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Accord Study Stops Intensive Diabetes Management Due To Increase in Deaths

Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008

Treating to normal blood sugars may cause an increase in death.

Resistance to Aspirin Increases Cardiovascular Event Risk

Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008

Patients ostensibly resistant to aspirin face significantly increased rates of life-threatening cardiovascular events, a meta-analysis has found.

Old Anti-Inflammatory Drug May Prevent And Treat Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008

Researchers are reporting that an inexpensive anti-inflammatory drug similar to aspirin, salsalate, may prevent type 2 diabetes by lowering blood glucose 13 percent and reducing inflammation by 34 percent.

Minor Leg Injuries: A Common Cause of Blood Clots

Posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Individuals suffering minor leg injuries are at increased risk for blood clots, a recent study shows. This risk applies primarily to deep venous thrombosis (DVT - a blood clot in the leg), and pulmonary embolisms (a clot that has traveled to the lungs) were studied as well.

New Quicker Test Developed for Respiratory Viruses

Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008

A new and more efficient test for respiratory viruses has recently been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The procedure, which uses the ProFlu+ device, simultaneously detects four respiratory ailments that often lead to influenza or pneumonia.

Genetically Altered Pig Passes Trait Onto Offspring

Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2008

In 2006, pig embryos were injected with a green fluorescent protein, and three pigs were born with glowing green snouts, tongues and trotters under ultraviolet light. This was a major accomplishment in the field of genetic research, and recently the success has been furthered by one of the three fluorescent pigs passing on the trait to two of her piglets.

Vitamin E Improves Heart Health For 40% of Type 2's By 50%

Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Researchers in Israel report that vitamin E supplements could offer an inexpensive way to significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and related deaths for the 40% of Type 2 diabetics who carry a particular version of a gene called haptoglobin (Hp) 2-2.

The Solution for Diabetes? Pig Islet Cells

Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Transplantation of insulin-producing islet cells from human donors or cadavers, an investigational approach to long-term diabetes treatment, is fraught with difficulties. San Diego-based MicroIslet, Inc. believes that transplantation of encapsulated islets from pigs may be the answer.

Merck's New Obesity Drug Cuts Pounds

Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2008

An experimental Merck obesity drug helped patients lose weight and burn up calories, but at higher doses caused psychiatric side effects similar to those that prevented U.S. approval of a similar Sanofi-Aventis drug, researchers said.

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.