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Rising Obesity In Pregnancy Causes Concern For Gestational Diabetes A NHS watchdog revealed concerns about the rising level of obesity among pregnant women yesterday in order to raise awareness of the associated complications, which includes gestational diabetes... |
Just Drop It: The One-Size-Fits-All Approach To Blood Sugar Control, That Is Aggressive blood sugar control does not improve survival in diabetic patients with kidney failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The results suggest that physicians should individualize blood sugar targets for these patients and not rely on recommendations based on studies in the general population... |
Popular Diabetes Drugs Associated With Fractures In Type 2 Diabetic Patients Postmenopausal women with diabetes taking thiazolidinediones (TZDS), including rosiglitazone and pioglitazone, may be at increased risk for fractures according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Men with diabetes taking both loop diuretics and TZDs may also be at increased risk of fractures... |
Government Of Canada Announces Continued Support Of National Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced $110 million in funding over two years for the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative (ADI) to continue addressing high rates of diabetes among Aboriginal people... |
Implanted Wireless Glucose Sensor That Could Transform Management Of Diabetes Passes Crucial Test American bioengineers have demonstrated that an implanted glucose sensor with potential to transform the management of diabetes has passed a crucial test: the device they developed worked continuously in animals for over a year, without showing signs of "tissue encapsulation" seen in trials with other similar devices... |
Pitt Team Says One Molecule, Many More Insulin-Producing Cells To Treat Diabetes With a single stimulatory molecule, human insulin-producing beta cell replication can be sustained for at least four weeks in a mouse model of diabetes, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Diabetes, a journal of the American Diabetes Association... |
Calibra Gains FDA Clearance To Market Finesse? Insulin Patch-Pen For Three-Day Use With Novolog® Calibra Medical announced it received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Finesse? insulin patch-pen for up to three-day use with Novo Nordisk's Novolog® rapid acting insulin... |
ALR Technologies Announces FDA 510(k) Filing For Health-e-Connect (HeC) System -- Health Care For Diabetes Patients ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: ALRT) announces that on July 23, 2010 the Company submitted a 510(k) application to the FDA for its proprietary Health-e-Connect (HeC) System. The HeC system is an internet-based product intended for diabetic patients and their health care providers to improve communication and monitoring of patients' health management programs... |
iCo Therapeutics Inc. Receives Health Canada Clearance To Conduct Phase II DME Trial With iCo-007 iCo Therapeutics Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ICO) is pleased to announce that the Therapeutic Products Directorate, a division of Health Canada, has issued a No Objection Letter response to the Company regarding its iCo-007 Phase II Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) Clinical Trial Application (CTA)... |
Bone Plays Key Role In Insulin Regulation New US research on mice suggests that bone plays a key role in insulin regulation and helps cells of the body take up glucose; as both these processes are impaired in people with type 2 diabetes the researchers suggest this discovery could lead to new diabetes drugs... |
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