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Top-10 Comparison of Diabetes Drugs Give One a Top Grade by Johns Hopkins Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2007

A type 2 diabetes drug taken orally and in widespread use for more than a decade has been found to have distinct advantages over nine other, mostly newer medications used to control the chronic disease, according to a study by researchers at Johns Hopkins.

Don't Rely on Beta-Blockers to Reduce Blood Pressure Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2007

Research favors other drugs to control hypertension. While high blood pressure patients taking beta-blockers have a reduced risk of stroke of 16 percent to 22 percent compared with a placebo, the other hypertension drugs reduce that risk by an average of 38 percent.

Secondary Failure of Glucose Control With Metformin, Sulfonylurea, or TZD's Monotherapy Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2007

Which drugs are the ones to sustain good control, the longest?

Metformin and Body Weight Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2007

Where most other diabetes medications cause weight gain, metformin can cause weight reduction.

No Diet Foods for Kids-Can Lead to Obesity Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2007

A new study reveals low-calorie foods and drinks made to taste like high-calorie foods and drinks may actually lead to overeating and obesity. If you hope to curb the obesity epidemic in your children, don't feed them diet foods or drinks.

Bone Cells May Be Key to Controlling Diabetes- New Possible Treatment Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2007

Researchers at Columbia University in New York have discovered that certain bone cells produce a hormone called osteocalcin, which influences beta-cell proliferation and controls the metabolism of blood sugar (glucose) and fat deposits through previously unknown mechanisms.

Reducing Inflammation Plays Key Role in Type 1 Diabetes Therapy Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2007

Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have found that a triple combination therapy consisting of both tolerance-inducing and anti-inflammatory properties is successful in abolishing adverse autoimmunity against insulin-producing cells in a mouse model of Type 1 diabetes.

Researchers Develop Successful Insulin-Cell Transplants for Type 1 Diabetics Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2007

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found a way to overcome a major stumbling block to developing successful insulin-cell transplants for people with type I diabetes.

Trial Using Cancer Meds To Control And Possibly Reverse Diabetes Posted: Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Drug can possibly kill off the T-cells that are attacking the betacells.

Over One-Third of Diabetics Have Sleep Apnea Posted: Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Study finds that older males are at especially high risk for nighttime awakenings.

 

 

 

 

 

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