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C-Peptides May Prevent Diabetes Complication

Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008

A compound formed during insulin production and once dismissed as irrelevant in diabetes may be a key to preventing the complications that make type 1 diabetes such a serious disease.

Neuropathy Most Likely to Strike in Type 2 Diabetes Not in Type 1

Posted: Saturday, July 07, 2007

Painful neuropathy is more common in patients with type 2 diabetes than in those with type 1, due to metabolic syndrome, researchers suggest, because of a link with the metabolic syndrome.

Statins and Fibrates Prevents Diabetic Neuropathy by 48%

Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

A major epidemiological study conducted over eight years in Australia has shown that two classes of lipid-lowering drugs - statins and fibrates - significantly lower the risk of developing nerve damage known as peripheral sensory diabetic neuropathy.

Prevalence of Diabetes Rose 5% Annually Since 1990

Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

CDC statistics highlight need for improved prevention efforts.

Three in Five Diabetics Experience At Least One High-Cost Complication Related to Disease

Posted: Friday, April 20, 2007

Three of every five diabetics in the U.S. experience at least one significant complication from the disease, such as heart disease, stroke, eye damage, chronic kidney disease or foot problems leading to amputation.

Diabetes Complications Swelling U.S. Health Costs

Posted: Friday, April 20, 2007

Poorly managed type 2 diabetes costs the U.S. health system an extra $22.9 billion a year. Those costs come from direct medical costs to treat heart, eye, kidney and other serious health problems associated with the disease, diabetes groups reported at a meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.

Diabetes's Spread Will Exceed All Predictions, Study Finds

Posted: Thursday, March 08, 2007

The World Health Organization's estimate of 39 percent growth in diabetes cases between 2000 and 2030 may be an underestimate, according to a study of cases in Canada. At least 171 million people have diabetes worldwide, and the number will climb to 366 million by 2030, WHO estimates.

New Possible Drug for Neuropathic Pain

Posted: Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Preliminary results from a phase III withdrawal-design trial with lacosamide in patients with painful diabetic neuropathy show that lacosamide was statistically significant over placebo in reducing pain scores. SCHWARZ PHARMA plans for regulatory submission during the second half of 2007.

Cannabinoid Spray (Sativex) Improves Neuropathic Pain

Posted: Thursday, January 25, 2007

GW Pharmaceuticals announced preliminary results of two Phase III studies of Sativex®, its cannabinoid spray medicine, in peripheral neuropathic pain.

C-Peptide Replacement Improves Early Diabetic Neuropathy

Posted: Thursday, January 25, 2007

C-peptide improves sensory nerve function in type 1 diabetic patients with early-stage diabetic neuropathy.