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Research Points to New Way to Treat Type 2 Diabetes: Insulin First

Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Three years into a six-year study and researchers have reported that the standard treatment for patients with Type 2 diabetes may have to be turned on its head.

Switching from Orals to BiPhasic Insulin Improves Control

Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Initiating insulin therapy with insulin aspart 30/70 (BIAsp 30) improved glycemic control in insulin-naïve patients with Type 2 diabetes who had poor glycemic control with oral antidiabetic drugs, according to new data.

EASD: AFRESA® Phase 3 Data Show Sustained Glycemic Control, Normal Lung Function in Patients over Four Years of Treatment

Posted: Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Long-term study in adults with Type 2 diabetes presented at the 45th annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.

Diabetes History

Posted: Saturday, September 26, 2009

Diabetes treatments are sure much better today than they were hundreds of years of even several years ago. I would have hated to have had diabetes back even several years before, when meters where big and hard to use, and insulin needles were huge sources of pain when injecting. I'd like to take a look back at what diabetes was like many years ago, and tell you just how far diabetes treatments have come!

New Buccal Insulin Approved by the FDA but with Conditions

Posted: Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Generex Biotechnology Corporation, an innovator for drug delivery for metabolic diseases through the inner lining of the mouth, announced that the U.S. FDA has granted approval for the treatment use of Oral-lyn™ under the FDA’s Treatment Investigational New Drug (IND) program.

Phase II Begins for a New Islet Regeneration Treatment

Posted: Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Exsulin Corporation announces next phase II trial of novel islet regeneration treatment in Type 1 diabetes. Leading diabetes research centers collaborate on new trial designed to further evaluate regeneration treatment for people with Type 1 diabetes.

Computerized Insulin Infusion Works in ICU Patients

Posted: Wednesday, September 16, 2009

A computer-aided insulin infusion protocol maintains glucose control in the ICU as effectively as a strict glycemic control protocol, and both of these methods are more effective than conventional treatment, researchers report.

New Pump CGMS Combo Detects Hypo’s and Turns Off Automatically

Posted: Wednesday, September 09, 2009

This new device, now available in more than 50 countries outside of the United States, can automatically suspend insulin delivery when the device senses that glucose levels have fallen to or below a user-selected threshold.

Insulin-Producing Cells Made from Adult Skin Cells

Posted: Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Using skin cells from people with Type 1 diabetes, researchers were able to produce cells that made insulin in response to changing blood sugar levels.

Insulin as First Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes: Study

Posted: Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Insulin can be safely and effectively used as a first-line treatment, in combination with metformin, in patients with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes, with high rates of patient satisfaction and compliance, results of a study indicate.