Diabetes Cure Blog

Campers (6 to 15 years old who have diabetes or are at risk of developing the disease) have spent the week hiking at Camp Tyler, fishing, swimming at Tyler Junior College, practicing archery, making bird feeders, riding horses and learning how to manage their diabetes.

Star Health and Allied Insurance conducted a students rally to create awareness on diabetes in Chennai yesterday on the occasion of World Diabetes Day. The rally, which was flagged off by Director General of Police Mukherjee, saw around 200 NSS volunteers from various city colleges taking part in it.

The George Institute for International Health reports that populations in rural India may be set for an epidemic of diabetes.

A new research says that up to 60 per cent of Irish people with type 2 diabetes receive most of their treatment from their GP.

Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTK) announced today an agreement with Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to develop a nasal spray formulation of exenatide, a treatment for type 2 diabetes. Preclinical studies of the formulation have been completed in preparation for initiating studies to determine feasibility in human subjects.

Consumption of coffee, particularly the decaffeinated variety, is associated with a reduced risk of diabetes, according to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Melbourne biotech group Dia-B expects to begin clinical trials of its ISF402 anti-diabetes compound in the last quarter of 2006 after initial trials on animals proved that the compound is effective in lowering blood glucose levels.

Technology that identifies landforms, geology and vegetation types from satellite images of the earth’s surface has been used to help identify insulin-related structures in electron microscope images of the pancreas.

Expert says, diabetes is a biological weapon drivien by obesity and has been unleashed on our population, . The number of new cases of type 2 diabetes among middle-aged Americans has doubled over the past 30 years.

According to a North American study, daily supplement of an extract from citrus peel could reduce insulin resistance in hamsters, suggesting the extract might also help prevent diabetes in humans.