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Record Number of Medicines Currently in Development to Treat Diabetes: A record 235 new medicines to treat diabetes, one of the fastest-growing diseases in America, are being developed by America’s pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, according to a national report. The new medicines currently in the pipeline, some in early …

Almonds Improve Glycemic and Lipid Profiles in Type 2’s: Almond consumption is associated with ameliorations in obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and hyperglycemia. The hypothesis of this 12-week randomized crossover clinical trial was that almond consumption would improve glycemic control and decrease the risk for cardiovascular disease in patients with Type 2 …

Decaf Impairs Glucose Metabolism: Some types of decaffeinated coffee may acutely impair glucose metabolism but less than caffeine. The results showed that, within the first hour of the OGTT, glucose and insulin were higher for decaffeinated coffee than for placebo (P < 0.05). During the whole OGTT, decaffeinated coffee yielded …

Type 2 Diabetes Increases Risk of 24 Cancers. See this week’s Item #1. FDA Adds Risk for Severe Liver Injury to Orlistat Label. More information on FDA announcement is available on the agency’s website.

Nanotech Breath Sensor Prototype to Detect Diabetes and Potentially Serious Complication: Scientists are reporting development and successful testing of a sensor that can instantly tell whether someone has Type 1 diabetes. It could also be used by emergency room doctors to determine whether a patient has developed diabetic ketoacidosis. This …

Weight ‘key’ in kidney transplant success: Matching up the weight of donors and recipients boosts success in kidney transplants, suggest French researchers. A study of over 1,000 transplant patients found those receiving a small kidney in proportion to their weight were more at risk of complications. In the Journal of …

Diet May Cut Alzheimers Risk by 38%: Eating a diet high in vegetables, fish, fruit, nuts and poultry, and low in red meat and butter may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, new research finds. Researchers asked more than 2,100 New York City residents aged 65 and older about their …

Europeans Stop their Escalators for Three Days: Escalators in some of the largest Bulgarian shopping centers were stopped for three days and people had to use stairs, as the country marked the first European Obesity Day on Saturday, May 22. The aim is to motivate and support overweight European citizens …

Possible hearing loss with Viagra. Men who took drug twice as likely to report hearing loss, study finds (more information soon). Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, May 18, 2010 Glitazone Preserves Beta Cell Function by 70%. See this week’s Item #6. Drinking Soda Linked to Pancreatic Cancer. See this …

Five Reasons Why Type 1 Diabetes is on the Rise: A 2009 study in The Lancet found that new cases of Type 1 diabetes in kids could double in the next 10 years. Possible reasons for this dramatic rise include: (1)Too big too fast. The “accelerator hypothesis” theorizes that children …