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Viagra Improves Sex Life of Diabetic Women

Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006

Young women with diabetes with sexual dysfunction may find that Viagra (sildenafil) improves arousal, orgasm and sexual enjoyment and decreases pain during intercourse.

Diabetes, Heart Disease Can Herald Early GI Cancers

Posted: Friday, June 02, 2006

"The presence of diabetes or heart disease can be a signal for clinicians to evaluate patients' risk for digestive cancers.” “And begin treatment with Ace inhibitors, which may reduce the risk of colon, pancreatic and esophageal cancers."

Pollution Increases Risks in People with Diabetes

Posted: Friday, June 02, 2006

People with diabetes, heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are at increased risk of death when they are exposed to particulate air pollution, for one or more years.

Lipid-lowering Therapy Prevents Coronary Events in Diabetics

Posted: Friday, June 02, 2006

Lipid-lowering drug treatment significantly reduced the risk of major coronary events in patients with and without type 2 diabetes, and that patients with diabetes derived more benefit from lipid-lowering therapy as primary and secondary prevention.

Metabolic Syndrome Independently Tied to Heart Failure

Posted: Friday, June 02, 2006

Findings from a new study suggest that metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for the development of heart failure, independent of known risk factors for the condition, such as interim MI.

New Test Measures Quantity of Active Beta Cells

Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have identified a reliable, non-invasive imaging method that can measure the quantity of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells.

Grapefruit Juice Drug Interaction Culprit Identified

Posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Those dangerous interactions when grapefruit juice is mixed with some drugs are apparently triggered by members of a family of plant toxins called furanocoumarins. Watch for the new Grapefruit juice to hit the supermarket shelves soon.

Findings Shed Light on Mechanism of Condition Associated With Heart Disease, Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006

Researchers have shown, for the first time, that blocking the action of a critical protein with etanercept can improve multiple inflammatory pathways in patients with the metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes.

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.

Data Reveals Lilly's PKC b Inhibitor Improved Symptomatic Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Posted: Friday, July 05, 2002

More than half of all people with diabetes around the world are affected by diabetic peripheral neuropathy, according to the International Diabetes Federation. There is no prescription therapy in the United States currently approved to treat the underlying process of microvascular damage that leads to microvascular complications such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy.