http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/diabetes-watch-blog.html Diabetes watch blog From Diabetes watch blog Fri, 01 May 2009 03:41:26 GMT en-us http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/images/blogs/diabetes-watch-blog-720.jpg http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/diabetes-watch-blog.html 100 74 http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/sitagliptin-could-trigger-pancreatitis.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/sitagliptin-could-trigger-pancreatitis.html Fri, 01 May 2009 03:41:26 GMT A drug widely used to treat Type 2 diabetes may have unintended effects on the pancreas that could lead to a form of low-grade pancreatitis in some patients and a greater risk of pancreas cancer in long-term users, UCLA scientists have found. As per a research findings reported in the online edition of the journal Diabetes, scientists from the Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center at UCLA observed that sitagliptin, sold in pill form as Januvia, caused abnormalities in the pancreas that are recognized as risk factors for pancreatitis and, with time, pancreas cancer in humans. Januvia is marketed by Merck and Co. Inc. Sitagliptin is a member of a new class of drugs that enhance the actions of the gut hormone known as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), which has been shown to be effective in lowering blood sugar in people with Type 2 diabetes. The study is available at http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/db09-0058v1........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/reducing-sugar-and-increasing-fiber-intake.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/reducing-sugar-and-increasing-fiber-intake.html Fri, 01 May 2009 03:41:26 GMT Reducing sugar intake by the equivalent of one can of soda per day and increasing fiber intake by the amount equivalent to one half cup of beans per day appears to improve risk factors linked to type 2 diabetes in Latino adolescents, as per a report in the recent issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2009/those-diabetics-high-fiber-diets.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2009/those-diabetics-high-fiber-diets.html Fri, 01 May 2009 03:41:26 GMT Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center report that patients with noninsulin-dependent diabetes (type 2) excreted less calcium through their urine when they consumed 50 grams of fiber a day than when they ate 24 grams a day. Excreting less calcium indicates that they absorbed less of the mineral........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2009/an-old-dawg-can-learn-new-tricks.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2009/an-old-dawg-can-learn-new-tricks.html Fri, 01 May 2009 03:41:26 GMT In an interview with Diabetes Forecast - the consumer magazine of the American Diabetes Association - Randy Jackson reveals his type 2 diabetes story, the hurdles and the path to therapy. This year, Randy Jackson celebrates 10 years of type 2 diabetes: Jackson, who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 1999, was shocked when he learned that he had a chronic disease. "They were sneaky symptoms," he says. "Of course, I didn't take into consideration that a history of type 2 diabetes ran in my family, because you always believe that happens to somebody else, not you."....... ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2009/five-eye-care-tips-for-diabetics.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2009/five-eye-care-tips-for-diabetics.html Fri, 01 May 2009 03:41:26 GMT If you have diabetes you should know that you are more susceptible to eye disorders like glaucoma, cataracts, retinopathy and blindness. But there is a lot that you can do to take charge of and prevent such problems. Here are some tips for diabetics that can help fight these eye disorders. Keep your blood sugar levels in control. In order to achieve this you must stay away from sugary snacks and foods that are highly processed and made from white flour. The diet must include a lot of high fiber food, unsalted nuts, fruits and vegetables. Drink lots of water so that toxins and wastes are removed from the system. The right diet keeps blood sugar levels steady without many spikes. ....... ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2008/treating-gum-disease-in-diabetics.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2008/treating-gum-disease-in-diabetics.html Fri, 01 May 2009 03:41:26 GMT A new report shows that treating gum disease in patients who have diabetes with procedures such as cleanings and periodontal scaling is associated with 10 to 12 percent lower medical costs per month. The findings are encouraging but the study was not designed to firmly establish cause and effect, said George Taylor, University of Michigan associate professor of dentistry, who also has an appointment in epidemiology in the U-M School of Public Health. Taylor led the research project to investigate whether routine, non-surgical therapy for gum disease is associated with lower medical care costs for people with diabetes........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2008/type-1-diabetes-and-celiac-disease-linked.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2008/type-1-diabetes-and-celiac-disease-linked.html Fri, 01 May 2009 03:41:26 GMT Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes and celiac disease appear to share a common genetic origin, scientists at the University of Cambridge and Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, have confirmed. Their findings, which are reported in this week's edition of the New England Journal (NEJM), identified seven chromosome regions which are shared between the two diseases. The research suggests that type 1 diabetes and celiac disease may be caused by common underlying mechanisms such as autoimmunity-related tissue damage and intolerance to dietary antigens (foreign substances which prompt an immune response)........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2008/new-source-of-insulin-producing-cells.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2008/new-source-of-insulin-producing-cells.html Fri, 01 May 2009 03:41:26 GMT Scientists at the Joslin Diabetes Center have shown that insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells can form after birth or after injury from progenitor cells within the pancreas that were not beta cells, a finding that contradicts a widely-cited earlier study that had concluded this is not possible. The study, published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition, identifies the source of the progenitor cells as being pancreatic duct cells........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2008/diabetes-treatment-becomes-more-complex.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2008/diabetes-treatment-becomes-more-complex.html Fri, 01 May 2009 03:41:26 GMT A progressively more complex and expensive array of therapys for type 2 diabetes is being prescribed to an increasing number of adults, as per a report in the October 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In 2000, more than 11 million Americans had been diagnosed with diabetes, as per background information in the article. "By 2050, the number of Americans with diabetes is expected to soar to 29 million, a prevalence of 7 percent," the authors write. "The annual economic burden of diabetes is estimated at $132 billion and increasing. In 2002, more than one-tenth of U.S. health care expenditures were attributable to diabetes." As costs and prevalence increase, managing diabetes also has become increasingly complex, as physicians prescribe more medications to each patient and combine drugs from different therapeutic classes........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/battling-diabetes-with-beta-cells.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/battling-diabetes-with-beta-cells.html Fri, 01 May 2009 03:41:26 GMT Affecting eight percent of America's population, diabetes can lead to blindness, kidney failure, strokes and heart disease. Thanks to Tel Aviv University researchers, a new cure -- based on advances in cell treatment -- may be within reach. Prof. Shimon Efrat from TAU's Sackler Faculty of Medicine, whose research group is among world leaders in beta cell expansion, has developed a way to cultivate cells derived from insulin-producing beta cells from human tissue in the laboratory. It may be possible to implant these new healthy cells into patients with type 1 diabetes........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2008/leptin-can-also-aid-type-1-diabetics.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2008/leptin-can-also-aid-type-1-diabetics.html Fri, 01 May 2009 03:41:26 GMT Terminally ill rodents with type 1 diabetes have been restored to full health with a single injection of a substance other than insulin by researchers at. UT Southwestern Medical Center. Since the discovery of insulin in 1922, type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent diabetes) in humans has been treated by injecting insulin to lower high blood sugar levels and prevent diabetic coma. New findings by UT Southwestern researchers, which appear online and in a future issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that insulin isn't the only agent that is effective. Leptin, a hormone produced by the body's fat cells, also lowers blood glucose levels and maintains them in a normal range for extended periods, they found........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2008/diabetes-transmitted-from-parents-to-children.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2008/diabetes-transmitted-from-parents-to-children.html Fri, 01 May 2009 03:41:26 GMT A new study in the recent issue of the Journal of Lipid Research suggests an unusual form of inheritance may have a role in the rising rate of diabetes, particularly in children and young adults, in the United States. DNA is the primary mechanism of inheritance; kids get half their genes from mom and half from dad. However, researchers are just starting to understand additional kinds of inheritance like metabolic programming, which occurs when an insult during a critical period of development, either in the womb or soon after birth, triggers permanent changes in metabolism........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/diabetes-increases-risk-of-tuberculosis.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/diabetes-increases-risk-of-tuberculosis.html Fri, 01 May 2009 03:41:26 GMT Taken together, studies show that diabetes increases risk of tuberculosis People with diabetes mellitus are at increased risk of developing active tuberculosis (TB), as per an analysis published in PLoS Medicine Searching for research over the past four decades containing data on the relationship between diabetes and TB, Christie Jeon and Megan Murray of the Harvard School of Public Health identified 13 studies involving more than 1.7 million participants, including 17,698 cases of TB. Combining the data from cohort studies in particular, the scientists calculated that diabetes increases the risk of active TB by about a factor of three........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/snapshots-of-eyes-could-serve.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/snapshots-of-eyes-could-serve.html Fri, 01 May 2009 03:41:26 GMT A new vision screening device, already shown to give an early warning of eye disease, could give doctors and patients a head start on treating diabetes and its vision complications, a new study shows. The instrument, invented by two researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, captures images of the eye to detect metabolic stress and tissue damage that occur before the first symptoms of disease are evident........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/diabetes-linked-to-male-infertility.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/diabetes-linked-to-male-infertility.html Fri, 01 May 2009 03:41:26 GMT This release is available in Spanish. . Barcelona, Spain: Diabetes in men has a direct effect on fertility, a scientist told the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology today (Wednesday 9 July). Dr. Con Mallidis from Queen's University, Belfast, UK, said that, despite the prevailing view that it had little effect on male reproductive function, the Belfast group had shown that diabetes caused DNA damage in sperm........ ]]>