Nutrition education with a food label focus helps diabetics over 65 meet treatment goals
...lood vessel complications, a major risk factor for diabetics and a strong predictor of coronary heart disease. Significantly more of the people who participated in the educational sessions also met the treatment goals for lowering total cholesterol. The authors note that while there was significant improvem...Jefferson researchers show angiostatin is safe when given with radiation for advanced cancer
...bcutaneously - under the skin - similar to the way diabetics give themselves insulin shots. The Angiostatin-radiation trial was one of two Phase I trials involving Angiostatin conducted simultaneously at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center - the first trials of Angiostati...Preliminary US study findings support excellent results with CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Stent
... at more significant risk of restenosis, including diabetics (28%); patients with hyperlipidemia (72%), hypertension (70%), multivessel disease (42%); and patients who have previously undergone percutaneous coronary interventions or coronary artery bypass surgery (37%). Dr. Moses noted that at 9-month clinical...Type 1 diabetes safely arrested with short-term use of new drug
...entirely or to restore insulin-secretion in Type 1 diabetics through islet transplantation. The ITN already is investigating hOKT3g1 (ala-ala) in clinical trials of islet transplantation for Type 1 diabetes and for treatment of psoriatic arthritis, a type of arthritis that develops in about a quarter of peo...SPECT identifies 'silent' cardiovascular risk in diabetic patients
...d deaths and results in more than 77,000 deaths in diabetics annually in the United States. For the study, patients were analyzed for stress-induced ischemia. Patients were divided into two groups, those who had previously experienced chest pain and those who had not. Stress was induced either on a bicycle er...Leader of Florida's screening program for type 1 diabetes supports program's effectiveness
...ause all of their beta cells are destroyed, type 1 diabetics are dependent on insulin injections to control their blood sugar levels. The peak time for developing type 1 diabetes is during puberty, although it can occur at any age. The incidence of type 1 diabetes is increasing worldwide and the disease is an...Easier monitoring of diabetes is focus of symposium, Aug. 18
...ows promise in becoming a contact lens that allows diabetics to monitor their glucose levels simply by looking in the mirror. The gel contains a polymer that recognizes and binds to glucose. Depending on the glucose level in the tear fluid of the eye, the gel changes volume and causes crystalline materials ins...Futile cycle both fights diabetes and causes weight gain
... gain is an inherent part of how TZDs function and diabetics should bear in mind the role of a healthy diet in combination with drug therapy," said Lazar. "TZDs actually lower insulin requirements in diabetics, and this is likely to be beneficial in terms of the risk of hypertension and heart disease associate...New clues to help diabetes and hypoglycemia
...oglycemia, the life threatening condition faced by diabetics when their blood glucose gets too low," she says. The study is published in the latest edition of Diabetologia and is supported by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the world's largest funder of research into diabetes. Previous clinical rese...Prototype developed for ultrasonic patch to deliver insulin
...minutes of exposure may be enough." Currently, diabetics must either inject insulin via hypodermic needles or use a mini-pump with a catheter that remains implanted in their body. Ultrasound offers a less painful and invasive alternative. Besides insulin, some medications used to treat AIDS, pain reli...Anti-coagulation drugs found to have different effects in diabetics after heart attack
...that enoxaparin appears preferable to abciximab in diabetics because of its overall impact on mortality," Alexa...of enoxaparin and its impact on mortality rates in diabetics are needed. The ASSENT-3 (Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Thrombolytic Regimen) trial...Hemodialysis study results published
... However, one study found that only 30 percent of diabetics were on a kidney-protecting ACE inhibitor when discharged from the hospital, and another showed that 70 percent of people being treated for high blood pressure are not reaching recommended levels. Attempting to stem the rising tide of people with k...Vitamins C and E may enhance effectiveness of insulin for diabetes
...is shows that a diet rich in antioxidants may help diabetics prevent the devastating cardiovascular, kidney, neurological and other damage that are common complications of diabetes." Diabetes affects nearly 17 million Americans. Insulin is the predominant treatment, but patients eventually develop complicatio...Texas A&M, ECOR sign deal to produce health-related proteins
...ntifically and economically feasible. Millions of diabetics use a life-saving recombinant protein, insulin, every day. And over 300 therapeutic proteins are currently in various stages of research and clinical trials for approval to one day treat ailments ranging from cancer to cystic fibrosis. ProCANE's chi...On the horizon of glucose monitoring: A review
Doctors recommend that diabetics who take insulin check their blood glucose levels ...ust once.Frequent testing allows insulin-dependent diabetics to tightly control their blood glucose levels and gives them the best chance of preventing major com...2003 winners of Collegiate Inventors Competition announced in NYC
...ate winner Colette Shen, 21, has advanced hope for diabetics with her discovery of insulin-secreting cells. Her research focuses on prompting liver cells to release insulin in a synthetically-created environment, mimicking cell structures found in a healthy pancreas. Her work has the potential to aid those w...Emory data suggest diabetics have worsening symptoms prior to acute cardiac event
...e impact of cardiac symptoms on quality of life in diabetics with PCI has not been systematically analyzed befo...ther or not an NQWMI had occurred. "We found that diabetics presenting for elective angioplasty do not differ significantly from non-diabetics in their angina-s...Multi-hospital angioplasty improvement effort reduces deaths and complications
...es. Predicting and reducing angioplasty risks for diabetics : Based on previous BCBSM-CC data showing that diabetics have an increased risk of dying after angioplasty, the researchers decided to make a risk-prediction...News tips for Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003
... reports have indicated that long-term survival in diabetics with multi-vessel coronary disease is notably better in those treated with bypass surgery compared to balloon angioplasty. Surprisingly, this supposed advantage does not appear to hold for diabetic women. Researchers studied data on 280 female and ...For leg-bypass patients, drugs can save lives and limbs, but many patients go without them
...n from the American Diabetes Association urges all diabetics over the age of 50 to get tested for PAD by checking the blood pressure in their ankles. In addition to Henke, the study's authors are Susan Blackburn, MBA, Mary C. Proctor, M.S., Jeri Stevens, M.S., Debabrata Mukherjee, M.D., Sanjay Rajagopalan,...