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Intensive Insulin Therapy Protects Kidneys In The Critically Ill

Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008

For critically ill patients, intensive insulin therapy (IIT) to keep blood sugar (glucose) at normal levels reduces the risk of acute kidney injury, reports a new study.

Steno-2 Study Finds Aggressive Diabetes Therapy Lowers Death Risk

Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008

People with type 2 diabetes who are already showing signs of some kidney damage may be able to significantly lower their risk of death by treating multiple risk factors at once.

New Method To Take Insulin Orally

Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2008

Diabetes treatment could get a whole lot easier to swallow. Dr. Robert Doyle, assistant professor of chemistry at Syracuse University has designed, tested, reproduced and patented a system for delivering insulin through an oral pill.

Can Exenatide Be Substituted for Insulin?

Posted: Thursday, December 27, 2007

In the current issue of Diabetes Care, Davis et al. report on a small study exploring the safety of substituting exenatide for insulin therapy in an attempt to take patients off insulin.

Camel Milk May Be Answer to Diabetes?

Posted: Thursday, December 20, 2007

It has been scientifically proven that gulping down camel milk daily would supplement 60 to 70 per cent of insulin in Type I diabetics.

Insulin Reduces Mortality in Patients With ACS and Hyperglycemia

Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2007

Insulin treatment of nondiabetic patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and hyperglycemia is associated with reduced risk of death in the first 30 days.

Insulin Detemir Safer Than NPH in Elderly Type 2's

Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2007

In patients older than 65 with type 2 diabetes requiring insulin, insulin detemir may be a better choice than NPH insulin, based on an analysis of pooled data from randomized studies.

Substituting Exenatide for Insulin May Work for Some Type 2's

Posted: Thursday, December 06, 2007

For type 2 diabetes patients who were taking insulin plus oral antidiabetes drugs, the results from a small 16-week study suggest it may be feasible to substitute subcutaneous exenatide (Byetta) for insulin, especially among patients who have had a shorter disease duration, are taking relatively low insulin doses, and have better endogenous beta-cell function.

Insulin and Not Metformin is Linked to Higher Rate of Fractures

Posted: Thursday, December 06, 2007

Insulin-sensitizing treatment with metformin is not associated with a higher incidence of bone fractures, but current treatment with insulin increases the risk for fractures, according to the results of a nested case-control study.

Exubera Inhaled Insulin Is No Longer Available

Posted: Friday, October 26, 2007

Gone is the insulin bong as Pfizer announces they have spent 2.8 billion on the marketing and development of the first inhaled insulin, but have received just 12 million in sales in 2007. This will be a great opportunity to educate those patients using Exubera.