taken from neonatal piglets and coated with a gel to protect them from the human immune system........
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