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Break-Through in Low-calorie Sweetener for Diabetics

Posted: Monday, November 21, 2005

A low-calorie sweetener that tastes like sugar and could help control diseases like diabetes and obesity may be closer to reality thanks to new research

Two "Diabetes Genes" Predict the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Friday, November 11, 2005

Scandinavian researchers have confirmed that at least two "diabetes genes" predict the risk of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) when combined with lifestyle factors, in the largest study of its kind to date.

Xenical May Go Over the Counter

Posted: Friday, November 04, 2005

In data presented last week at a national obesity meeting, researchers reported that 36% of overweight people taking a low-dose version of Xenical lost more than 5% of their initial body weight, compared with 28% of people taking a placebo. The researchers also found that users did not abuse the drug by, for instance, exceeding the maximum dose

Pargluva (Muraglitazar) May Increase Risk of Heart Attack and Cancer

Posted: Friday, October 28, 2005

Pargluva® made by Merck and Co. Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb, may be delayed in coming to market by 2 years if additional safety studies are required by the FDA.

Metformin Helps Diabetics with Heart Failure

Posted: Friday, October 21, 2005

Metformin improves survival and clinical outcomes in diabetic patients with heart failure, even though FDA labeling recommends against using the drug in these patients

New Drug Treatment Prevents Loss of Transplanted Islet Cells

Posted: Friday, October 07, 2005

transplanted insulin-producing cells survive better when the activation of a specific type of immune cell is blocked

New Test Predicts Damage from Diabetes

Posted: Friday, October 07, 2005

New test has the potential to be as significant to health care as measuring cholesterol levels.
The test is based on determining the level of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) in the body, which form when sugar damages proteins.

Human Beta-Cell Line Offers Hope for Type 1 Diabetes Breakthrough

Posted: Monday, October 03, 2005

Scientists at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, succeed in creating reversibly immortalized human beta cells, with eye toward establishing universal cells for treatment of type 1 diabetes. Possible unlimited supply of beta cells for transplantation

New Blood Pressure Drugs Are Superior in Reducing Risk of Stroke and Diabetes

Posted: Monday, October 03, 2005

In the LIFE substudy it was found that losartan compared with atenolol reduces the risk of stroke, new-onset diabetes, and new-onset atrial fibrillation in the low and high risk population more effectively.

Continuously Functioning Artificial Kidney on the Way

Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2005

Using nanotechnology, researchers have created a human nephron filter, the first step toward development of fully functioning artificial kidney for patients with end-stage renal disease, possibly eliminating the need for dialysis or kidney transplantation