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Saliva Can Help Diagnose Heart Attack

Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Early diagnosis of a heart attack may now be possible using only a few drops of saliva and a new nano-bio-chip, according to a new study.

Bitter Melon Has Potent Anti-diabetes Effects

Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Substances isolated from bitter melon, a plant eaten and used medicinally in much of Asia, could provide the basis of new drugs for treating diabetes and obesity, an international team of researchers reports.

Measuring Minute Amounts Of Insulin Aids Diabetes Treatment

Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2008

A new method that uses nanotechnology to rapidly measure minute amounts of insulin is a major step toward developing the ability to assess the health of the body's insulin-producing cells in real time.

Diabetes Gene Research Breakthrough

Posted: Friday, April 18, 2008

A genetic study of diabetes by scientists from Imperial College has been named as one of the hottest research papers of 2007. We may soon be able to predict who will get Type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes Vaccine Receives Approval To Start Phase III Trials

Posted: Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Diamyd Medical announced that the Swedish Medical Products Agency (MPA) in Europe and the FDA in the US, has approved the Company's application to commence Phase III studies with the therapeutic diabetes vaccine Diamyd(R).

ADVANCE: Intensive Glucose-Lowering Not Associated With Increased Mortality

Posted: Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Data from the ADVANCE Study, involving 11,140 high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes, provides no evidence of an increased risk of death among those patients receiving aggressive treatment to lower blood glucose.

FDA Approves First Insulin Analog for Use in Insulin Pumps by Children, Adolescents

Posted: Wednesday, March 26, 2008

The FDA has approved insulin aspart (rDNA origin) injection (NovoLog) for continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) by external insulin pump in pediatric patients aged 4 to 18 years. It is the first and only insulin analog approved for this use.

FDA Considers Stricter Rules For Diabetes Drugs

Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Draft guidance could make things tough for companies developing new diabetes medicines.

Airplanes and Snoring, an Aural Assault

Posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Besides providing an easier environment for sleep, a quiet and peaceful sleeping environment may help keep blood pressure down.

Obesity a Genetic Trait?

Posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2008

A distinctive neural circuitry that controls appetite in some obese individuals may be an innate genetic trait, and may be at least partially responsible for their obesity. A recent study at the University of Southern California, conducted on mice, has shown that the brains of DIO (diet induced obesity) mice often are wired differently than those of normal-weight mice.