Most patients with Type 2 diabetes are not receiving care as per the ADA guidelines released in 2004 for diabetic nephropathy.
Read More »Physical Activity Slows And Prevents The Onset of Type 2 Diabetes
A landmark study conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that those at risk for type-II diabetes could reduce the likelihood of developing the disease by 58 percent through 30 minutes of moderate daily exercise.
Read More »Anti-Diabetes Drugs Has Pancreatic Cancer-Fighting Properties
The oral anti-diabetic thiazolidinediones (TZDs), such as rosiglitazone and pioglitazone could offer a valuable complement to conventional chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer.
Read More »Lipitor Little Help to Diabetics on Dialysis
People with type 2 diabetes who have progressed to kidney failure don’t gain much benefit from treatment with a statin drug like Lipitor.
Read More »Super-Sizing Asian Americans
Percentage of low-income Asian and Pacific Islander children in California who are overweight more than doubled between 1994 and 2003, from 7 percent to 15 percent.
Read More »The Transdermal Insulin Drug Delivery (TDD) System
The Transdermal Insulin Drug Delivery (TDD) System Dermisonics’ research has centered upon the creation of a unique hardware platform, to make a wearable, lightweight drug delivery system possible. The Transdermal Drug Delivery (TDD) System employs a flexible patch design integral to the new two-part TDD called the Medi-Cap. The Sonic …
Read More »Diabetes and Chemotherapy Neuropathy
We all have patients that end up in Chemotherapy for different Cancers. Did you know some of the newest and best cancer fighting drugs have a side effect of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy. A. Lee Dellon, MD shows that the same treatments for diabetic neuropathy will work for these patients.
Read More »New Gene For Diabetes Found
A gene involved in the action of insulin is associated with type 2 diabetes and the body’s response to insulin has been found and reported on.
Read More »Rosiglitazone May Improve Beta-Cell Function in Type 2 Diabetes
Rosiglitazone improves pancreatic β-cell response after six months as reflected by measures of insulin sensitivity and first-phase insulin response.
Read More »Average American is 1 Inch Taller, 25 Pounds Heavier Than 40 Years Ago
Americans are getting a little taller and a lot fatter.
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