Could Alzheimer’s be a Form of Diabetes?
October 1, 2007 by admin · Leave a Comment
Could a new form of diabetes be to blame for the memory loss of Alzheimers disease?
Recent research has revealed levels of brain insulin are lower in patients with the Alzheimers and of a third form of diabetes may cause the disease, which results in loss of memory and, ultimately, death.
For some diabetics, burden of care rivals complications of disease
September 27, 2007 by admin · Leave a Comment
Many patients with diabetes say that the inconvenience and discomfort of constant therapeutic vigilance, particularly multiple daily insulin injections, has as much impact on their quality of life as the burden of intermediate complications, researchers from the University of Chicago report in the October 2007 issue of Diabetes Care.
Breath analysis offers potential for noninvasive blood sugar monitoring in diabetes
September 24, 2007 by admin · Leave a Comment
Diabetics found to have elevated methyl nitrate content in exhaled breath
Irvine, Calif. Breath-analysis testing may prove to be an effective, non-invasive method for monitoring blood sugar levels in diabetes, according to a University of California, Irvine study.
Pig Cells to Cure Diabetes?
September 17, 2007 by admin · Leave a Comment
You may soon love pigs for more than bacon. Islet cells from pigs may hold the key to curing diabetes.
A recent study revealed the transplantation of insulin-producing islet cells from pigs reversed diabetes in monkeys, giving researchers hope the results will also hold true for humans.
Metabolic syndrome heightens risk for development of uric-acid kidney stones
September 13, 2007 by admin · Leave a Comment
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that patients suffering from the metabolic syndrome a cluster of conditions that increases the risk for heart disease, stroke and diabetes also have a propensity to develop highly acidic urine, which increases the risk of developing kidney stones.
Debate Continues Over Type 2 Diabetes Meds
September 12, 2007 by admin · Leave a Comment
U.S. Food and Drug Administration warnings on the labels of Avandia (rosiglitazone), a glycemic control drug prescribed to type two diabetics, are not strong enough, according to some researchers.
After reviewing research this summer, an FDA panel voted to keep Avandia on the market with a “black box” warning, advising doctors to watch patients for heart failure and advising against prescribing the medication to people with serious or severe heart failure.
Mutations in the insulin gene can cause neonatal diabetes
September 11, 2007 by admin · Leave a Comment
Mutations in the insulin gene can cause permanent neonatal diabetes, an unusual form of diabetes that affects very young children and results in lifelong dependence on insulin injections, report researchers from the University of Chicago and Peninsula University (Exeter, UK) in Sept. 18, 2007, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, published early online.
Blocking formation of toxic plaques implicated in type 2 diabetes
September 10, 2007 by admin · Leave a Comment
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Amid growing evidence that the same abnormal clumping of proteins in Alzheimers disease also contributes to type-2 diabetes, scientists in New York are reporting discovery of a potent new compound that reduces formation of those so-called amyloid plaques. Their study is scheduled for the Sept. 5 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a weekly publication.
Preventing Type I Diabetes
September 3, 2007 by admin · Leave a Comment
More than 1 million Americans wait and hope for a cure for type 1 diabetes, but could there be a way to prevent it?
The Gould’s are a family of 10!
“It’s really fun!” says mother Ellen Gould.
But it can also be hard work, especially because three of the kids have type 1 diabetes. If blood sugars aren’t carefully controlled, the disease can lead to blindness, kidney failure and even amputation.
Circulating fats kill transplanted pancreas cells, study shows
August 28, 2007 by admin · Leave a Comment
Dietary restrictions or other strategies that limit fat formation might make pancreatic cell transplants more effective, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.
Using animal models, the researchers discovered that pancreatic islet cells transplanted into the liver fail not only because of immune rejection, but also because of overexposure to toxic fats that are synthesized by the surrounding liver cells and flood the pancreatic transplants. Their findings appear in the September issue of the journal Diabetes.
