Diabetes Cure Blog

Owners of a day camp were sued by a Wellesely family after their 6 year old daughter was denied admission only because she had diabetes.

Diabetic patients who are treated with Pioglitazone are found to have 75 percent increases in body weight, which occurs due to water retention.

Mincer, A 7-year-old dog, has developed a white haze in her eyes. She seems to see all right, but her eyes look really weird. She also has this huge appetite, and she eats all her food and tries to steal food from our cats. She even went to the neighbor’s garage and ate their dog’s [...]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is examining data that may put China ahead of India to becoming the `Diabetes Capital of the World,’with an estimated 30 million diabetics, said Gojka Roglic, Technical Officer, Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion.

Senesco Technologies announced that a preclinical animal study has shown that its proprietary gene technology increases the survivability of islets isolated for transplantation.

A recent study found that contraception with depot medroxyprogesterone acetate might increase the risk of diabetes in some Latino women with prior pregnancy related or gestational diabetes.

Getting too little or too much sleep may increase a person’s risk of developing type2 diabetes.

Diabetic patients can look forward to lower chance of developing foot pain or other nerve damage in the future, if they keep their blood sugar today in control.

Thanks to University of Calgary researchers who are developing the first bioreactor procedures to grow pancreatic cells in their laboratory. This opens the door to the possibility of providing a steady supply of insulin-producing cells that can be transplanted into patients affected by this serious disease.

Till now camps for children with diabetes were available, a place where kids could learn about managing diabetes and at the same time have fun with others. Now a similar kind of approach is being taken for the adults suffering from diabetes. They’re a little different from sleep-away camps, though. Training programs are provided at [...]