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| Discovery May Pave The Way For A New Class Of Diabetes Drugs
August 31, 2007 08:00:00A multidisciplinary team led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego has determined the structure of a protein found in cells that shows potential as a target for the development of new drugs to treat diabetes. The study, published September 4 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, described the structure of a protein-MitoNEET-that was previously identified as a site where diabetes drugs could operate. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| Dia-B Achieves Major Clinical Milestone By Detecting Its Diabetes Drug Compound ISF402 In Blood
August 31, 2007 08:00:00 Dia-B Tech Limited (ASX:DIA) has achieved a major clinical milestone of its ISF402 diabetes drug development by confirming its detection in the bloodstream of trial patients. Peptides and proteins already existing in the bloodstream often mask small peptide drugs, making drug evaluation unreliable. A robust procedure has been developed for measuring ISF402 in plasma. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| Diabetes Type 2 Patients Need Better Home Blood Glucose Monitoring Advice
August 31, 2007 07:00:00According to a new study, patients with diabetes type 2 need better home blood glucose monitoring advice. You can read about this in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ).Type 2 diabetes generally does not require injections. The patient can be treated with dietary measures, along with a weight reduction programme and oral medications. Diabetes type 2 usually develops in patients over 40, and is more common if the person is overweight. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| FDA Approves New Drug to Treat Rare Disease, Acromegaly
August 31, 2007 03:00:00The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Somatuline Depot (lanreotide acetate injection) for the treatment of acromegaly, a rare and potentially life threatening disease in adults caused by abnormal secretion of growth hormone (GH), commonly from a benign tumor located in the pituitary gland located in the brain. - [Read more] |
| COPD not just a disease of the lungs
August 31, 2007 03:00:00Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) can no longer be judged as only a disease of the lungs, say authors of a Viewpoint in this weeks COPD special edition of The Lancet. - [Read more] |
| Help Us Improve Inpatient Care For People With Diabetes, UK
August 29, 2007 10:00:00Could you help? Diabetes UK is looking for people with diabetes with experience of inpatient care to give their views to senior policy makers at a meeting in London on Thursday 13 September. Full expenses will be paid including travel and childcare and carer costs. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| Hot Topics 24-Hour Voicemail Service, Diabetes UK
August 29, 2007 10:00:00Diabetes UK has introduced a new way to report your experiences of diabetes care. The 24-hour Hot Topics telephone voicemail service will provide people with the opportunity to record their experiences of diabetes services and help us to help improve the care available to people affected by the condition. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| Whole Grain Intake And Type 2 Diabetes
August 28, 2007 22:00:00Jeroen de Munter and colleagues found that, in women in the US Nurses Health Studies, whole grain intake was inversely associated with risk of type 2 diabetes. The association was stronger for bran than for germ. Citation: de Munter JSL, Hu FB, Spiegelman D, Franz M, van Dam RM (2007) Whole grain, bran, and germ intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: A prospective cohort study and systematic review. PLoS Med 4(8): e261. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| Liraglutide Improves Glucose Control And Lowers Body Weight In Two Phase 3 Studies Comprising More T
August 26, 2007 07:00:00Novo Nordisk announced clinical results from the second and third of five phase 3 studies with liraglutidev the once daily human GLP 1 analogue. The two 26 week studies are part of the LEAD® (Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes) programme and comprised 2,132 patients in total. The two studies investigated the effect of different doses of liraglutide in combination with a single oral antidiabetic drug. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| Diabetes Prevention Focuses On Family Lifestyles In The UK
August 25, 2007 18:00:00Family lifestyles and their impact on the health of individual family members will be the focus of a new approach to preventing diabetes.In the first study of its kind in Britain, researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow will test whether involving whole families in weight loss and fitness initiatives is effective in preventing the development of type 2 diabetes among high-risk family members. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| Bariatric Surgery Could Become Treatment For Diabetes
August 25, 2007 11:00:00Physicians "who have turned surgery into a popular treatment for obesity are setting their sights on a burgeoning new market: diabetes patients," the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, diabetes can "quickly recede" when bariatric surgery "alters the intestinal tract and diverts food away" from hormones in the small intestine that help regulate blood sugar levels. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
| Diabetics May Benefit From Discovery Of Sugar Sensor In Intestine
August 25, 2007 09:00:00Diabetes patients could benefit from new research at the University of Liverpool that has identified a molecule in the intestine that can taste the sugar content of the diet.Researchers found that the sweet taste receptor that senses sugar and artificial sweeteners is not only present in the tongue, but also in the intestine. [click link for full article] - [Read more] |
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