High blood pressure drugs in diabetic eye diseaseResearchers in Massachusetts are reporting new evidence that certain hypertension drugs appears to be useful in preventing and treating diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of vision loss in people with diabetes. The study, the largest to date on proteins in the retina, could lead to new ways to prevent or treat the sight-threatening disease, they say. The findings are in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, a monthly publication.
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Biomarkers For Diabetic Kidney FailurePooled DNA technique identifies variances that could indicate susceptibility to end-stage renal disease.
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Dec. 16, 2009 -- Scientists using a DNA analysis tool developed by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and UCLA have identified genetic markers that could help treat chronic kidney disease among diabetics.
Study results, reported in the December edition of Diabetic Medicine, show it is possible to........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 12/17/2009 8:15:43 AM)
Motorized WheelchairA motorized wheelchair comes in several variations depending upon a user's requirements. This makes it difficult to select a perfect motor powered wheelchair. It is ideal to consult a physical therapy professional and identify which chair is best suited to promote your mobility without stressing yourself.
Rear Wheel Motorized Wheelchairs
The rear wheel drive motorized wheelchairs are widely used. Their chairs offer good speed and........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 12/15/2009 8:02:28 AM)
Find Affordable Health Insurance and Get the Coverage You Need without spending MuchHealthcare expenses are on the ascending trend and millions of people find healthcare costs very unaffordable. Even though medical-coverage is a little on the costlier side, it can be far more expensive to go without it.
God forbid, if you were to meet with an accident or fall critically ill, the medical bills could be truly overwhelming, possibly out of your reach. Therefore it is very essential for you to find affordable health insurance.
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Healthy neighborhoods may result in lower diabetes riskIndividuals living in neighborhoods conducive to physical activity and providing access to healthy foods may have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes in a five-year period, as per a report in the October 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
"The worldwide epidemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus is largely driven by the combined rise in obesity, intake of energy-dense or nutrient-poor foods and........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 10/13/2009 8:20:41 AM)
Reducing sugar and increasing fiber intakeReducing 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 & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Almost 40 percent of Mexican American adolescents age 12 to 19 were overweight or at risk........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 4/7/2009 5:23:10 AM)
Five Eye Care Tips for DiabeticsIf 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........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 1/20/2009 7:39:11 PM)
Treating gum disease in diabeticsA 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........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 12/23/2008 10:22:50 PM)
Diabetes treatment becomes more complexA 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........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 10/27/2008 10:37:26 PM)
Leptin Can Also Aid Type 1 DiabeticsTerminally 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........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 8/25/2008 9:30:17 PM)
Diabetes increases risk of tuberculosisTaken 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........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 7/14/2008 9:46:52 PM)
Diabetes linked to male infertilityThis 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........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 7/9/2008 7:35:42 PM)
Trans-fatty acids and insulin sensitivityTrans-fatty acids have been the topic of a lot of negative health news, but in the July Journal of Lipid research, a dietary study in rats suggests that trans-fats do not increase the risk of insulin resistance and diabetes, which may ease at least one area of concern.
Epidemiological studies indicate that chronic consumption of trans-fats may alter muscle insulin sensitivity, as their unusual molecular shapes can reduce muscle's ability to........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 7/8/2008 8:56:48 PM)
A step towards better diabetes treatmentIn today's issue of the prestigious journal Cell Metabolism Uppsala scientists are presenting new findings that shed light on the processes that determine the release of the blood sugar-lowering hormone insulin. The discovery is based on the development of image analysis methods that make possible the detailed study of events immediately inside the plasma membrane of the insulin-secreting cells.
Cyclic AMP (cAMP) is a universal messenger........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 7/1/2008 8:51:26 PM)
Caught "red-handed" for the first timeResearchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis working with diabetic mice have examined in unprecedented detail the immune cells long believed to be responsible for type 1 diabetes.
Scientists were able to examine the immune cells from isolated insulin-making structures in the pancreas known as the islets of Langerhans. They caught the immune cells, known as dendritic cells, "red-handed" carrying insulin and fragments........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 5/11/2008 10:15:48 AM)
Protein reverses diabetic retinopathy in miceTwo major eye diseases and leading causes of blindnessage-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathycan be reversed or even prevented by drugs that activate a protein found in blood vessel cells, scientists at the University of Utah School of Medicine and several other institutions have announced in a new study.
Damage from both diseases was prevented and even reversed when the protein, Robo4, was activated in mice models that........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 3/16/2008 9:27:42 PM)
ADVANCE diabetes trialData from the ADVANCE Study, involving 11,140 high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes, provides no evidence of an increased risk of death among those patients receiving aggressive therapy to lower blood glucose.........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 2/28/2008 10:14:59 PM)
Intensive blood sugar treatment on trialThe National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped one therapy within a large, ongoing North American clinical trial of diabetes and cardiovascular disease 18 months early due to safety concerns after review of available data, eventhough the study will continue.
In this trial of adults with type 2 diabetes at particularly high risk for heart attack and stroke, the medical strategy to........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 2/6/2008 9:30:24 PM)
Carrot cake study on sugar in type 2 diabetesPatients with type 2 diabetes are often advised to cut out sucrose (table sugar) all together. However, in recent years this traditional advice has been questioned by some scientists who suggest that moderate amounts of sugar can be safely consumed as part of the diet of patients with diabetes. Now a new study has been published that is consistent with this revised approach. It showed that patients who increased their daily sugar intake (in the........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 1/8/2008 9:40:59 PM)
Smoking associated with increased risk of diabetesA review of prior studies indicates that people who currently smoke have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, compared with non-smokers, as per an article in the December 12 issue of JAMA.
Many studies have examined the association between smoking and occurence rate of glucose abnormalities, and have suggested that smoking could be independently linked to glucose intolerance, impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes, which........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 12/11/2007 10:44:08 PM)
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Fall 2006 FashionFashion week is over in New York City and fall styles have been released. It always amazes me to be talking about fall styles when spring has not even sprung yet. Here it is! Colors are dark and neutral but accessories are sizzling and spruce up those colors of the evening. There is plenty to keep from this winter season and plenty to get rid of.
Let us start with colors. Think of nightfall when it comes to fall color as per Pantone. The........Go to the Fashion-blog (Added on 2/26/2006 4:47:03 PM)
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