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New Possible Cure in Sight: Professor Ann Simpson and her team at the University of Technology, Sydney, believe their research could lead to a treatment for Type 1 diabetes within 3 years, after they successfully reversed the debilitating disease in mice, rats and pigs. “We are thrilled with the results …

Secondhand smoke ups diabetes risk. A government study released last week reports that people who are exposed to secondhand smoke have a higher risk of developing diabetes. More information will be coming soon.

Congress Passes Doctor Payment Fix: The House has passed a $15 billion bill keeping Medicare physician payment rates steady through 2011 and blocking the 25% cut in the Medicare pay rate scheduled for Jan. 1 with the Senate passing the same measure a day earlier. The fix is the fifth …

Pot Benefits Diabetic Hearts: The main non-psychoactive ingredient of cannabis reduces cellular signs of cardiac stress and dysfunction, according to preclinical results. In a mouse model of Type 1 diabetes, cannabidiol reduced the severity of many signs of cardiomyopathy. Human heart cells treated with the compound also showed reduced glucose-induced …

Diabetes Link to Early Births, Caesareans: According to a report from the AIHW, over 20% of mothers with pre-existing diabetes gave birth early at 32 to 36 weeks. Almost 9% of mothers with GDM gave birth pre-term compared with just 5.6% of mothers without diabetes. Mothers with pre-existing diabetes were …

Weight Loss Drug Approved: The FDA advisory committee has voted 13-7 that the modest weight-loss benefits of an investigational combination of naltrexone and bupropion (Contrave) outweigh the drug’s blood pressure risk. The FDA will make an approval decision by Jan. 31. The agency does not have to follow the advice …

New Mechanism Discovered for Controlling Blood Sugar Level: According to Professor Andrew Tobin (University of Leicester, UK), in order to maintain the correct levels of sugar, a protein, called the M3-muscarinic receptor, present on the cells that release insulin in the pancreas, has to be active and also needs to …

Green Tea’s Effect on Postprandial Glucose, Insulin and Satiety: Results of epidemiological studies have suggested that consumption of green tea could lower the risk of Type 2 diabetes. Intervention studies show that green tea may decrease blood glucose levels and increase satiety. This study examined the postprandial effects of green …

Higher Diabetes Risk in South Asians: People of South Asian origin are more prone to diabetes because of the way their muscles burn fat. The findings suggest that South Asian men have a lower rate of fat metabolism during exercise than European men. During resting states, fat metabolism was the …

Merck to buy insulin developer SmartCells Inc. in a deal that may exceed $500 million if development and regulatory milestones are met. SmartCells is a private company developing a form of insulin that responds only in a specific glucose concentration range. If successful, the treatment may lower the risk of …