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Three New Weight-Loss Drugs Show Benefits for Diabetics

Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Three investigational diet drugs hold promise for preventing and treating diabetes. The findings show that the drugs can help "halt the progression towards Type 2 diabetes.

GLP-1 Liraglutide Versus Sulfonylureas

Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Novo Nordisk experimental diabetes drug liraglutide was significantly better at helping patients control blood sugar than an older common medicine after two years of treatment, according to data from a clinical trial.

New Screening Methods Work for Diabetic Retinopathy

Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009

For diabetic retinopathy screening, telemedicine and photographing fewer fields allow for faster detection for more patients, researchers said.

Meditative Yoga Effective Treatment for Insomnia

Posted: Sunday, June 14, 2009

Irregular and insufficient sleeping schedules have been linked to numerous health concerns, such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes and dementia. A recent study has concluded that practicing daytime deep relaxation techniques, namely meditation, greatly helps limit incidence of insomnia, potentially helping decrease risk of developing these above conditions.

Vitamin C Helps Protect Against Type 1 Diabetes Damage

Posted: Friday, June 12, 2009

Poor blood glucose control can lead to blood vessel and nerve cell damage in diabetics, and the only known way to prevent this is to maintain healthy blood glucose levels, and even this doesn’t always work. A recent research team, however, has found that combining insulin with vitamin C stops blood vessel damage in type 1 diabetics.

Overall Cardiovascular Safety of Rosiglitazone Confirmed in 5½ Year Study

Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Scores comparable to standard therapy on heart attacks, strokes and CV death but doubled incidence of heart failure warrants monitoring by physician.

Type 2 Diabetes Exploding in Asia

Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009

New research suggests diabetes is becoming a global problem, with more than 60% of all cases likely to occur in Asia. What is so unusual is that many affected individuals are not technically overweight or obese. That is, they are "metabolically obese," defined as having a normal body weight, but increased abdominal obesity.

Diabetes Drug Improves Psoriasis

Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009

The diabetes drug pioglitazone (Actos) significantly improved psoriasis control when added to oral acitretin (Soriatane), data from a small clinical trial demonstrated. This could be an important finding due to the fact that many people with diabetes also have psoriasis.

Meta-Analysis of Use of Aspirin to Prevent a First Heart Attack

Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009

The Lancet has published a meta-analysis of the six large-scale randomized clinical trials of aspirin in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease among over 95,000 apparently healthy men and women worldwide.

Low Glucose Levels Do Not Explain Excess Deaths in ACCORD Trial

Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2009

A1c of less than 7% is not a predictor of mortality risk in Type 2 diabetes and the converse is true in that higher A1cs do increase the risk of mortality. For every 1% higher A1c level above 6%, the risk of death increases by 20%.