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Measuring Minute Amounts Of Insulin Aids Diabetes Treatment

Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2008

A new method that uses nanotechnology to rapidly measure minute amounts of insulin is a major step toward developing the ability to assess the health of the body's insulin-producing cells in real time.

Epidemic Of Type 2 Diabetes Linked To Vaccine Inflammation

Posted: Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Newly published data by Dr. J. Barthelow Classen in The Open Endocrinology Journal shows a 50% reduction of type 2 diabetes occurred in Japanese children following the discontinuation of a single vaccine to prevent tuberculosis.

Diabetes Vaccine Receives Approval To Start Phase III Trials

Posted: Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Diamyd Medical announced that the Swedish Medical Products Agency (MPA) in Europe and the FDA in the US, has approved the Company's application to commence Phase III studies with the therapeutic diabetes vaccine Diamyd(R).

How To Detect True Gestational Diabetes

Posted: Friday, April 04, 2008

The study showed that 7% of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes were already diabetic at the time of first visit and were misdiagnosed with gestational diabetes, when they had diabetes. They also found that, a HBA1C level at the first visit of less than 5.3 would not develop gestational diabetes during the entire course of pregnancy.

Simple Test Predicts Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2008

Researchers are developing a simple test which follows a new cellular pathway, that may predict whether a child will develop Type 1 diabetes.

Getting Up to Date on Glucose Meters

Posted: Wednesday, March 19, 2008

FDA is reminding people with diabetes to use only the test strips that are recommended for use with their glucose meter. FDA is aware of instances where incorrect results were obtained when brands and models of meters and test strips were not used in proper combination.

Mean Blood Glucose Better Than A1c In Predicting Cardiovascular Disease

Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2008

A group of researchers at theHull Royal Infirmary, Hull, UK, compared the use of measurements of mean blood glucose (MBG) and of HbA1c to predict macrovascular complications in patients with type 1 diabetes.

Common Sense Prevails: ACCCORD Vs. ADVANCE

Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2008

Early results from the largest study ever (ADVANCE) of aggressive measures to control blood sugar in type 2 diabetics has found no sign that intensive treatment increases the risk of death.

Accord Study Stops Intensive Diabetes Management Due To Increase in Deaths

Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008

Treating to normal blood sugars may cause an increase in death.

New Position Statement for Glucose Intolerance in PCOS

Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008

The new recommendations highlights the high risk for glucose intolerance in women with PCOS. Generally, screening for glucose intolerance is recommended in these women because it is often asymptomatic.