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Brain Key to Leptin's Actions against Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, November 03, 2010

New findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggest a novel role for the brain in mediating beneficial actions of the hormone leptin in Type 1 diabetes.

Beta-Cell Failure Occurs Much Earlier and More Severely than Previously Thought

Posted: Friday, October 22, 2010

A new published consensus statement finds that the increasing recognition that beta-cell failure occurs much earlier and severely than commonly believed suggests that regular glycemia screening, early identification of patients at metabolic risk and prompt and aggressive intervention deserves greater emphasis.

Surgeons Create Functional Artificial Pancreatic Tissue

Posted: Friday, October 22, 2010

Surgeons from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, are reporting on a whole new strategy for controlling insulin dependent diabetes without daily injections of insulin. The surgeons have bio-engineered a novel matrix that serves as a scaffold for seeding supportive stem cells as well as pancreatic islets.

New Way to Explain the Leading Cause of Kidney Failure

Posted: Friday, October 22, 2010

New reported evidence offers a completely new explanation for why people with diabetes account for more than half of all patients requiring dialysis or kidney transplantation.

Kidney Function in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy Linked to Seasonal BP

Posted: Sunday, October 10, 2010

Researchers say clinicians should consider seasonal variations in systolic blood pressure when treating patients with diabetic nephropathy, after finding seasonal variations in urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR), likely linked to blood-pressure changes.

Diabetes Does Not Impair Sex Among Older Adults

Posted: Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Many middle-aged and older adults with diabetes are sexually active according to a study of nearly 2,000 people aged 57 to 85. Almost 70 percent of partnered men with diabetes and 62 percent of partnered women with diabetes engaged in sexual activity two or three times a month, comparable to those without diabetes, the study showed.

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.

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.

Diabetes Damage Similar to Lung Impairment Found in Smokers

Posted: Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Lung impairment similar to that found in smokers has been found in a study that included 3,182 patients with diabetes and 27,080 control subjects. Researchers found that diabetes can damage the lungs in ways that are similar to smokers.