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EASD: New First in Class Drug Effective in Phase III Trial

Posted: Wednesday, October 07, 2009

An investigational drug targeting an insulin-independent pathway in Type 2 diabetes produced early and substantial reductions in blood glucose and body weight in a phase III study.

FDA Issues Caution for Januvia and Janumet for Acute Pancreatitis

Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

U.S. health officials said on Friday they suspect Merck & Co., Inc.'s blockbuster diabetes drug Januvia may be linked to serious cases of inflamed pancreas, but company officials disputed the connection.

MRI Shows Brain Atrophy in Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Patients with Type 2 diabetes have more pronounced brain atrophy and are more likely to have cerebral infarcts, a new published study suggests.

Using an Antiseptic Mouth Rinse May Improve Blood Glucose Control

Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

The results of a new clinical study demonstrate that the plaque and gingivitis germ-killing action of Listerine® Antiseptic significantly reduces the amount of germs that travel from the mouth to the bloodstream in people with mild to moderate gingivitis, which can affect diabetes and CVD.

Treating Mild Gestational Diabetes Reduces Serious Birthing Problems

Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Treating pregnant women for mild gestational diabetes resulted in fewer cesarean sections and other serious birthing problems associated with larger than average babies, according to a recent study.

Link between Male Diabetes Patients with Allergies and Kidney Disease

Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

For men with Type 2 diabetes, the eosinophil (a cell type linked to allergic inflammation) cell count may be able to estimate the risk of diabetes-related kidney and heart disease in men. This comes from a recently published study in Japan.

Anakinra Provides Sustained Benefits for Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Months after withdrawal of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) anakinra, patients with Type 2 diabetes still show improvements in beta cell function, hemoglobin A1c levels, and markers of systemic inflammation, according to a new published report.

Diabetes History

Posted: Saturday, September 26, 2009

Diabetes treatments are sure much better today than they were hundreds of years of even several years ago. I would have hated to have had diabetes back even several years before, when meters where big and hard to use, and insulin needles were huge sources of pain when injecting. I'd like to take a look back at what diabetes was like many years ago, and tell you just how far diabetes treatments have come!

Coconut Oil Might Reduce the Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2009

A new study in animals demonstrates that a diet rich in coconut oil protects against 'insulin resistance' (an impaired ability of cells to respond to insulin) in muscle and fat. The diet also avoids the accumulation of body fat caused by other high fat diets of similar calorie content.

Update on Dr. Faustman's Research on Reversing Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The Faustman Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, run by Denise L. Faustman, MD, PhD, is moving rapidly through the clinical trial challenge to test and possibly establish a vaccine using a generic drug, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) to reverse Type 1 diabetes.