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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.

EASD: Adding Incretin to Insulin Lowers HbA1c
Posted: Sunday, October 03, 2010
Adding exenatide to insulin glargine for patients who aren't fully controlled with insulin glargine and/or other oral agents can help to improve their blood glucose.

Significant Type 2 Diabetes Breakthrough
Posted: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Amyloid could "directly poison" pancreas cells. Shedding light on how a malfunctioning protein helps trigger Type 2 diabetes could one day offer the chance to halt the damage, say scientists.

FDA & CDC WARNING: Limit Fingerstick Devices to Just One Patient
Posted: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Fingerstick devices along with insulin pens should never be used with more than one person.

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.

Insulin Users Have 50% Higher Cancer Risk; Causes Unclear
Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Diabetes patients who take insulin have a higher risk of developing cancer, according to Danish researchers who say they can't explain the link.

Shorter (5-mm) Needles Deliver Insulin Reliably
Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
New research has found that 5-mm needles effectively deliver insulin into subcutaneous fat in both adults and children. Compared with intramuscular injections of insulin, injections into the subcutaneous fat are associated with less variability in glycemic control as well as a lower risk for hypoglycemia.

One Molecule Can Produce Insulin-Producing Cells to Treat Diabetes
Posted: Monday, August 09, 2010
With a single stimulatory molecule, human insulin-producing beta cell replication can be sustained for at least four weeks.

Daily Insulin Shots May Be a Thing of the Past
Posted: Monday, August 02, 2010
That daily shot of insulin may soon be a thing of the past. Scientists at the National Immunology Institute in New Delhi, India, have developed a new form of insulin which could maintain normal blood sugar levels for over 120 days.

Study Finds Visually Impaired People Get Insulin Pen Dosages Right
Posted: Sunday, July 11, 2010
Study shows visually impaired people can use insulin pens even though the labels on the popular insulin pen used by people with diabetes warn against visually-impaired people using pens to measure out and administer their insulin dosage.

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