Archive for the 'IDDM' Category
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Harvard University scientists, have identified the new approach to treat diabetes. They have successfully convert pancreas cells to produce insulin. Doug Melton, co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute is the study’s senior author.
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Latest news reveals the launch of new and unique online diabetes management education program by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Diabetes Teaching Center. This is the first ever online program, which equally focuses on both understanding and improved management for diabetic patients.
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
The Fearless African-Americans Connected and Empowered (F.A.C.E.) in association with Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. is soon going to start a campaign within local African American communities which will show Diabetic patients a new way to live a healthier and tension free life.
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Diabetic patients can now enjoy a hurdle free life as new device named True2go smallest portable blood-sugar testing device and TRUEresult has been launched by Home Diagnostics Inc. which is not only a convenient device to use but also is effective when related to cost.
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Can the world be free from diabetes? Can the diabetes patients live a healthy and happy life for ever? If scientists are to be believed, we can say hopefully yes. The Eastern Virginia Medical School researcher has claimed to have invented the medicine (s) that promises to cure type 1 diabetes(IDDM).
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
American Diabetes Association (ADA) for the first time is going to launch an online tool named MyFoodAdvisor. This tool will help to judge the calorie level of the food that a diabetic or cardiac patient take.
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Diabetes is often termed as the silent killer. Unfortunately, people are less concerned about the disease than they were in the past. The number of patients, unaware of their diabetes has raised from 30 percent to 25 percent in recent years. Lack of knowledge has added much to the increasing diabetic population in the world. [...]
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Three researchers of University of Florida, involved in several studies for type 1 (IDDM) diabetes has been awarded by the sixth annual “Excellence in Clinical Research” award at the annual Juvenile Diabetes Research Conference in Washington, D.C.. The award was handed over by Mary Tyler Moore and her husband, Dr, S. Robert Levine.
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
A new device, invented by K.K.Patton, a diabetic mom has created a revolution in the life of diabetic patients.
I-Port is the device which claims to minimize the pain of the needles that a diabetic has to suffer.
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Recent study reveals that Diabetes, an epidemic can only be cured if it is treated in its early stage i.e in pre-diabetic condition. And for that one has to accept precautionary life style which involves time to time check ups.
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