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Sexual Function Variable in Women With Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Women with type 1 diabetes have decreased sexual function and increased sexual distress during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle according to researchers. (The luteal phase is the time period beginning with the day after ovulation and running through the remainder of the menstrual cycle (it ends the day before the next period.)

Obesity A Factor In Accelerated Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Friday, February 24, 2006

"The increasing prevalence of childhood obesity may substantially account for the younger age at onset of type 1 diabetes observed in various populations."

Intensive Monitoring and Treatment Required for Gestational Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2006

The researchers concluded that, for pregnant women with type 1 diabetes, optimal glycemic control required a target HbA1c level of 6.0% or lower, and that at least 10 SMBG measurements daily were necessary to accurately reflect daily fluctuations in glucose concentrations.

New Technology Detects Brain Changes In Patients With Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2006

Although people with diabetes are twice as likely as the general population to develop depression, the cause of this increased risk is not well understood. They made these observations using voxel-based morphometry (VBM), a relatively new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology that allows researchers to take very sensitive measurements of small regions in the brain. For the first time, doctors have reason to ask if the increased risk of depression could in fact be due to changes in brain.

Type 1 Diabetes Linked With Epilepsy

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2006

Young adults with generalized epilepsy of unknown origin have a four-fold excess risk of having type 1 diabetes.

Women with Type 1 Have Low Bone Density

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2006

Bone mineral density (BMD) in premenopausal women with type1 diabetes, is 3 percent to 8 percent lower than in women without diabetes, investigators report

Insulin Glargine A True 24 Hour Insulin, Maybe Not!

Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2006

What is the optimal timing of injection of once-daily insulin glargine in people with Type 1 diabetes using insulin lispro at mealtimes?

Inhaled Insulin Gets FDA OK

Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2006

Exubera became the first inhaled insulin to get FDA approval.

It will be on pharmacy shelves by the middle of the year, says spokeswoman for Exubera maker Pfizer.

Encapsulated Pancreatic Islet Transplantation Feasible

Posted: Monday, January 23, 2006

Microencapsulated pancreatic islet transplantation into two patients with type 1 diabetes is showing promising results.
since the transplanted islets are physically immunoprotected into microcapsules, the recipients will not require pharmacologic immunosuppression -- whose long-term deleterious effects are only partially known."

Evidence Supports First Non-Injectable Insulin as Alternative Treatment for Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2005

The article nevertheless concludes that “current evidence suggests that Exubera is an alternative to short-acting subcutaneous insulin therapy providing a further choice for the treatment of patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes,” and that “a major benefit of Exubera…appears to be the improvement in patient treatment satisfaction which is related to its ease of use, leading to better adherence to treatment.”

Caution: the first week that Exubera is released, you will need to stay off the roads!