Drug prevents diabetes recurrence after islet cell transplantation
...in-manufacturing islet cells are transplanted into diabetic mice, according to a new study by researchers at t...let cell transplant patients." In the study, diabetic mice that can only mount an autoimmune attack were given islet transplants in the kidney and then da...Study finds new antibiotic effective for diabetic foot infections
...t as effective as two older therapies for treating diabetic foot infections. The drug may be an important new ... has become a major cause of infections--including diabetic foot infections--both in hospitals and communities. For years the antibiotic vancomycin had been a l...Potential genetic links discovered between metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular disease
...trated a relatively high prevalence of CS in obese diabetic patients. These findings hint that systematic screening for CS in obese patients may be worthwhile. In this perspective, our study indicates that more sensitive testing procedures may be necessary to accurately identify obese patients who are at risk...Scientists discover connection between obesity and diabetes
...levels of the hormone MSH may be more likely to be diabetic than obese people with low levels of the MSH hormone," explained the study's lead author Miles B. Brennan, Ph.D., and ERI scientist. "While we knew that there was a connection between obesity and diabetes, this is the first time that the link between...Joslin announces first international affiliate in Bahrain
... that enables the early diagnosis and treatment of diabetic retinopathy. In addition, the Bahrain center will have access to and regular consultation from Joslin's experts in clinical, educational and operational issues. These experts from Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston will train Bahraini medical profess...Its never too late to start exercising and losing weight , Joslin study shows
...blood flow. "In the majority of people with type 2 diabetic and even in many obese individuals who do not have diabetes the function of this layer is altered, initiating the atherosclerotic process," he said. Diabetes affects an estimated 18.2 million Americans, about one-third of whom do not even know the...Treatment options expand for patients with neuropathic pain
...betes who can develop a painful condition known as diabetic neuropathy. Such patients might feel extreme pain from just the slightest touch of bed sheets against their feet. Neuropathic pain also affects some patients who have or had cancer, multiple sclerosis, a stroke, a spinal cord injury, or a number of o...Buckwheat may be beneficial for managing diabetes
...ose levels by 12 percent to 19 percent when fed to diabetic rats. The report comes at a particularly appropria...that buckwheat extract can lower glucose levels in diabetic animals after a meal, the researchers say. Based on studies by others, the active component in buckw...Regeneration of insulin-producing islets may lead to diabetes cure
...ple of rescuing a few remaining islet cells in the diabetic mice or of regeneration of the insulin-secreting i...le donors to re-educate the immune cells of female diabetic mice. In those diabetic mice that achieved long-term normal glucose metabolism, the researchers fou...News tips for Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003
...ientists reported. 8:45 a.m. Abstract #2909 In diabetic women, bypass surgery no better than angioplasty. ...his supposed advantage does not appear to hold for diabetic women. Researchers studied data on 280 female and 362 male diabetic patients in the Bypass Angiopla...Salk news: Diabetes first steps
...mical that could inhibit the actions of CREB under diabetic conditions might lead to drugs that provide a more effective diabetes therapy. These chemicals could possibly be used in combination with a group of drugs called TZD's (thiazoladine diones), now used to make the body more sensitive to insulin. Curren...News tips for Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003
...3404 (poster) Insurance key to preventive care in diabetic minorities. Researchers suspected that ethnic min...etes-related complications. But a study of 23,434 diabetic adults in 37 states shows that a lack of insurance, not minority or ethnicity, drives disparities in...Multi-hospital angioplasty improvement effort reduces deaths and complications
...del that would tell them which factors influence a diabetic patient's chance of death - and therefore, which patients need more aggressive drug therapy. U-M cardiologist Debabrata Mukherjee, M.D., will present the results at AHA. Using data from 7,223 diabetics treated with PCI at the consortium hospitals be...Book explores how children use imagination to battle chronic illness
...nal coping pervaded the lives of the asthmatic and diabetic children Clark studied. Children used play to feel...lly fun to pretend, getting up and away." A young diabetic recalled: "I'm so sick of the kids at school asking me questions. I want to get on the loudspeaker ...Atacand(R) proven to prevent stroke in the elderly
...ibitor. DIRECT*, a study investigating Atacand in diabetic retinopathy, is due to report in 2006/7....Diabetic eye screening bill based on Vanderbilt model
...rserved and rural communities. Telescreening for diabetic eye disease is also cost-effective. A mobile scre...tilize mobile clinics to conduct telescreening for diabetic retinopathy in underserved communities. The grants would be awarded on a competitive basis by the S...Emory data suggest diabetics have worsening symptoms prior to acute cardiac event
...ns today address angina related quality of life in diabetic and non-diabetic patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), medical procedures performed in catheterization laboratories to reduce the amount of narrowing in a coronary artery due to plaque formation. According to Emory Heart Cente...CREST study finds cilostazol reduces restenosis by almost 40 percent
...," Dr. Douglas explains. "Its effectiveness in the diabetic patient, where restenosis was reduced from 37 percent to 16.9 percent, is particularly exciting." Dr. Douglas and co-investigators William Weintraub, MD, Director of the Emory Center for Outcomes Research and David Holmes, MD, of the Mayo Clinic...U.S. blacks five times as likely as whites to progress to kidney failure
... and 82, versus 136 and 77. Yet he also found that diabetic blacks and white survey participants with early kidney disease had similar blood sugar levels (an indication of how well diabetes is being controlled). Differences in blood pressure are unlikely to completely explain the five times higher rate of pro...Effective treatment for diabetes depends on the underlying cause
...e of diabetes is important in determining how well diabetic patients respond to drug therapy. Type 2 diabetes is an increasing health burden with over 150,000,000 people affected worldwide. Control of blood glucose is the main therapeutic goal for people with type 2 (non-insulin dependent) diabetes. Most pat...