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Archived News
October 22nd 2008
 
 
  Year of Care Practical Guide
  The Year of Care programme, a joint venture supported by Diabetes UK, NHS National Diabetes Support Team, Department of Health and the Health Foundation, has published "Getting to Grips with the Year of Care: A Practical Guide" 47-page PDF (NDST)
   
  Management of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes: the 2008 Canadian Diabetes Association guidelines
  Because cardiovascular disease is the main cause of mortality among diabetic patients, managing cardiovascular risk should be a key treatment goal for providers and patients (Canadian Medical Association)
   
  Diabetes mellitus, exocrine pancreatic deficiency, hypertrichosis, hyperpigmentation, and chronic inflammation: confirmation of a syndrome
  The presence of consanguinity in the parents and similarity of clinical features in the siblings are suggestive of a novel autoimmune disorder, possibly secondary to autosomal recessive inheritance (Pediatric Diabetes)
   
  New Zealand to transplant pig cells into humans against diabetes
  New Zealand has given the go-ahead to a controversial clinical trial involving the transplantation of insulin-producing pig cells into humans to treat type-1 diabetes (Telegraph, UK)
   
  Boehringer in type-two diabetes drug development
  The company has unveiled a pipeline of novel oral antidiabetic compounds which are at the phase-two and phase-three stage of clinical testing (HAYS Pharma)
   
  Amylin Gets $125M from Eli Lilly To Make Once-Weekly Diabetes Drug
  Amylin Pharmaceuticals said today it has scored a $125 million cash payment from Eli Lilly to manufacture a once-weekly injectable version of exenatide for diabetes (Xconomy)
   
 
  
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