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Efficacy and Safety of Sitagliptin Added to Ongoing Metformin Therapy in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Key words: GLP-1 - Metformin - Sitagliptin - Type 2 diabetes ABSTRACT
Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sitagliptin as an add-on to metformin therapy in patients with moderately severe (hemoglobin A^sub 1c^ >/= 8.0% and </ = 11.0%) type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Results: Sitagliptin significantly reduced HbA^sub 1c^, FPG, and 2-h PPG, compared with placebo (all p < 0.001).

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Sports Charity Auction to Benefit the ADA

SU (Syracuse University) Sport Management Club holds online sports auction in collaboration with Steiner Sports April 1-10; precedes Charity Sports Auction April 8 at the Carrier Dome, keynote speaker Donovan McNabb.

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Diabetic Children Hit Hard By Viral Outbreak: State Health Officials Search for Cause of Illness That Affected Dozens at Great Escape Indoor Water Park

Mar. 20--An outbreak of a gastrointestinal flu at Six Flags Great Escape Lodge and Indoor Water Park in Queensbury infected a particularly vulnerable group of visitors.
Circle of Life Camp, a support group for children with diabetes and their families, spent last weekend at the water park enjoying the water slides and learning to better control their diabetes.
Many contracted the infection that caused violent vomiting and diarrhea, which can be dangerous for... read more

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Climber Not Limited By Diabetes

Mar. 16--Will Cross is an adventurer who has walked to the North and South poles and climbed the highest peaks of every continent, including the summit of Mount Everest.
Cross has done it all while battling Type 1 diabetes, a condition he was born with and treats with shots of insulin to control his blood sugar.
The Pittsburgh native spoke last night at the Tiger Hotel as part of a fundraiser for Camp... read more

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Vitamin D May Ward Off Type 1 Diabetes

Vitamin D supplements in early childhood may ward off the development of type 1 diabetes in later life, a British review found.
Researchers at the St. Mary's Hospital for Women and Children in Manchester, England, said type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder, in which insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas are destroyed by the body's own immune system, starting in early infancy.
Researchers did a literature search of numerous studies concerning... read more

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Weight-Loss Surgery Under Study As Treatment for Diabetes

Patients with the disease who have undergone the procedure show improvement, an area doctor says.
A common weight-loss surgery has shown promise in curing Type 2 diabetes and could be approved as a treatment for the disease by the Food and Drug Administration in the near future, said Dr. Luis Gorospe, a bariatric surgeon at Bailey Medical Center in Owasso.
Gorospe, who has performed more than 4,000 bariatric procedures since 1979, was the... read more

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Is This Frog the Answer to Diabetes?

THE treatment of diabetes could be about to take a leap forward with the help of a South American frog.
A compound found on the skin of the paradoxical frog - so called because the tadpole is much larger than the adult - boosts the production of insulin.
Scientists have made a synthetic version of the compound which they hope to turn into a pill to treat Britain's two million sufferers of type... read more

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Blood Pressure Drugs Lower Heart Risk

CHICAGO - Two big studies offer good news to people with high blood pressure, finding that novel ways to use cheap drugs already on the market can lower their risk of heart attacks, stroke and death - even if they are very old.
Both studies were stopped early so the surprising benefits could be made known.
Doctors presented results Monday at an American College of Cardiology conference in Chicago.

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Deep Breathing T'Ai Chi Could Help Fight Diabetes

T'ai chi exercises could help diabetics control blood sugar levels, researchers said today.
A 12-week programme was shown to boost the immune system in people suffering Type 2, linked to obesity.
Around 1.8 million people in the UK have Type 2 and another 750,000 are thought undiagnosed.

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Big Health Benefits Attributed To Raw Diet: Six Diabetics In Documentary Are Able To Reverse Their Disease

Mar. 31--In his 2004 film "Super Size Me," director Morgan Spurlock humorously documents the dramatic health consequences of eating all the wrong things for 30 days.
So what might happen, then, after 30 days of eating all the right things?
The participants, most diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, move into an Arizona retreat center where they are medically supervised during a challenge to stay off dairy, meat, sugar, alcohol and processed foods.

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