Cinnamon May Help Lower Blood Glucose Levels and Cholesterol Levels

The next drug in your medicine cabinet might come from the spice aisle of the grocery store.

Although research is still preliminary, doctors and researchers are getting excited about the diabetes and cholesterol-fighting potential of cinnamon.

Cinnamon probably "can't harm in small doses, it may help and it's not adding calories," said Melinda Maryniuk, a senior dietician at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston.

A small study completed last year on the possible health benefits... read more

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Weekly Med Helps Type 2 Diabetics

This might be a good thing for some of you not already on Insulin, especially.

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Two diabetes trials shed a little light on deaths

Researchers who compared two diabetes trials said on Friday they are getting some insight into why patients in one were more likely to die after aggressive treatment, while patients in another were not

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Cup of Cocoa Good for Diabetics

(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Sipping a hot cut of cocoa might do more than just warm you up if you have diabetes. It could also be helping improve your blood vessel functioning.

German researchers have found a key ingredient in cocoa called flavanols makes it easier for the arteries to expand in the face of increased demand for blood. Since people with diabetes generally have problems with artery expansion, anything that helps open up the flow... read more

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Effect of intensive insulin therapy on β-cell function and glycaemic control in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a multicentre randomised parallel-group trial

Tests suggest that administering insulin for a short period of time at the point of T2 diagnosis is more effective than administering oral drugs to halt and temporarily reverse T2 diabetes. The insulin-treated group took less time to drop to normal glucose levels, and maintained them without medication for longer than those in the oral-medication-treated group. The "full story" link leads to the (free) abstract; the full story requires a subscription to The Lancet.

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Chlorinated pesticides may raise diabetes risk

Using certain chlorinated pesticides puts a person at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, and the greater the exposure, the greater the risk, researchers from the National Institutes of Health report.

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Inflammation Drug May Benefit Diabetics

Researchers in Boston say an anti-inflammatory drug prescribed for arthritis may be beneficial in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
The Joslin Diabetes Center researchers built upon an earlier study showing the inexpensive, non-steroidal salsalate, might prevent the disease, too, the center said Thursday in a news release.
These are the first studies showing that potentially safe and tolerable doses of salsalate lower blood sugars and have other favorable effects in patients with... read more

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Diabetes, the 21st century epidemic

You could be one of the almost 250 million people around the world who has diabetes. A third of those people aren't even aware they have the condition. Forty-six per cent of them are between 40 and 59 years old

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Drug regime reverses heart disease in diabetics

Aggressive use of drugs to lower cholesterol and blood pressure helped reverse heart disease in people with diabetes, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday

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Diabetes Study Partially Halted After Deaths

This is from February but I still find it interesting. Sorry if I am repeating what has already been posted.

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