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Fetus At Risk At Lower Levels of Maternal Blood Glucose Than Thought

Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

New Findings Likely to Lead to More Diagnoses of Gestational Diabetes.

Predicting Severe Hypoglycemia

Posted: Friday, June 08, 2007

Severe hypoglycemia often follows a specific blood glucose fluctuation pattern that is identifiable from SMBG.

Type 2 Diabetes Devastating for Teens

Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

"The complications associated with adolescents' type 2 diabetes seems to behave differently than in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes."

These complications may be present at the time of diagnosis, and their rate of progression may be higher than in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

Urine Test Predicts Diabetic Kidney Disease

Posted: Friday, May 25, 2007

Looking at various proteins in urine may help doctors predict the development of diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes patients well before they develop the condition.

Coronary Calcification Independently Predicts All-Cause Mortality

Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2007

The results of a new study show that, the coronary artery calcification (CAC) score, measured by electron beam tomography, provides incremental information independent of traditional risk factors on all-cause mortality risk.

New BG Test - The BIGTT Test

Posted: Thursday, May 03, 2007

A novel test for the simultaneous measurement of pancreatic beta-cell function, insulin sensitivity, and glucose tolerance has been developed and validated.

Type 2 Diabetes Often Asymptomatic in Children

Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The overall prevalence of type 2 diabetes has increased 5-fold in the United States since the 1960s, and children and adolescents are among those affected. However, children often exhibit no symptoms.
Therefore, physicians need to be alert for this disease in children and open to the possibility that patients in their 20s might be suffering from the long-term complications of preexisting type 2 disease.

Type 1 Diabetics Stop Insulin Injections After Risky Experiment

Posted: Friday, April 20, 2007

Risky Brazil Experiment Enables Type I Diabetics to Live Without Insulin, Other Medicines

First Person Gets New Vaccine Against Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2007

A Melbourne 11-year old schoolboy is the first person in the world to take a pioneering vaccine against diabetes.

Americans Fear Being Diagnosed with Diabetes

Posted: Saturday, April 07, 2007

More than half of Americans fear developing diabetes, but many continue the unhealthy behaviors that boost their odds of getting the blood sugar disease, a new survey shows.