| Investigating Numbness, Pain Or Muscle Weakness? Guidelines Identify Best Tests For Neuropathy |
| New guidelines developed by the American Academy of Neurology find a combination of blood tests and other specialized assessments appear to be the most helpful tests for finding the cause of neuropathy. Also known as neuritis or distal symmetric polyneuropathy, this common nerve problem affects people of all ages. The guidelines are published in the December 3, 2008, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
12/04/2008
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| ConjuChem's PC-DAC(TM):Exendin-4 Lowers Glucose And Weight In Phase II Diabetes Trials |
| ConjuChem Biotechnologies, Inc. (TSX:CJB) announced preliminary results today showing that its Type 2 diabetes product, PC-DAC(TM):Exendin-4, achieved statistically significant reductions in HbA1c and weight in its two Phase II clinical trials. Commenting on the clinical results, Mark Perrin, President and CEO stated, "We are extremely pleased with these results which have met our clinical objectives. Achieving a 1.
12/04/2008
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| Researchers Reveal What Makes The Heart 'Tick-Tock' |
| Researchers have new evidence to show that the heart beats to its own drummer, according to a report in the December issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication. They've uncovered some of the molecular circuitry within the cardiovascular system itself that controls the daily rise and fall of blood pressure and heart rate. The findings might also explain why commonly used diabetes drugs come with cardiovascular benefits, according to the researchers.
12/03/2008
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| Secreted Protein Sends Signal That Fat Is On The Way |
| After you eat a burger and fries or other fat-filled meal, a protein produced by the liver may send a signal that fat is on the way, suggests a report in the December issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication. Researchers have found in mice that the liver produces a protein called adropin, which rises in response to high-fat foods and falls after fasting.
12/03/2008
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| Lack Of Vitamin D Could Spell Heart Trouble |
| Vitamin D deficiency - which is traditionally associated with bone and muscle weakness - may also increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). A growing body of evidence links low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels to common CVD risk factors such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes, as well as major cardiovascular events including stroke and congestive heart failure.
12/03/2008
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| Diamyd Medical: Diamyd(R) Diabetes Vaccine - Three Blockbuster Indications |
| As reported in New England Journal of Medicine (Oct 30, 2008), Diamyd® preserves insulin producing beta cells best in patients recently diagnosed with the disease. Beta cell destruction is a consecutive process, eventually leading to the need for life-long treatment with insulin. Diamyd® given before clinical presentation could hence prevent the onset of the disease.
12/02/2008
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| Genaera Begins Phase 1b Trial Of Trodusquemine (MSI-1436) In Overweight And Obese Type 2 Diabetics |
| Genaera Corporation (Nasdaq: GENR) announced that dosing of subjects has begun in study MSI-1436C-102 (Study 102), the multiple ascending dose Phase 1b study of trodusquemine (MSI-1436) in overweight and obese type 2 diabetics. MSI-1436 is a novel therapeutic for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity which works centrally and peripherally to regulate insulin and leptin pathways through the highly selective inhibition of its novel target enzyme, PTP-1B.
12/02/2008
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| EMIS Web Improves Diabetes Care In Cheshire And Hertfordshire, UK |
| Diabetes and endocrinology specialists at Leighton Hospital in Crewe and Victoria Infirmary, Northwich, can access a summary of the patient's primary care record, enabling them to make more informed decisions at the point of care and helping them to advise a greater number of patients.
12/01/2008
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| Report Shows Approximately 420,000 Wisconsin Adults Have Diabetes |
| State health officials are stressing a healthier lifestyle as a new Department report shows that one in every 10 Wisconsin adults has diabetes, making the disease a major health concern. "It's fair to describe the spread of diabetes in Wisconsin as an epidemic-and it shows no sign of easing," said Secretary Karen Timberlake. "Nearly 420,000 Wisconsin adults have diabetes and it's estimated that approximately 125,000 of them don't even know they have the disease.
11/30/2008
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| How Do Individuals React To Metabolic Stress? - Genetic Variation In Metabolism Identified |
| Metabolic diseases in particular the increasingly prevalent type 2 diabetes are caused by a complex interaction between genetic disposition and unfavorable lifestyle, above all unbalanced diet and too little physical exercise. Researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München have now for the first time been able to show a relationship between the genetic make-up of an individual and differences in his/her metabolism.
11/29/2008
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| Connecticut Dept. Of Public Health Launches Diabetes Awareness Campaign Targeting African Americans In Three Major Cities |
| The Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced an innovative campaign to increase awareness among African American Connecticut residents about diabetes that features posters and take-away information cards to be posted at hair salons and barbershops throughout Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven. The announcement was made at It's a Gee Thang Barber Salon, a barbershop and hair salon in Hartford.
11/29/2008
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| GENFIT: Therapeutic Potential Of Gft505 Is Demonstrated In The Treatment Of Cardiovascular Risk Associated With Pre-Diabetes |
| GENFIT (Alternext: ALGFT; ISIN: FR0004163111), a biopharmaceutical company at the forefront of research and development of drugs, focusing on early diagnosis and preventive treatment of cardiometabolic and neurodegenerative diseases, today communicate on important efficacy data in healthy volunteers for its drug candidate GFT505 for the treatment of atherogenic dyslipidemia associated with pre-diabetes and diabetes (GFT505-1084 studies).
11/28/2008
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| Master Gene Plays Key Role In Blood Sugar Levels |
| When mice that lack steroid receptor-2 (SRC-2) - a master regulator gene called a coactivator - fast for a day, their blood sugar levels plummet. If they go another day without food, they will die. The severity of the hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) was unexpected, said Dr. Bert W. O'Malley, chair of molecular and cellular biology at Baylor College of Medicine and senior author of the report on the study that appears in the current issue of the journal Science.
11/28/2008
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| UAE Walks Against Diabetes In The Lead Up To National Day Celebrations |
| Abu Dhabi readies for the second annual Diabetes walkathon, dubbed WALK UAE 2008 (on National Day weekend, November 28 at 3pm along the Corniche). This is the latest activity in the award winning Diabetes public awareness campaign under the patronage of HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak. As many as 10,000 participants are expected to walk the five kilometre route, according to the event organisers, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (ICLDC).
11/28/2008
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| Kaiser Permanente Physician Is Selected By The American Diabetes Association For Improving The Health Of Pregnant Women With Diabetes |
| How ironic that we are closing out November, which is American Diabetes Month, with a holiday celebrated by overeating and inactivity. Why care? According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), if current trends continue, one in three Americans - and one in two minorities - born in 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime. In the United States, nearly 24 million children and adults have diabetes and 57 million have pre-diabetes.
11/28/2008
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