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Exercise Helps Speed Wound Healing in Older Adults

Posted: Friday, April 21, 2006

The body's ability to heal even small skin wounds normally slows down as we age. But a new study in older adults finds that regular exercise may speed up the wound-healing process by as much as 25 percent.

FDA Accepts New Drug Application for Diabetes Drug Galvus

Posted: Friday, April 21, 2006

Clinical studies show significant blood sugar reductions (HbA1c) sustained for one year - Trials also show no association with weight gain; overall incidence of side effects, including hypoglycemia and edema, similar to placebo.

FDA’s Approval of Continuous Glucose Sensor Accelerates Development of Artificial Pancreas

Posted: Friday, April 21, 2006

"This technology should greatly improve glycemic control -- which research has shown to be the key to reducing or even eliminating both short and long-term complications of diabetes.

Low-Carb Diet Controls Diabetes Without Weight Loss Or Insulin Use

Posted: Friday, April 21, 2006

A new study released in the scientific journal Nutrition & Metabolism found that type 2 diabetes can be managed and controlled simply by minor changes in the diet alone without the need for weight loss or the use of insulin medications. “The protein in the low-carb diets that aided the production of insulin in the study participants because protein actually stimulates the production of insulin.”

Three-Week Diet/Exercise Study Shows 50% Reversal in Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Friday, April 21, 2006

The study shows, contrary to common belief, that Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome can be reversed solely through lifestyle changes." This regimen reversed a clinical diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes or metabolic syndrome in about half the participants who had either of those conditions.

Depo Provera Increase Diabetes Risk in Women

Posted: Thursday, April 20, 2006

Contraception with depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) is associated with an increase in the risk of diabetes in some Latino women with prior gestational diabetes.

'Elation' Over Failed Diabetes Studies

Posted: Thursday, April 20, 2006

Researchers fail to replicate a 2003 report of a way to cure Type 1 diabetes, but they all agree on one thing, that it is possible to cure diabetic mice and one day perhaps people.

Low-dose Aspirin Suppresses Clumping of Blood Platelets in Both Sexes

Posted: Thursday, April 20, 2006

While the drug’s overall effects on blood cell function were the same for men and women, the investigators found that women’s platelets reacted somewhat more strongly to aspirin before the start of therapy, and remained so even after treatment.

Newer Diabetic Meds Cost More, But Users Have Fewer Hospital Visits

Posted: Thursday, April 20, 2006

A new study suggests that patients on the newer medications had a slightly lower risk of hospitalization because of diabetes-related complications. They also spent between $920 and $1,760 less on annual total healthcare costs. Diabetics who were prescribed newer medications to control their illness were more likely to take these drugs as instructed.

Peripheral Artery Disease Predicts Cardiac Death in Patients With Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, April 20, 2006

PAD is common in patients with type 2 diabetes and predicts cardiac death, supporting the role of regular screening for PAD in these patients.