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Advantages Seen With Next New Inhaled Insulin

Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2007

New inhaled insulin shows less glucose excursions after meals then injected insulin.

Better Glycemic Control Prevents Infertility

Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2007

A Swedish study indicates that the fertility of women with type 1 diabetes was reduced prior to 1985, but since then is its begun to normalize, if diabetic complications were avoided

Alzheimer's Disease Could Be A Third Form Of Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, October 04, 2007

Insulin, it turns out, may be as important for the mind as it is for the body. Research in the last few years has raised the possibility that Alzheimer's memory loss could be due to a novel third form of diabetes.

Glycemic Index Too Variable to Be Useful for People With Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, October 04, 2007

In blood glucose responses to a white bread challenge, individual patients have significant variations from test to test and is too variable to be a useful measurement.

Patients Give Up 10 Quality of Life Years, Rather Then Intensely Manage Their Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, October 04, 2007

Many patients with diabetes say that the inconvenience and discomfort of constant therapeutic vigilance, particularly multiple daily insulin injections, has as much impact on their quality of life as the burden of intermediate complications.

A New Magic Pill Gives The Same Results As Exercise

Posted: Thursday, October 04, 2007

A new study conducted on mice at the Salk Institute, reveals the potential for a drug that can give the same results as exercise

EASD: IDF Recommends Tighter Control of Post-Meal Blood Glucose Levels

Posted: Thursday, October 04, 2007

IDF issued the new global guideline for diabetes care which includes the management of postmeal glucose. The guideline emphasizes that people with diabetes should have their blood glucose levels closely monitored after meals in order to optimize diabetes control and reduce the risk of complications, particularly cardiovascular disease.

Only 47% of People With Diabetes Get Screened for Diabetic Eye Disease

Posted: Thursday, October 04, 2007

Only 47% of people with diabetes get yearly exams. Increasing patient and clinician awareness and improving access to health care can encourage people with diabetes to seek annual eye exams, which help prevent a serious complication called retinopathy, according to a new systematic review of studies.

When Orals Are Not Enough to Control Blood Sugars

Posted: Thursday, October 04, 2007

Adding a single analog insulin formulation to metformin and sulfonylurea resulted in current best practice targets of a glycated hemoglobin level of 6.5% or less in fewer than one quarter of patients at 1 year.

Cinnamon as Diabetes Therapy is Questionable

Posted: Thursday, October 04, 2007

Some studies have hinted that cinnamon may aid blood sugar control, yet others show it is not beneficial for people with diabetes, according to researchers.