Insulin, cancer drugs will cost more soon

NEW DELHI: Prices of various insulin brands and cancer drugs will soon increase while medicines for asthma, meningitis and diphtheria will become cheaper. The drug price regulator, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), has decided to cut prices of 46 medicine brands and raise prices of 31. It has also decided to bring 254 new medicine brands under price control.
An official order has been issued to the drug manufacturers and the new... read more

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Danish firm to give African children free insulin

PARIS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The world's biggest maker of insulin on Wednesday pledged to provide diabetes care, including free medication, to 10,000 children in African countries to combat a hidden killer.

Danish pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk said it had a moral obligation to save lives in places where insulin was too expensive for families and aid efforts have focused on more prominent diseases such as HIV-AIDS or malaria.

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Vitamin K Linked To Insulin Resistance In Older Men

"Men who received vitamin K supplementation had less progression in their insulin resistance by the end of the clinical trial," said Sarah Booth, senior author and director of the Vitamin K Laboratory at the USDA HNRCA. "Conversely, we saw progression in insulin resistance in women who received vitamin K supplementation, and in the men or women who were not given vitamin K supplements."

Among those given vitamin K, both men and women took daily multivitamins... read more

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Warming Up to Insulin

In case you haven’t heard, there’s a movement underway among medical professionals to get Type 2 diabetics started on insulin therapy sooner. I know what you’re thinking: “Not me, no way!” But if you keep an open mind, look at the facts, and explore the reality of insulin therapy a little, you may find that your fear and loathing of insulin is quite unfounded

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New Source Of Insulin-Producing Cells Identified By Joslin Researchers

Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have shown that insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells can form after birth or after injury from progenitor cells within the pancreas that were not beta cells, a finding that contradicts a widely-cited earlier study that had concluded this is not possible.

The study, published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition, identifies the source of the progenitor cells as being pancreatic duct... read more

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'Diabulimia' Triples Risk of Death Among Women With Diabetes

Women with type 1 diabetes who take less insulin than they should to try to lose weight triple their risk of dying compared to women who do not skip insulin doses, a new study finds.

"This is a very important women's health issue in diabetes," said Ann E. Goebel-Fabbri, lead author of a study in the March issue of Diabetes Care. "It happens at shockingly high rates, and, if we can detect this problem... read more

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Health Tip: Maintain Healthy Blood Sugar During Exercise

(HealthDay News) - Exercise typically will lower blood sugar, since insulin is more effective during exercise. But in people with diabetes, too much of a reduction in blood sugar can be dangerous.

The University of Michigan Health System offers these suggestions for diabetics to maintain healthy blood sugar levels when exercising:

Check your blood sugar before and after exercise -- and during if you can -- and record your results.
If you are going... read more

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http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/metformin/DA00141

If you have type 1 diabetes — or you have type 2 diabetes and oral medications aren't keeping your blood sugar levels within your target range — intensive insulin therapy may be the key to long-term health.

This aggressive therapy isn't easy, but the benefits are real. Find out how intensive insulin therapy can help you achieve tight blood sugar control and what it requires of you. Then you and your health care team can... read more

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New Study Finds Changes in Position of Conventional Insulin Pumps Can Cause Fluctuations in Insulin Delivery Rates

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study presented today at the Annual Meeting of the Diabetes Technology Society showed that changes in the position of a conventional insulin pump, relative to its infusion set, can significantly impact expected insulin delivery rates. Such changes may occur during routine daily activities such as getting dressed, sleeping or showering. This siphon effect has been reported previously in hospital IV pumps, but this is the first time... read more

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Should You Refrigerate Your Insulin?

The vials of insulin you’ll use immediately don’t need to be refrigerated, says the American Diabetes Association. Modern insulin is stable for at least one month at room temperature. In fact, you probably don’t need to carry an insulin cooler – your pocket or purse will work just fine. Just don’t leave it in a car, which can quickly become very hot or very cold, or near any heat source or light.

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