Archive for the ‘Diabetes’ Category
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
A complete online diabetes self-management education program, http://www.deo.ucsf.edu, has been launched by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Diabetes Teaching Center. This website mirrors the highly successful American Diabetes Association (ADA) accredited teaching program curriculum created by UCSF clinicians and presented to thousands of patients at UCSF over the ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Bayer Diabetes Care announced a new chapter in its partnership with Dr. Stephen R. Covey, author of the bestselling book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®, and a new partnership with Fit4D™, an organization that provides personalized diabetes coaching. Through these partnerships Bayer Diabetes Care will offer new educational ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
The American Diabetes Association (ADA), the nation's leading non -profit health organization providing diabetes research, has collaborated with Healia Communities, a free online health community that enables people to get personal support for their health decisions from peers and experienced health professionals. The new collaboration, gives the ADA's diabetes ...
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Sunday, August 10th, 2008
Pfizer Inc announced that, in patients with heart disease, type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, Lipitor® (atorvastatin calcium) 80 mg significantly reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events, including heart attack and stroke, by 35 percent compared with Lipitor 10 mg. This finding is from a subanalysis designed and ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
Are you aged 18 years or over and have been diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes within the last six months? If so we would like you to consider taking part in a focus group to discuss Diabetes UK's popular booklet, 'Understanding Diabetes', which is to be updated. ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
Researchers claim that a compound found in brassica vegetables such as broccoli could undo the damage caused by diabetes to heart blood vessels. Professor Paul Thornalley and his team from the University of Warwick have found that a compound called Sulforaphane can encourage the body to produce more enzymes to ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
Heritage Labs, a division of Hooper Holmes (AMEX:HH), introduced the Appraise® Home A1c Kit, a new at-home consumer product that measures the average blood glucose level of diabetics and potential diabetics. The Appraise® Home A1c Kit provides consumers with an inexpensive and easy-to-use blood test that produces highly ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
President of Diabetes Australia Gary Deed says that while eating more nutritious food and exercising regularly will aid the prevention of type 2 diabetes, it won't be enough to slow the growth of Australia's diabetes epidemic. In 2007, diabetes cost the Australian community $10.3 billion dollars. $1.1 billion of that ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
The endogenous substance FGF21 has beneficial effects on blood lipids and glucose levels in rodents and monkeys, and is an interesting candidate for treatment of type 2 diabetes. Scientists at Karolinska Institutet have now examined if FGF21 has a similar function in humans. The results are presented in the journal ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
July 28 -- Packing on the pounds by drinking too many sugary drinks and not eating enough fruits and veggies appears to be associated with increased risk for type 2 diabetes, while a low-fat diet doesn't alter your risk of developing the blood sugar disease.That's the conclusion of three ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
July 25 -- Certain kinds of sweeteners -- such as date sugar and dark brown sugars -- may help manage type 2 diabetes and related complications, American and Brazilian researchers say."Depending on their origin and grade of refining, many sweeteners contained significant amounts of antioxidants, which have the potential ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Dietitians of Canada (DC) applauds the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and the Ministry of Health Promotion for helping Ontarians prevent and manage diabetes. The diabetes strategy announced today includes increasing access to team-based care for prevention and management of diabetes. The Ministry of Health Promotion has ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Diabetes UK has launched a pin badge appeal in partnership with Halifax Bank of Scotland. The badges, featuring cartoon superhero Dangermouse and his hamster assistant Penfold, will be on sale at Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches across the UK with proceeds going to Diabetes UK. Every pound raised will ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Researchers claim that drinking sugary drinks could increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes.Scientists looked at the link between weight gain, sugary drinks and Type 2 diabetes in 43,960 African American women.The women completed a questionnaire about the types of drinks they consumed in 1995 and again in 2001. During ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Wound Care Innovations, LLC, a subsidiary of Wound Management Technologies, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: WNDM), announced an evidence based study with a NE podiatric clinic evaluating the clinical performance of their advanced wound care collagen product, CellerateRx(R), on diabetic venous ulcers. "According to data released by the Centers for Disease ...
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