Intensive Glucose Lowering Therapy -- Weighing the Evidence
Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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A review of two intensive therapies to lower blood glucose levels in newly diagnosed Type 2 patients.
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Urine Protein Analysis May Help Spot Diabetic Nephropathy
Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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Certain urine proteomic profiles may be useful biomarkers in the differential diagnosis of diabetic glomerulosclerosis, researchers report in Diabetes Care.
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Insulin Users Have 50% Higher Cancer Risk; Causes Unclear
Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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Diabetes patients who take insulin have a higher risk of developing cancer, according to Danish researchers who say they can't explain the link.
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New Surgical Procedure for Type 2 Diabetes Shows a 95% Remission
Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
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A Brazilian surgeon has developed a new procedure usinging surgical intervention through "Ileal Transposition" (or small intestinal switch) that can effectively control Type 2 diabetes.
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Cell Therapy Improves Foot Ulcer Healing by 31-40%
Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
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Engineered skin significantly improved healing of diabetic foot ulcers compared with other advanced biologic therapies, according to an analysis of a larger wound care database.
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Green Leafy Vegetables Cuts The Risk of Diabetes by 14%
Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
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A British meta-analysis found that increasing the daily intake of green leafy vegetables can reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes.
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New Nutritional Scoring System: NuVal Rating
Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
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Consumers' growing demand for nutritional guidance spurred the creation of NuVal. NuVal's labeling system evaluates foods based upon more than 30 nutritional attributes, including positive ones such as fiber and negative ones such as saturated fat. It uses a mathematical formula to assign products a score on a scale of 1 to 100.
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Brain Surgery Prevents Onset and Progression of Diabetes
Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
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Seven of 10 patients in trial who underwent microvascular decompression surgery experience significant improvement in glucose control.
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Shorter (5-mm) Needles Deliver Insulin Reliably
Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
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New research has found that 5-mm needles effectively deliver insulin into subcutaneous fat in both adults and children. Compared with intramuscular injections of insulin, injections into the subcutaneous fat are associated with less variability in glycemic control as well as a lower risk for hypoglycemia.
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Retinopathy Common in Diabetic Adults
Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
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Nearly 30% of U.S. diabetes patients over the age of 40 may have diabetic retinopathy, with 4% of this population affected to the point where their vision is threatened, suggests a new study.
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