For people with diabetes, the American Association of Diabetes (ADA) has prepared guidelines helpful to those affected by the California wildfires. The following items are emphasized: medication and...
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Recognized by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) is the Interim HealthCare: The Diabetes Care Center in Lubbock, Texas 2424 50th St., Suite 205Tel. No. (806) 792-7600Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 5...
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What: FREE diabetes Check-up When: Cardiff City Centre Where: November 6 and 7 from 9am to 5pm The Diabetes UK Measure Up campaign is aimed at discovering those at risk of the condition and includes a...
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I've been looking for other resources on diabetes and was surprised to actually found one at FOXNews.com's Health section. Eating right and losing weight are two of the most important...
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In North Queensland (Australia) hundreds of new pairs of shoes have already been sent to indigenous communities as part of a program that hopes to treat diabetes' painful symptoms. The said new...
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The lead diabetes drug Candidate of Diamyd Medical - Diamyd™ - demonstrated significant efficacy in preserving insulin production in those with type 1 diabetes. The results from the Diamyd™ study...
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the liver disease caused by being overweight and obesity and not alcohol, has been found to increase the risk of diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Such were...
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We already know that insulin resistance is a condition when one's body does not respond to insulin resistance anymore, thereby increasing blood sugar levels. When this happens, the condition leads...
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Insulin is mostly popular as injection. Researchers are continuously looking and working on the development of oral insulin. Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) are leading the...
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Approved by the FDA in October 2006, the diabetes drug by Merck - Januvia (sitagliptin) - is a prescription medicine being used as part of a treatment programme (including diet and exercise) to lower...
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If you search this blog for pig islet cell transplantation, the following entries will be generated: Pig Islet Cell May Help Solve Diabetes Problem Lab-grown Insulin-producing Cells: A Breakthrough in...
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The Danish drug company - Novo Nordisk - recently announced the approval of its Levemir® (insulin detemir) by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Levemir® (insulin detemir) is Novo...
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In the past couple of months, I've been experiencing stiffness, pain and numbness in the back of my thighs that seems to go down to my legs leading to some sort of temporary paralysis preventing...
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It seems that all big and growing blog networks have a diabetes blog. While it is bad news that Weblogsinc's The Diabetes Blog has been recently retired, including all of the said network's...
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Let us be reminded that type 1 diabetes (formerly called juvenile diabetes) is an autoimmune disease by which the body's immune system mistakenly targets the pancreas, killing the cells...
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In an older post, I wrote about InspiredbyDiabetes.com campaign and its Creative Expression Competition for diabetics. Recently, I received an email from one of the individuals from the said campaign...
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Remember that India was recently named diabetes capital of the world? Because in India, there is a steadily increasing rates of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes that has become alarming for the...
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We already know that having gestational diabetes (diabetes during late pregnancy) has consequences and long-term effects in both mother and baby. Dr. Stephen Ponder wrote in Corpus Christi Caller...
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Goods news for India that was just named Diabetes Capital of the World: Eli Lilly already recently launched its new generation diabetes drug Byetta (exenatide injection) in India. Byetta is prescribed...
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I found the following "Myths and Facts about Diabetes" series written by Dr. Anita Ramsetty at Searchlight Newspaper St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Myths and Facts about Diabetes # 1:...
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