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High Postmenopausal Sex Hormones Signal Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006
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Postmenopausal women with high levels of estradiol and testosterone are at a greatly increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to data on nearly 28,000 women.
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Ten Thousand Patients Using Levemir Insulin Show Improvements in BG Without Weight Gain
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006
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Levemir reduced mean A1C levels by 0.54 percent for type 1 and 0.89 percent for type 2 diabetes patients.
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A Skin Patch for Insulin Delivery
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006
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The first results from an investigational transdermal insulin delivery system suggest that it is possible to deliver insulin through the skin.
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Alternative to Carb Counting
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006
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Study shows an innovative mealtime insulin dosing algorithm provides alternative to carb counting for Type 2’s.
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Mixing Long and Short Acting Insulins in Same Syringe Does Not Compromise Long-Term Glycemic Control
Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006
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Mixing Lantus and rapid-acting insulins as Humalog or Novolog does not compromise glycemic control.
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Insulin Identified as Trigger that Causes Type 1 Diabetes
Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006
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Two teams of scientists identified the hormone insulin last week as the antigeny in triggering Type 1 diabetes.
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AACE: Insulin Not Sodium Plays a Major Role in Hypertension
Posted: Monday, May 22, 2006
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Insulin rather than salt is the major driver of hypertension, according to an analysis of data from a study.
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Scientists Make Major Finding on Potential Cure for Type 1 Diabetes
Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006
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The study, which combined two therapies (anti-CD3 antibody and proinsulin peptide) already being tested individually in human clinical trials, produced better efficacy, longer-lasting results and fewer side effects in the preclinical trials in mice than either therapy has shown alone in the human studies. The researchers hope to begin testing the combination therapy in human clinical trials later this year.
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Comparison of Breakfast and Bedtime Insulin Glargine in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006
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Once-daily dose of insulin glargine at breakfast in children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes on intensive therapy is more efficacious than bedtime administration.
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Dynamic Duo, Combination Therapy Reverses Type 1 Diabetes
Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006
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By combining an oral with an intranasal therapy for type 1 diabetes that have individually shown beneficial, but limited, effects in previous studies, Matthias von Herrath and colleagues at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology deliver a one-two punch, and prove that, in this case, 2 treatments work together better than one.
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