Hypoglycemia Increases Dementia Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
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April 22, 2009
Older adults with type 2 diabetes who experience an episode of hypoglycemia serious enough to require a trip to the emergency department or admission to the hospital are at increased risk of developing dementia, new research suggests.....[read article]
Intranasal Insulin Improves Diabetic Neuropathy in Mice
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April 18, 2009
Intranasal insulin slows the progression of experimental diabetic peripheral neuropathy in mice, according to a report in the April issue of Diabetes.....[read article]
Screening for Asymptomatic in Diabetic Does Not Reduce Cardiac Events
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April 18, 2009
Screening for asymptomatic coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes fails to significantly reduce future cardiac events, according to the results of a new study [1]. In light of the findings, the researchers conclude that routine screening for inducible ischemia in asymptomatic patients with diabetes mellitus should not be advocated.....[read article]
Metformin May Have Long-Term Benefits in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
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April 13, 2009
Several short-term studies in insulin-treated patients with DM2 have shown that metformin can improve glycemic control and reduce insulin requirements and weight gain," write Adriaan Kooy, MD, PhD, from the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and colleagues. [read article]
Physical Activity Independently Linked to Insulin Resistance
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April 13, 2009
Sugar-sweetened beverage intake and physical activity levels are each independently liked to insulin resistance in adolescents, according to the results of a cross-sectional analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data, collected by the National Center for Health Statistics, reported in the April issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.....[read article]
Proteinuria Independently Related to Stroke in Type 1 Diabetes
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April 13, 2009
Several possible illness-related neuropathological processes, including gliosis, demyelination, and altered osmolarity, can develop in young type 1 diabetes patients 12 years after diagnosis....[read article]
Glitazones May Raise Risk of Diabetic Macular Edema
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April 13, 2009
Diabetics who use drugs from the glitazone class appear to have a modest increase in risk of developing macular edema, according to study findings in the American Journal of Ophthalmology for April....[read article]
FDA Aproved Saxagliptin And Disaproved Liragutide
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April 05, 2009
the FDA Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 10 to 2 that the investigational diabetes drug saxagliptin (Onglyza, Bristol-Myers Squibb/AstraZeneca) does not put type 2 diabetes patients at an increased risk for cardiovascular events...[read article]
Switch to Insulin Glargine May Improve Glycemic Control
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March 30, 2009
In patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled by premixed insulin, switching to a glargine-based insulin regimen is likely to result in substantial improvement in blood sugar control, according to results of a retrospective study...[read article]
Coffee Components May Improve Glucose Tolerance
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March 29, 2009
Chlorogenic acid and trigonelline, which are present in coffee, may improve glucose tolerance, according to the results of a randomized cross-over trial reported online March 26 in Diabetes Care...[read article]
Stem Cells Crucial To Diabetes Cure In Mice
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March 21, 2009
More than five years ago, Dr. Lawrence C.B. Chan and colleagues in his Baylor College of Medicine laboratory cured mice with type 1 diabetes by using a gene to induce liver cells to make insulin...[read article]
Stem Cells And Oxygen Therapy Show Promise In Treating Diabetes
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March 21, 2009
The growing epidemic of diabetes in the United States is making it crucial for scientists to find new ways to treat the debilitating disease and its numerous complications. New research just published by investigators from the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Stem Cell ...[read article]
Type 1 Diabetes Associated With Anti-CCP-Positive Rheumatoid Arthritis
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March 21, 2009
People with type 1 diabetes mellitus have an increased risk of a specific form of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP)-positive RA, according to the findings of a large case-control study of Swedish adults published in the March issue of the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism....[read article]
IL-1 Receptor Antagonist Predicts Diabetes 2 Onset
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March 21, 2009
Elevated levels of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), a natural inhibitor of interleukin-1 beta, precede the onset of type 2 diabetes, European researchers report in the March issue of Diabetes Care....[read article]
QDScore Helps Estimate 10-Year Risk for Diabetes
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March 20, 2009
The QDScore, which includes both social deprivation and ethnicity, is the first risk prediction algorithm to estimate the 10-year risk for diabetes, according to the results of a prospective open cohort study reported in the March 18 Online First issue of the BMJ....[read article]
Diabetic Patients With AF at Increased Risk of Adverse Events
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March 18, 2009
Diabetic patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are at a significantly greater risk of adverse clinical outcomes than those without AF, a new analysis has shown [1]. Compared with those without the rhythm disorder, diabetic patients with AF are more likely to die from all or cardiovascular causes, as well as have more cerebrovascular events and heart failure, report researchers...[read article]
Metformin May Up Alzheimer's Protein if Used Alone
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March 18, 2009
Diabetes mellitus is associated with increased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD), but a new study of metformin suggests that diabetes treatments might bear some of the blame....[read article]
Breath Test May Become Diagnostic Screening Tool for Diabetes
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March 12, 2009
Abnormal glucose tolerance can be detected by a carbon-13 labeled oral glucose tolerance test in which 13-CO2 excreted in the breath is measured with a standard breath analyzer, according to research conducted at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston...[read article]
Diabetes Linked to Reduced Prostate Cancer Risk
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March 12, 2009
An analysis of data from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study confirms that men with diabetes mellitus are less prone to develop prostate cancer than their diabetes-free peers...[read article]
Approved Drugs Show Similar Efficacy for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain
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March 08, 2009
Duloxetine, pregabalin, and gabapentin offer similar efficacy for patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain, according to a report in the February 10th BMC Neurology...[read article]
Prandial Not Superior to Basal Strategies in Diabetic Survivors of Acute MI
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March 06, 2009
Treating diabetic survivors of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with prandial vs basal insulin strategies resulted in similar levels of hemoglobin A1c and no difference in the risk for cardiovascular events, according to the results of a ...[read article]
Intensive Insulin Therapy May Be Helpful for Patients in Pediatric Intensive Care
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FEB 25, 2009
Targeting blood glucose concentrations to age-adjusted normal fasting concentrations was associated with better short-term outcome of patients in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), according to the results of a prospective, randomized controlled study...[read article]
Liraglutide Combination Effective in Type 2 Diabetes
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FEB 23, 2009
In patients with type 2 diabetes being treated with metformin, the addition of the glucagon-like peptide-1 analog liraglutide is as effective as glimepiride in improving glycemic control but with less weight gain, researchers report in the January issue of Diabetes Care. ...[read article]
Effective Diabetes Management Possible in Disadvantaged Population
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FEB 22, 2009
Results of a study published in the January issue of Diabetes Care indicate that a diabetes-management program is effective in a lower-income Latino population, but treatment compliance may be poor even with free medications...[read article]
Hypertension Control Boosts Term Birth in Diabetics
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FEB 21, 2009
Intensive antihypertensive therapy leads to improved pregnancy outcomes in women with type 1 diabetes and microalbuminuria or nephropathy, Danish researchers report in the January issue of Diabetes Care.
"Diabetic women with kidney involvement have an increased risk of complications in pregnancy leading to...[read article]
Care For Children And Adolescents Living With Diabetes
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FEB 20, 2009
"Diabetes is a deadly disease, and each year, almost 4 million people die from diabetes-related causes. Children, particularly in countries where there is limited access to diabetes care and supplies, die young", ...[read article]
Artificial Pancreas Could Revolutionize Treatment Of Type 1 Diabetes
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FEB 18, 2009
Researchers at the University of Virginia and sites across the globe are testing a computerized, subcutaneous system that could one day transform the way Type 1 diabetics manage their disease..[read article]
Personalized Medicine For Monogenic Diabetes
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FEB16, 2009
In the last two years a team at the University of Chicago Medical Center has been able to wean more than 30 children who appeared to have type-1 diabetes off of insulin. This is not a miracle cure but a clever application of modern genetics and the tweaking of ion channels...[read article]
Diabetes Is Growing Field Of Treatment For Pharmacists
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FEB 14, 2009
Twenty one million Americans have diabetes and approximately six million are unaware that they have the disease. Debra Lopez, a faculty member in The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy and expert in the treatment of diabetes, teaches pharmacy students to learn about symptoms and different options for patients....[read article]
Foot Pain? You May Have Diabetes
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FEB 15, 2009
Do you ever feel burning, tingling or numbness in your feet and toes? The American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) warns against ignoring these symptoms. They could be a warning sign of diabetes...[read article]
