Coughs and Colds and Diabetes
Wednesday October 31, 2007
This is the time of year when colds and flu start taking their toll. Aches, pains, fevers, sore throats and drippy noses are hard enough to take. Add diabetes and ... Read More
Muffin Nation - Expanding Portion Sizes in America
Wednesday October 24, 2007
Food is getting bigger. Americans are getting bigger, too, according to recent statistics. Is there a correlation? It seems like it to me.
Back when I was a kid, in the ... Read More
Don't Forget Your Flu Shot
Tuesday October 23, 2007
It's important for people who have chronic illnesses to receive a flu shot every year. When a chronic illness like diabetes is in the picture it's harder for the immune ... Read More
Which Glucometer Do You Use?
Tuesday October 23, 2007
There are a lot of glucometers out there, and they all do the same thing very differently. Testing times, memory capacity, amount of blood needed, and size of ... Read More
It's the Inside Story... Dealing with Diabetes Everyday.
Tuesday October 23, 2007
The Diabetes Forum is a good place to go for advice, comfort and companionship, from people who know what it's like to live with the day-to-day stresses of diabetes.
This week, ... Read More
Exubera to be Discontinued by Pfizer
Monday October 22, 2007
Pfizer Inc. has announced that it will discontinue manufacturing Exubera, an inhaled form of insulin. A press release that is posted on the Exubera website states that the decision to ... Read More
Oral Insulin Study to Investigate Type 1 Prevention
Wednesday October 17, 2007
A multinational study is underway to determine if oral insulin may be able to prevent type 1 diabetes in people who are at risk for the disease. The risk of ... Read More
Gene Variation May Cause Overeating
Wednesday October 17, 2007
Scientists from the University of Buffalo (UB), NY, have suggested that motivation to overeat might be genetically determined. In their study of 29 obese and 45 non-obese people, they uncovered ... Read More
Byetta Receives FDA Alert
Tuesday October 16, 2007
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert for the diabetes medication Byetta (exenatide). Byetta is an injectable medication prescribed for type 2 diabetes.
Byetta hit the market, in ... Read More
New Strategies for Reducing Risk of Diabetic Foot Complications
Thursday October 11, 2007
An article that appeared in the most recent issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery talks about new preventative measures for diabetic foot ulcers.
What's New in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation
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Topical Anti-Infective to Treat Diabetic Foot Infections Acquired by Macro-Chem Corp.
Thursday October 11, 2007
Pexiganan, a recently developed treatment for diabetic foot ulcers has been acquired by Macro-Chem Corporation from it's parent developing company, Genaera Corporation. Pexiganan has been through phase three clinical trials ... Read More
Social Support Can Help Kids Maintain Weight Loss
Wednesday October 10, 2007
A study that appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week, states that overweight kids who lose weight, have a harder time keeping it off if they ... Read More
The Diabetes Forum Talks about the Emotions of Diabetes
Monday October 8, 2007
In most of the literature on diabetes management, the focus is on blood glucose levels, nutrition, treatments, and complications. And all of that is of the utmost importance for survival ... Read More
Do You Have Diabetes... Or Does Diabetes Have You?
Monday October 8, 2007
Finding out that you have diabetes is life altering. There is an overwhelming amount of information that is given to you in a short amount of time. Glucometers, medications, insulin, ... Read More
New Drug for Type 2 Diabetes Approved in Europe
Wednesday October 3, 2007
According to a press release from Novartis Pharmaceuticals, their new drug Galvus (vildagliptin) has been approved to treat type 2 diabetes in 27 countries in Europe and also Norway and ... Read More