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Why Some Diabetes Patients Escape Complications

Posted: Saturday, January 29, 2011

Much research has been carried out on why diabetes patients develop complications. Now researchers are asking the question the other way around. They want to know why some diabetic patients do not develop complications. What is it that protects them?

Team-Based Approach Benefits Patients with Depression and Diabetes, Heart Disease

Posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Many people have multiple common chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, complicating healthcare needs.

Metformin and Cancer Occurrence in Insulin-Treated Type 2's

Posted: Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Several studies have shown that metformin is associated with reduced cancer-related morbidity and mortality, due to the improvement of insulin sensitivity, or to the activation of AMP-activated protein kinase.

Fifty Years with Diabetes and No Retinopathy

Posted: Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Many long-term survivors with diabetes show little or no progression of retinopathy after a certain point, and this resistance apparently has nothing to do with glycemic control, a researcher found.

Low-Dose Aspirin Cuts Colon Cancer Risk

Posted: Wednesday, November 03, 2010

The use of long-term low-dose aspirin reduced both the incidence and the mortality associated with colorectal cancer, a 20-year follow-up of randomized trials showed.

Garlic Oil Shows Protective Effect against Heart Disease in Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, October 10, 2010

Garlic has "significant" potential for preventing cardiomyopathy, a form of heart disease that is a leading cause of death in people with diabetes, scientists from the Deptartment of Biological Science and Technology, China Medical University, Taiwan, have concluded in a new study. The report also explains why people with diabetes are at high risk for diabetic cardiomyopathy.

A Once-A-Year Continuous Exenatide Therapy Shows 100% Compliance

Posted: Sunday, October 10, 2010

Implantable device promises diabetes patients continuous exenatide therapy with 100% compliance. Tolerability and weight loss was better with ITCA 650 20 μg/day than with exenatide injections.

Kidney Function in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy Linked to Seasonal BP

Posted: Sunday, October 10, 2010

Researchers say clinicians should consider seasonal variations in systolic blood pressure when treating patients with diabetic nephropathy, after finding seasonal variations in urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR), likely linked to blood-pressure changes.

EASD: Weight Loss with SGLT2 Inhibitors but More Infections

Posted: Sunday, October 03, 2010

Three possible first in class drugs in the sodium glucose co-transporter (SGLT2 inhibitor) class showed improvements in glycemic control and weight loss, but infections proved troublesome, researchers reported.

EASD: Adding Incretin to Insulin Lowers HbA1c

Posted: Sunday, October 03, 2010

Adding exenatide to insulin glargine for patients who aren't fully controlled with insulin glargine and/or other oral agents can help to improve their blood glucose.