Archive for May, 2008

Is Sugar Consumption Safe For Diabetics?

Friday, May 30th, 2008

We people live in a misconception that diabetic people can’t have sugar or they must buy and eat special foods for diabetics. In this conception we run to the stores to buy diabetes friendly food which are showing up in the supermarket and thus increasing popularity.

R1583 Type 2 Diabetes (NIDDM) Drug Gets Strong Rating

Friday, May 30th, 2008

A drug having code number R 1583, a Swiss company’s product, is going to mark a significant improvement in the history of medical Diabetes.

Vaccine Reverses Type 1 Diabetes in Mice, Human Trial Begins

Friday, May 30th, 2008

The researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh reported to have invented the experimental vaccine for the type 1 diabetes. The vaccine has already been tested on animal and is ready to be tested on human being. Safety trial of this vaccine is going on. If approved, the vaccine will enter to the phase 2 [...]

Cocoa Healthy For Diabetics & Heart Patients

Friday, May 30th, 2008

According to the doctors of cardiology, pulmonology and vascular medicine at the University Hospital Aachen and the Technical University Aachen, in Aachen, Germany, Cocoa can help blood vessels function better.

Lifestyle Change Can Postpone Type 2 Diabetes

Friday, May 30th, 2008

A recent study published in the journal The Lancet shows that regular exercise, balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. The study emphasize the role of a good lifestyle to reduce the chance of type 2 diabetes by 3 to 6 years in the suspecting patients.

Taking Vitamin D as Child May Reduce Type 1 Diabetes Risk

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Study suggests that vitamin D can significantly reduce the risk of developing type 1 diabetes among children. And as the sunlight is the natural source of vitamin D, a well exposure in the sunlight can be helpful to reduce the diabetes risk. Perhaps this is the reason of why children in the northern part of [...]

Succinobucol an Antioxidant, Another Hope For Diabetics

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

According to the new study done by researchers of the Montreal Heart Institute in Canada, a new antioxidant and anti inflammatory drug Succinobucol, is believed to show benefits in the prevention and treatment of Diabetes.

Study: Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation Increases The Chances of Long-term Survival

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

A group of researchers of the University of Heidelberg, Germany, working on type 1 diabetes and end stage renal disease (ESRD), says that simultaneous kidney transplant with pancreas transplant will increase the long term survival as compared to kidney transplant alone.

Type 2 Diabetes (NIDDM) May Be Cured By Salsalate

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

According to a report given by Joslin Diabetes Center, the drug called Salsalate not only prevents one from type 2 Diabetes, but it can also be used for the treatment of disease.

Gala Raises Record $1.2 Million for Juvenile Diabetes (IDDM)

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Fund of $1.2 million has been organised by Rosemary Schatzman and Jeff Smith for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.