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'Wristwatch' to Monitor Diabetes
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May 24 (BBCNews) -- Diabetics could soon be able to monitor their condition using a device attached to their wrist - avoiding the need for regular finger prick tests. Also see GlucoWatch® Biographer for more information.
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American Ginseng May Help Control Diabetes
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April 19 (ScienceDaily) -- Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital and the University of Toronto have found that taking American ginseng before a meal reduces blood sugar in people both with and without diabetes. The study appears in the April 9 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, a publication of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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Annual Retinal Exams for Diabetic Patients Provide Few Benefits
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb 16 (Newswise) -- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers reporting in the February 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, find that individually tailored vision screenings for diabetic patients could produce significant savings without substantially reducing health
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Artificial Skin Grown for Diabetics
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May 9 (BBC News) -- US experts have approved a product made from human skin cells which could revolutionise the treatment of diabetic ulcers.
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Breakthrough Surgery for Diabetes
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May 17 (BBC News) -- A surgical breakthrough could mean an end to insulin injections and strict diets for many diabetics.
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Diabetes and Gum Disease Often Go Hand in Hand
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CHICAGO, March 23 (PRNewswire) -- Diabetes and periodontitis are often referred to as "silent" diseases because the initial symptoms are generally painless.
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Diabetes Breakthrough by Faculty of Medicine Researcher
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A researcher in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary has discovered a new type of gene therapy that brings about the remission of Type 1, insulin dependent diabetes. Ji-Won Yoon, PhD, the Julia McFarlane Chair in Diabetes Research, and his colleague, Dr. Hyun Chul Lee of Korea, have found that by injecting a specialized gene into diabetic rats and mice, the scientists are able to control blood glucose levels.
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Diabetes Drugs Hazardous at Higher Doses
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OLNEY, Md., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Diabetes Center -- a not-for-profit patient advocacy group for physicians located north of DC -- announced today that a meta-analysis of diabetes studies suggested that higher doses of a class of drugs known as sulfonylureas are associated with increased mortality.
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Diabetes Linked to Marital Stress
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SAN ANTONIO, June 11 (CNN) -- A link has been discovered between marital stress and an increased incidence of Type-II diabetes, said researchers at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association.
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Diabetes Reversed in the Lab
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GAINESVILLE, Fla., Tues., Mar 1 (ScienceDaily) -- University of Florida researchers have reversed diabetes in mice with a simple injection of cells that soon produce enough insulin to regulate blood sugar effectively, they reported today in the journal Nature Medicine.
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Doctors Reinvent the Housecall
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New York, NY -- March 18, 2000 -- Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons (P&S) at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (CPMC) and SUNY Upstate Medical University have received a $28 million grant from the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) to bring health care into the homes of underserved rural and inner-city residents with diabetes -- the largest telemedicine effort ever funded by the federal government's Department of Health and Human Services.
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EFFEXOR® XR Reduces Pain Associated with Diabetic Neuropathy
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SAN ANTONIO, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study presented at the 60th annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association shows that the antidepressant Effexor(R) XR (venlafaxine HCl) Extended-Release Capsules is effective in reducing pain associated with diabetic neuropathy, according to The Diabetes & Glandular Disease Clinic.
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FDA Approves Glucovance™ (Glyburide and Metformin HCL Tablets) for Type 2 Diabetes
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PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Glucovance(TM) (Glyburide and Metformin HCl Tablets) for use, along with diet and exercise, as initial drug therapy for people with type 2 diabetes.
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Genes May Help Protect Kidneys From Diabetes Damage
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TORONTO, June 29 (ScienceDaily) -- Ohio University scientists have identified genes that may be involved in protecting the kidneys of diabetics from damage, a first step in the development of a drug or therapy for millions of people who suffer from kidney failure as a result of the disease.
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Glucosamine Sulfate May Promote Insulin Resistance
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SAN DIEGO, April 18 (NewsWise) -- A research study presented today at the annual Experimental Biology scientific meetings cautioned that consumption of the popular dietary supplement glucosamine sulfate may actually increase the risk of developing insulin resistance and may worsen control of diabetes in patients with this disease. Glucosamine sulfate is widely used to relieve the pain of osteoarthritis and other chronic joint conditions.
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Growing Blood Vessels Around Clots in Leg Arteries May Treat Painful Walking
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DURHAM, N.C., Jan 11 (Science Daily) -- Like hearts, legs can also suffer from "attacks" when too little blood flows through clogged and narrowed arteries. And like angina in a heart, this lack of oxygen-rich blood to muscles that need it produces pain. Leg by-pass surgery and angioplasty can help some patients, but most people with leg clots walk as little as possible to avoid the pain.
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Herbal Remedies Unproven as Diabetes Treatments
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Atlanta, June 13 (CNN) -- Many diabetics are resorting to herbal remedies to ease their symptoms, even though such treatments may have unknown side effects, doctors warned Monday.
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High Blood Pressure Medications Increase Diabetes Risk
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Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (Newswise) March 30 -- People with high blood pressure are two and a half times more likely to develop Type 2, or non-insulin-dependent, diabetes as those with normal blood pressure, according to a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins and published in the March 30 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.
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High Diabetes Risk in African-American Women
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Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, May 2 (NewsWise) -- A nine-year study of more than 12,000 middle-aged Americans suggests that at least half of the extra risk for diabetes faced by African-American women is linked to relatively simple and modifiable lifestyle factors. The same was not true for African-American men, according to the study team led by Johns Hopkins investigators.
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Insulin, Viagra, Point to Relief for Diabetics' Gut Feelings
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Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Aug. 1 (Newswise) -- One of the quiet miseries of long-term diabetes is a condition called gastroparesis --a failure of the stomach to empty after a meal because the valve-like pyloric muscle won't relax. Gastroparesis affects nearly 75 percent of people who've had diabetes more than five years, causing bloating, pain, loss of appetite and, on occasion, vomiting and dehydration.
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