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Vinegar at Bedtime Can Benefit Type 2's

Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2007

A dose of vinegar taken at bedtime may favorably impact waking glucose concentrations in patients with type 2 diabetes, comes from the results of a new study.

Monotherapy BYETTA® Showed Significant Improvement in Glucose Control

Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2007

FDA Submission for monotherapy will be submitted in the first half of 2008.

Diabetes and Obesity Linked to Cancers

Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2007

Obesity and diabetes linked to heart disease can also affect the incidence and severity of cancer, a collection of four new studies suggests.

Diabetes Linked to Blood Vessel Inflammation

Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2007

U.S. researchers say they've identified a new pathway that increases a dangerous inflammation of blood vessels in people with diabetes.

Adults With Conditions that Increase Cardiovascular Disease Risk Have High Blood Pressure

Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2007

Nearly three-fourths of American adults with conditions such as coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes or others that raise their risk for cardiovascular complications also have hypertension (high blood pressure).

Eating Disturbance Common in Girls With Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2007

There is a high prevalence of eating disorders among girls with type 1 diabetes according to Canadian researchers. They also found that eating disturbances in this population are likely to persist over time.

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.

Depression Treatment Reduces Mortality by Half in Older Diabetics

Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2007

Older depressed patients with diabetes who receive additional intervention for their depression are half as likely to die within 5 years as similar patients who not provided this intervention.

Impact of “Diabetes” Label

Posted: Thursday, December 06, 2007

A diabetes diagnosis, as opposed to an impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) diagnosis, has been shown to have a profound psychological effect on how the patient deals with the disease.

Red Wine A Possible Cure for Diabetes?

Posted: Thursday, December 06, 2007

Millions of people with adult diabetes could one day be treated with a drug based on the healthy ingredient of red wine which could even help prevent other diseases linked with old age.