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Intensive Glucose Lowering Therapy -- Weighing the Evidence

Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010

A review of two intensive therapies to lower blood glucose levels in newly diagnosed Type 2 patients.

Urine Protein Analysis May Help Spot Diabetic Nephropathy

Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Certain urine proteomic profiles may be useful biomarkers in the differential diagnosis of diabetic glomerulosclerosis, researchers report in Diabetes Care.

Insulin Users Have 50% Higher Cancer Risk; Causes Unclear

Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Diabetes patients who take insulin have a higher risk of developing cancer, according to Danish researchers who say they can't explain the link.

New Surgical Procedure for Type 2 Diabetes Shows a 95% Remission

Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010

A Brazilian surgeon has developed a new procedure usinging surgical intervention through "Ileal Transposition" (or small intestinal switch) that can effectively control Type 2 diabetes.

Nanoparticle Vaccine Cures Type 1 in Mice

Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010

Using a sophisticated nanotechnology-based "vaccine," researchers were able to successfully cure mice with Type 1 diabetes and slow the onset of the disease in mice at risk for the disease.

Cell Therapy Improves Foot Ulcer Healing by 31-40%

Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010

Engineered skin significantly improved healing of diabetic foot ulcers compared with other advanced biologic therapies, according to an analysis of a larger wound care database.

Evolution the Cause for Greater Risk for Type 1 Diabetes?

Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010

Gene variants associated with an increased risk for Type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis may confer previously unknown benefits to their human carriers. As a result, the human race may have been evolving in the recent past to be more susceptible, rather than less, to some complex diseases.

Green Leafy Vegetables Cuts The Risk of Diabetes by 14%

Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010

A British meta-analysis found that increasing the daily intake of green leafy vegetables can reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes.

New Nutritional Scoring System: NuVal Rating

Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010

Consumers' growing demand for nutritional guidance spurred the creation of NuVal. NuVal's labeling system evaluates foods based upon more than 30 nutritional attributes, including positive ones such as fiber and negative ones such as saturated fat. It uses a mathematical formula to assign products a score on a scale of 1 to 100.

Brain Surgery Prevents Onset and Progression of Diabetes

Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010

Seven of 10 patients in trial who underwent microvascular decompression surgery experience significant improvement in glucose control.

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