Diabetes Treatment

DiaMedica’s DM-204 Type 2 diabetes treatment shows promising results

By George ⋅ December 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Proactive Investors USA & Canada DiaMedica's DM-204 Type 2 diabetes treatment shows promising resultsProactive Investors USA & CanadaManaging each of these parameters is important in the treatment of patients suffering from Type 2 diabetes. An HbA1c test measures a person's average blood sugar levels over a period of three months. DiaMedica's Scientific Advisory Board member, […]

Intensive Diabetes Treatment Cuts Kidney Damage in Half in Study

By George ⋅ November 13, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Reuters India Intensive Diabetes Treatment Cuts Kidney Damage in Half in StudyBusinessWeek“The benefits were from early intensive therapy and they only manifested more than a decade after the treatment began.” Patients who injected insulin at least three times a day to get their blood sugar to the same level seen in people without diabetes …Intensive […]

Bariatric Surgery May Offer a Cure for Diabetes

By George ⋅ November 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Fox News Bariatric Surgery May Offer a Cure for DiabetesThe Open Press (press release)With the numerous minimally invasive surgeries available today, Dr. Roslin is hopeful that more people will begin to look at the striking statistics regarding weight loss and the cure for Type 2 Diabetes. Dr. Roslin said, “Physicians need to know that …Georgia […]

Diabetes Treatment Costs Vastly Exceed Reimbursement

By George ⋅ October 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Kansas.com Diabetes Treatment Costs Vastly Exceed ReimbursementFamily Practice News Digital NetworkThe cost of treating diabetes patients in an adult practice exceeds reimbursement by more than $750000 per year, and in a pediatric practice by more than $471000 per year, according to the results of a study commissioned by several major diabetes and …Doc Talk: You […]

Merck Wins US Approval for Combination Diabetes Treatment

By George ⋅ October 12, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

ThirdAge Merck Wins US Approval for Combination Diabetes TreatmentBusinessWeekOct. 7 (Bloomberg) — Merck & Co. won US approval for a pill that combines the Januvia diabetes medicine with cholesterol treatment Zocor, the first combination of its kind to reduce cholesterol. The Food and Drug Administration …Merck Wins U.S. Approval for Combination Diabetes TreatmentBloombergFDA Approves Merck's […]

Diabetes treatment could be dictated by calcium

By George ⋅ October 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

eYugoslavia.com Diabetes treatment could be dictated by calciumPrivate Healthcare UKFuture diabetes treatment may be tailored towards the characteristics of each individual's heart and coronary artery. Doctors working at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) found calcium to be a vital indicator of heart attacks and strokes in …New Study Finds Arterial Calcium Buildup in Diabetics […]

Mobile Diabetes App Makes The Grade

By George ⋅ September 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

mobihealthnews Mobile Diabetes App Makes The GradeInformationWeekThose in the three study groups also received mobile phones with service and data plans, plus the WellDoc mobile diabetes management software that delivered more than 1000 self-management messages, as specified by an algorithm that considered such …Misinformation exacerbates mHealth growing painsmobihealthnewsall 2 news articles » More details can be […]

EHRs Improve Care for Diabetics, Study Shows

By George ⋅ September 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

MD News (press release) EHRs Improve Care for Diabetics, Study ShowsNextgovFifty-one percent of patients treated at the EHR sites received care that meets all four standards of care for treatment of diabetes, compared with just 6.6 percent of patients at paper-record sites, the researchers said. Meanwhile, 44 percent of …Electronic health records shown to improve […]

Water, fasting useful for preventing diabetes

By George ⋅ August 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Fox News Water, fasting useful for preventing diabetesNigerian TribuneIn fact, Islamic scholars believe that fasting would be an ideal recommendation for treatment of mild to moderate, stable, non-insulin diabetes, obesity and essential hypertension. No doubt, many things like fasting and intake of plenty water can help …The Type to changePublic ServiceType 1 DiabetesKHSLGreat News for […]

MannKind Moves Forward on Trials for Inhaled Insulin Treatment

By George ⋅ August 12, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

International Business Times MannKind Moves Forward on Trials for Inhaled Insulin TreatmentMinyanville.comThe company will study patients with type 2 diabetes in one trial and type 1 in the other. Type 2 diabetes is the most common and fastest-growing form of the disease and is blamed in part on the obesity epidemic in the US. Type […]

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