Copyright 2009 Medical News Today Latest Diabetes News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/diabetes/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171677.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171677.php There are minimal data assessing the relationship between diabetes and gallbladder, biliary and pancreatic cancer. Recent small studies have suggested an elevated risk of pancreatic cancer only in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). A research article published on November 14, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this question. The research team, lead by Dr. Diabetes Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171602.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171602.php To meet the changing needs of people affected by this growing epidemic, the American Diabetes Association has launched a completely redesigned http://www.diabetes.org in English and Spanish. Even though diabetes is a growing epidemic, a recent survey conducted by the Association showed that Americans received a failing grade in diabetes awareness. Diabetes Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171605.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171605.php The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service has opened a new laboratory in Edinburgh to offer around 12 people a year islet cell transplant therapy. Islet cell transplant therapy is a pioneering treatment for diabetes that was part-funded by Diabetes UK in its research stages. About islets Islets are groups of cells in the pancreas that contain the insulin-producing beta cells. Diabetes Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171613.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171613.php Echo Therapeutics, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ECTE), a company developing its needle-free Symphony(TM) tCGM System as a non-invasive, wireless, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring (tCGM) system and the Prelude(TM) SkinPrep System for transdermal drug delivery, today announced positive results of a clinical study of its Symphony tCGM System in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171434.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171434.php New research out today reveals that less than a third of UK residents (30 per cent) know of type 1 diabetes with a further 59 per cent confusing the autoimmune condition with type 2 diabetes - which can be related to obesity and lack of exercise. Men are the most uneducated about the condition, with only 28 per cent correctly identifying it compared with 32 per cent of women. Diabetes Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171445.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171445.php From 16 to 20 November it is National Anti-Bullying Week, a campaign run by the Anti-Bullying Alliance to raise awareness of bullying and to send the clear message that it is neither acceptable nor inevitable. The theme this year is 'Stay safe in cyberspace', as a recent survey found that more than a third of 12- to 15-year-olds have faced some form of cyberbullying (the use of information technology such as mobile phones and the internet to upset and hurt people). Diabetes Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171370.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171370.php The American Diabetes Association, the nation's leading voluntary health organization in the fight against diabetes, is bringing together community leaders from around the country for a two-day meeting to discuss major challenges, and to share 'promising practices' to address health disparities faced by minority populations when it comes to the prevention, detection, and management of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171363.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171363.php Many patients with diabetes should forego angioplasties for heart disease and just take medicine instead, according to a new National Institutes of Health study led by Stanford University School of Medicine researcher Mark Hlatky, MD. Previous research had shown that patients with type-2 diabetes and mild-to-moderate heart disease have no reduction in risk for heart attacks, strokes or death if they have an angioplasty compared with simply taking the right medications. Heart Disease Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171276.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171276.php Sirona Biochem Corp. (TSX-V: SBM), an emerging biotech company focused on diabetes and obesity drug development, says the latest results from a clinical trial with a competitor's SGLT Inhibitor demonstrates the major opportunity for the company with its unique molecules. Sirona Biochem CEO, Dr. Diabetes Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171254.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171254.php New antibiotics for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other pesky bacteria. Andrei Osterman and collaborators have used comparisons of bacterial genomes to identify new targets for antibiotics and produced first-generation chemical inhibitors of a class of bacterial enzymes, called NadDs (nicotinate mononucleotide adenylyltransferases). Described in a recent article in Chemistry & Biology (Cell Press), the team, led by Dr. MRSA / Drug Resistance Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171257.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171257.php Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that a dietary antioxidant found in such vegetables as broccoli and cauliflower protects cells from damage caused by chemicals generated during the body's inflammatory response to infection and injury. The finding has implications for such inflammation-based disorders as cystic fibrosis (CF), diabetes, heart disease, and neurodegeneration. Cystic Fibrosis Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171104.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171104.php Spherix Incorporated (NASDAQ CM: SPEX), an innovator in biotechnology for diabetes therapy, and a provider of technical and regulatory consulting services to food, supplement, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, announced positive interim Phase 3 clinical results for the planned review of the NEET (Naturlose (D-tagatose) Efficacy Evaluation Trial) trial of D-tagatose in drug naïve patients. Diabetes Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171064.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171064.php The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) warmly welcomes the two pronged themes of prevention of and education that are the focus of World Diabetes Day (14 November). "Recent research is predicting that one in seven Australians will have type 2 diabetes by 2050," said RACGP president, Dr Chris Mitchell. Diabetes Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171043.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171043.php Diabetes UK warns that 797,067 people with diabetes in the UK are not achieving their recommended blood glucose levels. Data from GP practices of 2,366,363 people with diabetes over the age of 17 showed that 34 per cent are at risk of serious health problems such as blindness, heart disease, amputation and kidney failure. For people with diabetes, achieving individually agreed blood glucose levels (HbA1c) within the range of 6.5 to 7. Diabetes Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171025.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171025.php Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that fat collection in different body locations, such as around the heart and the aorta and within the liver, are associated with certain decreased heart functions. The study, which appears on-line in Obesity, also found that measuring a person's body mass index (BMI) does not reliably predict the amount of undesired fat in and around these vital organs. Heart Disease Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171015.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171015.php Columbia University Medical Center presentED the 2009 Naomi Berrie Awards to a nationally recognized diabetes researcher, and a promising young investigator, for their outstanding achievements in diabetes research. The Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diabetes Research WENT to Richard Nathan Bergman, Ph.D, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physiology & Biophysics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC). Dr. Diabetes Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170943.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170943.php In acknowledgement of this year's World Diabetes Day, which calls on all those responsible for diabetes care to understand diabetes and take control, Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) highlights the growing body of clinical evidence for Personal Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) in improving glucose control for diabetes patients. Diabetes Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170977.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170977.php Low birth weight increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. Until recently scientists had attributed this to maternal malnutrition during pregnancy. However, now it seems that genetic background may also play a major role. A research team of Technische Universität München and Helmholtz Zentrum München has now demonstrated, that gene variants which influence insulin metabolism can also affect birth weight. Diabetes Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170973.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170973.php How does the developing pancreas in an embryo 'know' which cells are to produce insulin and which cells are to have other assignments? Researchers need to understand this if they want to be able to treat type-1 diabetes with stem cells developed into insulin-producing beta cells. At Lund University scientists have uncovered pioneering new knowledge, and are publishing it in the journal Cell. Stem Cell Research Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170898.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170898.php How a specific gene within the pancreas affects secretion of insulin has been discovered by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with Japanese and American universities. Their work opens the way for a new understanding of possible paths to battle diabetes and diabetes-related health problems, which are on the rise all over the world. Blood glucose levels are tightly regulated by secretion of insulin from beta cells in the pancreas. Diabetes Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170848.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170848.php The Republic of Mauritius in collaboration with the World Health Organization Afro Region and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) today opened an International Conference on Diabetes & Associated Diseases in Port Louis, Mauritius to highlight their concern about the rapid growth of the diabetes epidemic throughout Africa. The conference will run from November 12 and end on November 14 - World Diabetes Day. Diabetes Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170802.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170802.php Sirona Biochem Corp. (TSX-V: SBM) CEO, Dr. Howard Verrico, says the threat of diabetes for young Canadians is being vastly underestimated and will have profound consequences. Sirona Biochem CEO, Dr. Howard Verrico, said, "Diabetes and obesity are rampant. Children being born today in Canada have a one-in-three chance of eventually developing Type 2 diabetes that will, in many cases, shorten their lives and also reduce the overall quality of their lives. Diabetes Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170798.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170798.php Diabetes UK, in partnership with NHS Diabetes, has produced 'Diabetes Care and You' - a booklet to provide key information to people with diabetes about their role in managing their diabetes, working together with their healthcare team, and what they should expect from the NHS. Diabetes Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170800.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170800.php The Merlin Entertainments London Eye, the Shell Centre Tower, National Theatre and the London Marriott Hotel, County Hall, all on London's South Bank will be lit up blue on Saturday 14 November to mark World Diabetes Day 2009 and raise awareness of diabetes across the world. World Diabetes Day aims to make people aware of the seriousness of the condition and the impact it has across the world. Diabetes Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170779.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170779.php GI Dynamics, a leader in non-surgical treatments for type 2 diabetes and obesity, today announced data which demonstrate that obese patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes using the EndoBarrier™ Gastrointestinal Liner achieved near normalization of glycemic control in just one week, as compared to a sham control group. In addition, patients treated with EndoBarrier achieved a mean reduction of 2.4% in HbA1c glucose levels versus 0.8% for the sham arm at 24 weeks. Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness