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Tougher
diabetes targets will 'neglect highest risk patients' |
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The decision to toughen up the QOF diabetes
targets has sparked a row between experts amid claims that GPs
will be forced to ‘concentrate their efforts in the wrong place’ (Pulse, UK) |
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Physical
Activity May Facilitate Diabetes Prevention in Adolescents |
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These results suggest that moderate activity
may be beneficial in the prevention of diabetes in adolescent populations
both through promoting efficient glucose disposal and through increasing
energy expenditure (Diabetes Care) |
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American
Diabetes Association, European Association for the Study of Diabetes
Publish Consensus Algorithm for Type 2 Diabetes Treatment |
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The revisions to the diabetes treatment algorithm,
first published in 2006, provide guidance to health care providers
for treating type 2 diabetes, taking into account new medications
that have come on the market and the most current scientific data
regarding previously recommended drugs (Market Watch) |
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Novel
Insulin Formulation Provides for Glucose-regulated Insulin Delivery |
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SmartCells, Inc. and Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation Announce Partnership and $1 Million Funding to Advance
SmartInsulin(TM) for Type 1 Diabetes (Market Watch) |
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Seattle,
Swedish researchers working on diabetes vaccine |
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Video - Are we close to preventing Type 1 diabetes?
A vaccine may not be far off. Researchers from Sweden are in Seattle
this weekend to announce their findings on a promising new study
(King5, USA) |
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Thiazolidinediones
are partial agonists for the Glucocorticoid Receptor |
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Both Ciglitazone and Pioglitazone, structurally
related to Rosiglitazone, show similar effects on the Glucocorticoid
Receptor (Endocrinology) |
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Aussies
to flock to NZ for diabetes trial |
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Hundreds of Australians with Type 1 diabetes
are trying to join a clinical trial in New Zealand which will see
human patients injected with pig cells (ABC, Australia) |
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