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Continuous Glucose Control Improves Pregnancy Outcomes in Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, October 01, 2008

For diabetic women, continuous glucose monitoring during pregnancy may not only improve glycemic control but also diminish the risk of complications, researchers found.

ARB Drug Fights Diabetic Eye Disease

Posted: Wednesday, October 01, 2008

New studies provide further evidence that candesartan, a blood pressure medicine, can cut the risk and severity of retinopathy in people who have diabetes, by as much as 18%, as well as blood pressure.

Depressed Dialysis Patients More Likely to be Hospitalized Or Die Within a Year

Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Dialysis patients diagnosed with depression are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized or die within a year than those who are not depressed, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found.

Exercise Reduces Fat In Livers of Diabetics: Study

Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Regular moderate exercise helps people with diabetes to reduce fat in their livers, in turn potentially preventing liver failure and heart disease, said U.S. researchers.

Cannabis-Like Drugs that Help With Pain and Don't Harm the Brain

Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Medicinal cannabis is becoming an increasingly accepted form of pain treatment, but the side effects are somewhat troubling. One of the main issues is that cannabis effects cognitive function. A new drug has been developed that resembles the pain alleviating effects of cannabis, while not adversely effecting the brain.

EASD: Cardiovascular Risk Factors Prevalent in Type 2 Diabetic Adolescents

Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Adolescents and young adults with type 2 diabetes are more likely to have hypertension, generalized obesity, abdominal obesity, low HDL cholesterol, high triglycerides and microalbuminuria, than their non-diabetic counterparts.

New Gastrointestinal Treatment For Diabetes Using the EndoBarrier Liner

Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2008

GI Dynamics announces data demonstrating immediate and sustained reduction in HbA1c in patients with type 2 diabetes using EndoBarrier® Gastrointestinal Liner. Compelling clinical data highlighted at first World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes show improved glycemic control and weight reduction in uncontrolled diabetics.

EASD: Early Intensive Glucose Control Pays Dividends

Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2008

A 10-year follow-up of a landmark trial of intensive glucose control in type 2 diabetes has suggested that the clinical benefit was more than durable and rose over time to a reduction or 15% for myocardial infarction and a 13% reduction in the relative risk of death from any cause.

Newly Found Gene Variants Account for Kidney Disease

Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2008

For the first time, researchers have identified variations in a single gene that are strongly associated with kidney diseases disproportionately affecting African-Americans. This work was conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and by NIH-funded investigators at the Johns Hopkins University.

New Magnetic Resonance Machine to be Clinically Implemented

Posted: Saturday, September 13, 2008

For the first time, a new ultra-powerful magnetic resonance machine will become operational in a hospital setting. The machine, known as the magnetic resonance tomograph, has only been used in scientific research settings, until its recent to the Max Delbrück Center (MDC) for Molecular Medicine in Berlin, Germany.