T + Diabetes system shows how technology can help to manage chronic conditions. A mobile-phone-based diabetes management system is helping both patients and general practitioners to manage the condition. The Think Positive Diabetes system (known as T+ diabetes) allows patients to send their blood glucose results to a central server …
Read More »This Weeks Cartoon by Theresa L. Garnero, ARNP, CDE.
Often we say “laughter is the best medicine” and now we are going to help you share the laughter. Starting this week we will feature a diabetes cartoon from Theresa L. Garnero, ARNP, CDE. Theresa who is President of the California Central Coast Chapter of AADE, has been drawing cartoons …
Read More »Human Beta-Cell Line Offers Hope for Type 1 Diabetes Breakthrough
Scientists at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, succeed in creating reversibly immortalized human beta cells, with eye toward establishing universal cells for treatment of type 1 diabetes. Possible unlimited supply of beta cells for transplantation.
Read More »Nateglinide Plus Metformin Good Initial Combo for Type 2 Diabetes
Study highlighted the importance of the postprandial period in overall glycemic exposure.”
Read More »Best to Turn off Insulin Pump During Exercise in Young Diabetics
Exercising with an insulin pump on among children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes has no benefit, and may increase the risk of late hypoglycemia.
Read More »Study Clarifies Insulin’s Role In Type II Diabetes
Chronically high levels of insulin, as is found in people with Type II diabetes, may block a specific hormone that is a trigger for releasing energy into the body.
Read More »Superior Results From BioSante’s Inhaled Insulin Study
BioSante Pharmaceuticals, inhaled insulin studies show a 60% bioavailability of its inhaled insulin delivery system compared to only 10-15% absorption of Exubera inhaled insulin.
Read More »Diabetes Linked to Bowel Cancer
New study suggests that people with diabetes could be up to three times more likely to get bowel cancer.
Read More »Lilly Moves Forward with Inhaled Insulin
The news that Pfizer had been granted an approval recommendation in the US for its inhaled formulation of insulin, Exubera, has been swiftly followed by the news that a rival formulation in development at Eli Lilly has cleared a Phase II clinical trial.
Read More »Lowering Blood Sugars Reduces Risk Heart Disease
Each 1-percentage-point increase in HbA1c level was associated with a 14 percent increase in heart disease risk.
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