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Study
uncovers new diabetes genes |
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A consortium including Edinburgh University
scientists have identified "important clues to the biological basis of type 2 diabetes" (BBC, UK) |
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More
progress in Artificial Pancreas research revealed at international
conference |
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Speakers at the annual conference of the American
Diabetes Association (ADA), talked about the progress that has
been made with the Artificial Pancreas Project (JDRF) |
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Prospects
for an artificial pancreas |
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There are many major obstacles to be overcome,
not least the cost of providing devices for everyone, and it will
take many years before a practical and affordable device is widely
available. However, we have now entered an era where, for the first
time, there is a realistic possibility of preventing both severe
hypoglycemia and providing a technological ‘cure’ for type 1 diabetes (Professor Simon Heller - Hypodiab) |
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Benefits
of Continuous Glucose Monitor Use in Clinical Practice |
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Personal CGM, in a real-world setting, improves
glucose control and reduces the rate of severe hypoglycemic episodes
(Endocrine Practice) |
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Joslin
in National Diabetes Trial Showing Sensor-Augmented Pump Therapy
May Improve Control |
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People with type 1 diabetes saw improved blood
glucose levels without an increase in the rate of low-blood-glucose
events (Joslin Diabetes Center) |
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Insulin
that doesn't need a fridge or a needle? |
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A young Monash University chemist and her colleagues
have successfully strengthened insulin's chemical structure without
affecting its activity (Monash University) |
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Diabetes
Themed issue of the Lancet |
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This themed issue has been prepared in collaboration
with The American Diabetes Association (ADA), to coincide with
their 70th Scientific Sessions meeting (The Lancet) |
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A
School-Based Intervention for Diabetes Risk Reduction |
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Our comprehensive school-based program did
not result in greater decreases in the combined prevalence of overweight
and obesity than those that occurred in control schools. However,
the intervention did result in significantly greater reductions
in various indexes of adiposity. These changes may reduce the risk
of childhood-onset type 2 diabetes (NEJM) |
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New
Editor-in-Chief of the journal Primary Care Diabetes |
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Professor Jaakko Tuomilehto, University of Helsinki,
has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the journal Primary Care Diabetes on retirement of Professor Rhys Williams (July 1st) |
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Diamyd
on the threshold of a new era |
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A new chapter has begun in the Company's history
with last week's agreement with Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals,
Inc., to develop and commercialize the Diamyd® diabetes therapy (Diamyd) |
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Novel
Oral Antidiabetic to Treat Type II Diabetes |
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Sanofi-aventis and Metabolex Enter into an Exclusive
Worldwide Licensing Agreement for a Novel Oral Antidiabetic to
Treat Type II Diabetes (PharmaLive) |
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Bristol-Myers/Astrazeneca
Diabetes Drug Meets Goal |
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Dapagliflozin works by helping the kidneys eliminate
excess glucose (PharmaLive) |
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GSK
backs Avandia again amid renewed pressure for withdrawal |
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A fortnight ahead of a full-on review by US
regulators, GlaxoSmithKline’s Avandia is again at the centre of controversy with the release of data from
three studies, two of which are negative while the third shows
that the diabetes drug appears to be safe. (PharmaTimes) |
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Prevailing
therapeutic regimes and predictive factors for prandial insulin
substitution |
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Eighty-seven per cent of patients were treated
with ICT or CSII. However, while this percentage increased over
the observation period, mean HbA1c was almost constant (Diabetic
Medicine - 2007) |
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Continuing
Stability of Center Differences in Pediatric Diabetes Care: Do
Advances in Diabetes Treatment Improve Outcome? |
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Despite many changes in diabetes management,
major differences in metabolic outcome between 21 international
pediatric diabetes centers persist (Diabetes Care - 2007) |
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