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Researchers Uncover Potential Role of Leptin in Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2007

A new Joslin-led study has shown that leptin, a hormone known mainly for regulating appetite control and energy metabolism, plays a major role in islet cell growth and insulin secretion. This finding opens up new avenues for studying leptin and its role in islet cell biology, which may lead to new treatments for diabetes

Bitter Melon Can Improve Insulin Production.

Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2007

Momordica Charantia is a vegetable which grows in tropical areas like East Africa, Asia, South Africa, and the Caribbean. This vegetable is rich in iron, beta carotene, calcium, potassium, phosphorus and other dietary fibers.

Advantages Seen With Next New Inhaled Insulin

Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2007

New inhaled insulin shows less glucose excursions after meals then injected insulin.

EASD: IDF Recommends Tighter Control of Post-Meal Blood Glucose Levels

Posted: Thursday, October 04, 2007

IDF issued the new global guideline for diabetes care which includes the management of postmeal glucose. The guideline emphasizes that people with diabetes should have their blood glucose levels closely monitored after meals in order to optimize diabetes control and reduce the risk of complications, particularly cardiovascular disease.

Statins for All Diabetic Patients Justified

Posted: Thursday, September 27, 2007

A strategy of treating all diabetic men older than 40 years and all diabetic women older than 45 years with statins would be effective and efficient in reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) events.

Perindopril/Indapamide for All Type 2's?

Posted: Thursday, September 13, 2007

If the benefits seen in the study were applied to just half the population with diabetes worldwide, more than a million deaths would be avoided over five years.

Primary and Secondary Interventions for Diabetic Retinopathy

Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007

A systematic review in the August 22/29 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association provides an overview of primary and secondary interventions for diabetic retinopathy (DR).

Diabetes Can Impair Tuberculosis Treatment Response

Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007

Patients with tuberculosis and diabetes do not respond as well to tuberculosis therapy as those who are non-diabetic, Dutch researchers report.

Discovery Paves Way for a New Class of Diabetes Drugs

Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007

A multidisciplinary team led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego has determined the structure of a protein found in cells that shows potential as a target for the development of new drugs to treat diabetes.

Intensive Diabetes Treatment Can Lower Resting Heart Rate

Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007

Intensive blood glucose control in type 1 diabetic patients is associated with a lowering of resting heart rate, according to a new report.