Diabetes Treatment

Longest and largest study of insulin pumps to treat type 1 diabetes in …

By George ⋅ August 24, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

MedPage Today Longest and largest study of insulin pumps to treat type 1 diabetes in …Science Daily (press release)Aug. 18, 2013 — The longest and largest study of the effectiveness of insulin pumps to treat type 1 diabetes in children has shown that the pumps are more effective at controlling blood sugar than insulin injections […]

FDA Recalls Blood Sugar Test Strips Used in Diabetes Treatment

By George ⋅ August 4, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Telegraph.co.uk FDA Recalls Blood Sugar Test Strips Used in Diabetes TreatmentTIME (blog)The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning patients with diabetes about the recall of 62 million glucose test strips used to measure blood sugar levels. Nova Diabetes Care announced the recall Friday after discovering that some of the strips can …Four in ten […]

FDA Moves Against Alternative Diabetes Treatments

By George ⋅ July 24, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Marketplace.org FDA Moves Against Alternative Diabetes TreatmentsWall Street Journal“If you have diabetes, you should be getting treatment from a doctor,” said Howard Sklamberg, director of compliance at the FDA's center for drug evaluation and research. He said that the FDA was taking actions to “protect consumers,” and that the …FDA goes after makers of alternative […]

Animal-Human Transplants Work For Diabetes Treatment

By George ⋅ July 14, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

RedOrbit Animal-Human Transplants Work For Diabetes TreatmentRedOrbitNorthwestern Medicine researchers have completed the first step toward animal-human transplants of insulin-producing cells for people with type-1 diabetes by successfully transplanting islets from one species to another. Islets are the cells that …Interspecies Transplant Possible, May Lead to Better Diabetes TreatmentNature World News1st interspecies transplant for new diabetes […]

Arthritis drug dabbles in diabetes treatment

By George ⋅ July 4, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Science Codex Arthritis drug dabbles in diabetes treatmentPhysBizTechIt's only natural that an arthritic alleviant would have joint aspirations. Nevertheless, the latest findings from the Joslin Diabetes Center regarding the glycemic controlling properties inherent in arthritis drug salsalate still come as a pleasant …Salsalate Lowers Blood Glucose in Type 2 Diabetes , Study SuggestsScience Daily (press […]

Artificial Pancreas Set To Transform Treatment Of Diabetes

By George ⋅ June 24, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

BBC News Artificial Pancreas Set To Transform Treatment Of DiabetesMedical News Today“There is a pressing need for improved treatments for people with type 1 diabetes and we are proud to be funding Dr. Hovorka's important research trials, including the recent trial of the system in children at home,” said Aaron Kowalski, vice-president …Doctors make progress […]

Researchers are one step closer to treating type 1 diabetes – News

By George ⋅ June 14, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

eMaxHealth Researchers are one step closer to treating type 1 diabetesNews-Medical.netResearchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a way to trigger reproduction in the laboratory of clusters of human cells that make insulin, potentially removing a significant obstacle to transplanting the cells as …Transplants to treat diabetes appear possibleeMaxHealthall 2 […]

Adult Stem Cells Could Hold Key to Cure Type 1 Diabetes

By George ⋅ June 4, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

RedOrbit Adult Stem Cells Could Hold Key to Cure Type 1 DiabetesScience Daily (press release)“We discovered that type 1 diabetes destroys not only insulin-producing cells but also blood vessels that support them,” Zaghouani said. “When we realized how important the blood vessels were to insulin production, we developed a cure that combines a …Using Stem […]

Biomaterial Shows Promise for Type 1 Diabetes Treatment

By George ⋅ May 24, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

First Coast News Biomaterial Shows Promise for Type 1 Diabetes TreatmentScience Daily (press release)May 9, 2013 — Researchers have made a significant first step with newly engineered biomaterials for cell transplantation that could help lead to a possible cure for Type 1 diabetes, which affects about 3 million Americans.Newfound hormone holds hope for diabetesFirst Coast […]

Biomaterial shows promise for Type 1 diabetes treatment – domain

By George ⋅ May 14, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

domain-B Biomaterial shows promise for Type 1 diabetes treatmentdomain-BResearchers have made a significant first step with newly engineered biomaterials for cell transplantation that could help lead to a possible cure for Type 1 diabetes. Georgia Tech engineers and Emory University clinicians have successfully engrafted …Cell transplants could cure many of diabetesDenver PostNew Kind Of Drug […]

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