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A team of scientists in Britain are in the process starting the first study of a closed loop system with 12 children with Type 1 diabetes. The device if successful promises to transform the lives of scores of youngsters.

Acomplia™ (rimonabant) approved in Mexico to treat obese/overweight patients with associated type 2 diabetes or dyslipidemia or to help them improve glycemic control on background of conventional antidiabetic treatment.

The results of an international study suggests that a compound found in red wine gave mice longer and healthier lives and also countered some of the effects of a high-calorie diet.

Control group had lost a mean of 8.3% of their body weight.

Significant Errors In Insulin Dose Can Result When Blood Glucose Meters Are Miscoded According to New Clinical Study

Children with celiac disease have a higher likelihood of a subsequent diagnosis of type 1 diabetes — approximately 3-fold higher — than the general population, according to results of a population-based cohort study in Sweden.

Tall people, regardless of whether they have diabetes or not, are at increased risk for peripheral insensate neuropathy.

Transplantation of human stromal cells into diabetic mice stimulated native mouse beta cells to produce insulin, and the human cells were taken up into the animals’ glomerular epithelium.

Scientists screened dairy and soy yogurts for properties that could help keep diabetes and hypertension in check, such as the activity level of enzymes that help moderate blood sugar.

Mars’ CocoaVia nutritional chocolate bar range has had its healthy image boosted by a new study indicating that the product actively reduces cholesterol levels.