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New Stem Cell Therapies to Treat Diabetes Proposed

Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2008

Stem cell therapies have shown tremendous promise with numerous diseases (heart disease, Alzheimer's, etc...), but to date, diabetes has not been the most appropriate diseases for this form of treatment. Japanese researchers have recently tried to change this trend, making progressive proposals of how to utilize stem cells for diabetes.

Weight-loss More Effective than Intensive Insulin Therapy for Type 2 Diabetics

Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2008

Weight-loss and major lifestyle changes may be more effective than intensive insulin therapy for overweight patients with poorly controlled, insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes, according to a diabetes researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Constant High Blood Sugar Disables Insulin 'Off' Switch

Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Researchers say reversing that pattern offers hope of new diabetes treatments.

Insulin Restriction in Women With Type 1 Diabetes May Increase Mortality

Posted: Thursday, March 06, 2008

Insulin restriction in women with type 1 diabetes was associated with increased morbidity and mortality, according to the results of a new study.

Common Sense Prevails: ACCCORD Vs. ADVANCE

Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2008

Early results from the largest study ever (ADVANCE) of aggressive measures to control blood sugar in type 2 diabetics has found no sign that intensive treatment increases the risk of death.

Microneedles Enhance Drug Administration With Patches

Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008

Microneedle technology will increase the availability of medications applicable for transdermal drug delivery, a pain free and patient friendly route of drug administration.

Intensive Insulin Therapy Protects Kidneys In The Critically Ill

Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008

For critically ill patients, intensive insulin therapy (IIT) to keep blood sugar (glucose) at normal levels reduces the risk of acute kidney injury, reports a new study.

Steno-2 Study Finds Aggressive Diabetes Therapy Lowers Death Risk

Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008

People with type 2 diabetes who are already showing signs of some kidney damage may be able to significantly lower their risk of death by treating multiple risk factors at once.

Stem Cells Finally Found in Pancreas

Posted: Friday, February 01, 2008

An international team of researchers has finally managed to locate stem cells in the pancreas -- in mice, at least, and could pave the way for dramatic new therapies for diabetes, namely the regeneration of beta cells so the body could once again produce its own insulin.

New Insulin Sensitivity Index From The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2008

A new insulin sensitivity index was devised on the basis of an autoregressive model and its validity was investigated.