Studies of growth hormone result in new class of drugs
...t growth hormone is involved in the progression of diabetic kidney disease and breast cancer. His research tea...ne antagonists' ability to halt the progression of diabetic nephropathy and breast cancer. Growth hormone's role in these diseases was not as obvious as the ho...A growth factor reverses nerve damage in diabetic animals
...s of the disease. "You may be able to prevent some diabetic nerve complications, even in people who don't cont...t of an insulin-like growth factor called IGF-I on diabetic rats. His group examined the animals' sympathetic nervous tissue and determined that the neuropathy ...Wake Forest to coordinate huge national study to prevent cardiovascular disease in diabetes
...mplications canbe reduced, such as kidney failure, diabetic retinopathy, which can lead toblindness, and foot diseases. Minority groups, especially African-Americans, Native Americans andHispanics, will be a special target of the study. "They have a higher burden ofdiabetes and a higher rate of compli...Depression, anxiety and stress can hinder diabetic's ability to control blood sugar
...o scientists at the MedicalCollege of Ohio. Among diabetic patients who learned relaxation techniques withbiofeedback, those with the highest levels of depression, anxiety, and dailystress were least successful in reducing their blood sugar. "Patients with symptoms of depression and frequent daily hassles ma...New treatment for type 2 diabetes puts insulin back to work
...dies also being presented at EASD, comparing obese diabetic mice with lean littermates, suggest that rosiglitazone therapy may have the potential to exert a durable beta cell protective action in type 2 diabetes.4 By putting insulin back to work within the body, treatment with rosiglitazone means that a rang...Patient empowerment could improve diabetes care
...duals have developed severe visual handicap due to diabetic eye disease. (4) Nerve Damage . 10% of men with diabetes are impotent and approximately 50% of non-traumatic lower limb amputations are the result of nerve damage due to diabetes. (4) Despite this, the results of a major UK survey of over 450...Statement from Dr. Claude Lenfant, director, NHLBI and Dr. Phillip Gorden, director, NIDDK
... now theleading causes of illness and death in the diabetic patient. Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease, affects approximately 90percent of the 10.3 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes. An additional 5.4million persons also are estimated to have type 2 diabetes but remainundiagnosed. ......ney problems. "Our philosophy is that if a Type I diabetic is going to receive a kidneytransplant and is thus going to undergo a major operation and be placed onimmunosuppressive therapy, then there is no reason not to do a concomitantpancreas transplant and make them insulin independent at the same time. Th......dates for heart transplant, either because of age, diabetic condition, orClass III status, are eligible. Patients must have moderate or severe mitral valve problems that cause blood toleak, or regurgitate, backward from the left ventricle and collect in the leftatrium. Such problems with the valve force the ...Experimental peptides prevent diabetes and halt its progression
...abetes. Ina series of experiments, these non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice, 12 weeks old, were given injections of GAD65 peptides. The researchers hoped that some ofthese might prompt the immune system to produce Th2 cells. "We were trying to immunize NOD mice under certain conditions to induceGAD65-specific Th2 ...Many patients with diabetes do not follow advice to monitor blood glucose
...ol in Dundee found that in their study of over 800 diabetic patients in the Tayside area of Scotland, many pat...en compared to the costs of treating patients with diabetic complications....Researchers discover treatment that delays onset of insulin-dependent diabetes
...s occurs, the body stops producing insulin,and the diabetic patient must receive an injection of insulin to su...e blocking proteinin a special strain of non-obese diabetic mice, which automatically developdiabetes. The mice received the blocking protein from a very early...Stress, coping and biology intertwine for diabetes control
...ee central elements of the biopsychosocialmodel of diabetic control, namely: The relationships of stress, coping and adherence to regime are intertwined. Biological factors interact with psychosocial factors in affecting control ofblood sugar. The relationships with psychological factors are different for ......ompared to those in the placebo group. However,the diabetic women's sugar levels did not increase nor did their need fortreatment for the disease during the study. The MORE trial was conducted at 180 clinical centers in 25 countries (mostly inthe United States and Europe) and was designed primarily to determ...UI Study Suggests Promising Treatment For Diabetic Pregnancies
...d-bearing age in the United States havediabetes. A diabetic pregnancy is one of the leading causes of birth de...th malformations (3.0 - 5.4 percent in the treated diabetic miceversus 40 - 50 percent in their untreated counterparts). Hunter's study appears in a recent issu..."Plugs" For Drugs Promise Mightier Medicines
...etics to normalize their bloodglucose levels. When diabetic rats were given insulin modified with themolecular "plug," a single injection kept glucose levels at a normal level fortwo days. In contrast, a single injection of unmodified insulinproduced the same effect for only 6-12 hours. The new "plug" is a sm...... Association. The study involved a subgroup of 586 diabetic individuals in the Cholesterol andRecurrent Events...ts that, compared with those in the placebo group, diabetic patientswho received pravastatin had a 25 percent reduction in relative risk of havinganother heart ...Fructose Consumption May Accelerate Aging: Skin's Elasticity And Softness May Be Affected
...elines for its safeconsumption by both healthy and diabetic individuals. The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology commands a world-wide reputation forits pioneering work in communications, electronics, computer science,biotechnology, water-resource management, materials engineering, aerospace andmedicine, ...