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Food Insulin Index Predicts Insulin Demand of Mixed Meals

Posted: Monday, November 23, 2009

A food insulin index (FII) calculated by Australian researchers can predict the insulin demand evoked by mixed meals, according to a new report.

Warning: Inaccurate Dosing after Insulin withdrawn from Pen Cartridge

Posted: Monday, November 16, 2009

Patients or medical professionals who withdraw insulin from pen cartridges are at risk for dangerous errors.

Growth Hormone in Elderly: Bad Insulin Effects, Good Lipid Effects

Posted: Monday, November 16, 2009

Growth hormone increases insulin resistance and modestly improves lipid profiles in healthy older men and women, according to a new report.

Study Finds Best Use of Insulin as Diabetes Progresses

Posted: Monday, November 02, 2009

A large-scale trial in diabetes patients has provided new evidence on how best to add insulin to standard drugs to control blood sugar levels as Type 2 diabetes progresses.

Research Points to New Way to Treat Type 2 Diabetes: Insulin First

Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Three years into a six-year study and researchers have reported that the standard treatment for patients with Type 2 diabetes may have to be turned on its head.

Switching from Orals to BiPhasic Insulin Improves Control

Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Initiating insulin therapy with insulin aspart 30/70 (BIAsp 30) improved glycemic control in insulin-naïve patients with Type 2 diabetes who had poor glycemic control with oral antidiabetic drugs, according to new data.

Anakinra Provides Sustained Benefits for Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Months after withdrawal of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) anakinra, patients with Type 2 diabetes still show improvements in beta cell function, hemoglobin A1c levels, and markers of systemic inflammation, according to a new published report.

Diabetes History

Posted: Saturday, September 26, 2009

Diabetes treatments are sure much better today than they were hundreds of years of even several years ago. I would have hated to have had diabetes back even several years before, when meters where big and hard to use, and insulin needles were huge sources of pain when injecting. I'd like to take a look back at what diabetes was like many years ago, and tell you just how far diabetes treatments have come!

Insulin as First Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes: Study

Posted: Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Insulin can be safely and effectively used as a first-line treatment, in combination with metformin, in patients with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes, with high rates of patient satisfaction and compliance, results of a study indicate.

The Most Effective Therapy for Diabetes Induced Alzheimer's

Posted: Wednesday, September 02, 2009

"Exercise is the most potent insulin-sensitizing agent we have," said Dr. Suzanne Craft, a geriatrician and Alzheimer’s researcher at the Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.