Archive for April, 2008

Hopes for Type 1 Diabetes (IDDM) Cure Soon with Successful Islet Cell Transplant in 8 Patients -

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Researchers from the Westmead Hospital has been successful in transplantation of insulin producing islet cells from a donor’s pancreas into type1 diabetes patients’ livers, where the new cells began to produce insulin. The one treatment helps to lessen the quantity of the insulin the body intakes. The technique, once established, may bring an end to [...]

Clinical Trial Raises Hope for Type 2 (NIDDM) Diabetes Cure for non-Obese With Surgery

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Doctors at the Shore Medical Center in New Rochelle have something that millions of type 2 diabetes patients want to hear, a proposed treatment for the disease. Dr. Mahdu Rangraj and Dr. Leonard Maffucci believe that a surgery called duodenal jejunal bypass, is the way to reduce the blood sugar in the patient to [...]

Spin-a-Thon To Reduce Your Sugar

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

At 66, Joe Konte, is busy spinning his suger away as he enjoys spinning exercise regularly. He, like many other diabetes patients prefer doing the same. Joe, thinks about joining the upcoming Tour De Cure Spin-a -thon,the event organised by the American Diabetes Association. Joe is not the only one to think like [...]

UAB Awarded $6.3 Million For Diabetes Study

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

UAB, one of the few universities designated as Diabetes research center nationwide, is awarded $6.3 million by the The National Institutes of Health to facilitate research work in diabetes. The whole money is to be used in the diabetes study and for treatment. The researchers are likely to focus on metabolic and [...]

Melon Juice Proves Good For Type 2 Diabetes

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Finally, a reason to take bitter melon juice for sweet results especially for the type 2 diabetes patients and also for those with the risk of the same disease. A team of researchers from China, have invented that melon juice contains some bioactive components that can activate enzyme AMPK, a protein well known [...]