Diabetes Hope - Successful Pilot Study of Immature Adult Stem Cells-TYPE 2

A recent study published in the Journal of Cell Transplantation, offers new hope to the 24 million people in the US who suffer from type 2 diabetes and its harmful affects. The University of Miami Diabetes Research Institute, is conducting its first phase of human clinical trials, using immature adult stem cells from a patient’s own bone marrow. After treatment, symptoms significantly lessened, with increased insulin production, lower blood-sugar levels and a reduced need for... read more

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Diabetes Treatment a Burden to Many

Insulin Injections Cause Most Distress
By Salynn Boyles
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MDSept. 27, 2007 – Diabetes is now largely manageable, thanks to today’s treatments. But while these treatments keep patients healthy, some perceive them to be almost as bad as the disease itself, new research shows.

The typical diabetes treatment regimen involves daily pills to control blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol. And patients who require insulin may need multiple... read more

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Type 2 Diabetes: How to Start Insulin

Once-Daily Insulin May Be a Starting Point, Study Suggests
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MDOct. 24, 2007 -- Do you have type 2 diabetes and need to start taking insulin? Scientists have new insights on how you should do so.

Taking insulin once daily at bedtime may be a first step, with fewer risks than other insulin-dosing strategies, a new study shows.

Those findings are preliminary, so patients... read more

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Sales of Inhaled Insulin Exubera Halted

Drug Company Cites Financial Reasons for Removing Exubera From Market
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Michael W. Smith, MDOct. 18, 2007 -- The drug company Pfizer announced that it will stop selling its inhaled insulin product Exubera for financial reasons.

In January 2006, Exubera became the first inhaled insulin to get FDA approval. Exubera delivers short-acting insulin via an inhaler, providing an alternative to insulin injections.

"Despite our best efforts, Exubera... read more

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National Call Center: A Port in the Storm

“I was just diagnosed with diabetes,” says the voice on the other end of the phone. “And I don’t know what to do.”

Timothy Outlaw gets calls like this on a regular basis. It’s part of his job at the American Diabetes Association’s National Call Center (NCC), a 24-hour, seven-days-a week information clearinghouse. This extraordinary—and free—resource offers live advice from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday, at 1-800-DIABETES, or (800) 342-2383. (After... read more

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Arthritis Drug Helps Diabetes

Doctors have turned back the clock more than 100 years to rediscover a drug that can help the more than 15 million people in the United States with type 2 diabetes. It's one drug that may provide twice the relief.

Mary Ann Provost's pain from diabetes and arthritis nearly stopped her from suiting up for one of her favorite activities.

"I was seriously doubting whether I was going to do any golf," she told Ivanhoe.... read more

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Stem Cells and Oxygen Therapy Show Promise in Treating Diabetes

The growing epidemic of diabetes in the United States is making it crucial for scientists to find new ways to treat the debilitating disease and its numerous complications. New research just published by investigators from the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Stem Cell Argentina in Buenos Aires shows that a novel protocol involving stem cells and oxygen therapy yielded promising results in a pilot study. The... read more

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Herbs for diabetes

Today, diabetes is one of the most common diseases of which about half the world’s population is suffering from. It is the third most common disease that causes maximum death of people.Using Herbs is a beneficial way to cure diabetes, and yes it is harmless and having no side effects. We have collected some herbs which is really advantageous to cure many diseases like diabetes. Herbs are really good to use, so please be aware... read more

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The History of Diabetes

For 2,000 years diabetes has been recognized as a devastating and deadly disease. In the first century A.D. a Greek, Aretaeus, described the destructive nature of the affliction which he named "diabetes" from the Greek word for "siphon." Eugene J. Leopold in his text Aretaeus the Cappodacian describes Aretaeus' diagnosis: "...For fluids do not remain in the body, but use the body only as a channel through which they may flow out. Life lasts only... read more

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Americans Just Don’t Get It! The Risks of Diabetes

More people are afraid of being in a plane crash, hit by lightning or bitten by a snake than developing diabetes, according to a recently announced American Diabetes Association survey.

In 2007, 233,619 people died from diabetes and 491 died from aviation accidents.

The survey findings showed that only 5 percent reported a fear of getting an illness or disease like diabetes, while 16 percent feared being in a plane crash, 13 percent... read more

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