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Less than half of primary-care physicians refer all diabetes patients to education programs

While studies have shown that diabetes education programs are crucial in helping individuals living with the disease self-manage their condition, a new study led by Ryerson researchers has found that less than half of primary-care physicians surveyed refer all of their patients with diabetes to these programs.

24 Jun 2011

Recommendations to curb high rates of obesity among young children

Limiting television and other media use, encouraging infants and young children in preschool and child care to spend more time in physically active play, and requiring child care providers to promote healthy sleeping practices are some of the actions needed to curb high rates of obesity among America's youngest children, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

24 Jun 2011

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation awards grants to empower African American women with type 2 diabetes

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation today awarded five grants totaling $1.5 million to organizations that will empower African American women with type 2 diabetes to better manage their disease while also leveraging their standing as leaders in their families and communities to influence the health of those around them.

24 Jun 2011

Stresses can change gene expression without DNA sequence change

None of us are strangers to stress of various kinds. It turns out the effects of all those stresses can change the fate of future generation, influencing our very DNA without any change to the underlying sequence of As, Gs, Ts and Cs. Now, researchers reporting in the June 24th issue of Cell, a Cell Press publication, have new evidence that helps to explain just how these epigenetic changes really happen.

24 Jun 2011

Diabetic neuropathy patients with wounds must protect themselves from pets

In a case study that illustrates the need for people with diabetes to be cautious of foot injuries and to protect themselves from pets, a woman with numbness in her feet caused by diabetic neuropathy slept through a traumatic episode in which her Jack Russell terrier chewed off part of her slightly infected big toe, according to an article published in this month's issue of the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association.

24 Jun 2011

SweetSpot registers Diabetes Device Data Transfer service as MDDS with FDA

SweetSpot Diabetes Care, Inc. has registered their Diabetes Device Data Transfer service as a Medical Device Data System (MDDS) with the FDA the Company announced today, while attending the 71st Annual American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions meeting in San Diego, CA.

24 Jun 2011

New strategy to prevent amputations

Blood vessels and supporting cells appear to be pivotal partners in repairing nerves ravaged by diabetic neuropathy, and nurturing their partnership with nerve cells might make the difference between success and failure in experimental efforts to regrow damaged nerves, Johns Hopkins researchers report in a new study.

24 Jun 2011

Research offers avenue for creating Alzheimer's and HIV therapeutics

A new advance by UCLA biochemists has brought scientists one step closer to developing treatments that could delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease and prevent the sexual transmission of HIV.

24 Jun 2011

Endo's complete response for new formulation of OPANA ER NDA accepted by the FDA

Endo Pharmaceuticals announced today that it received notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that Endo's complete response to the FDA's Jan. 7, 2011 Action Letter relating to Endo's new drug application (NDA) for a new formulation of OPANA ER has been accepted.

24 Jun 2011

$Inhaled corticosteroids linked to increased risk of fractures in patients with COPD$

Inhaled corticosteroids linked to increased risk of fractures in patients with COPD

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who use inhaled corticosteroids to improve breathing for more than six months have a 27 percent increased risk of bone fractures, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests.

24 Jun 2011

Reductions in obesity-related medical costs offset cost of gastric banding surgery within 2.25 years

Allergan, Inc. today announced a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases that found the cost of a gastric banding weight-loss surgery procedure, such as Allergan's LAP-BAND Adjustable Gastric Banding System, was offset by reductions in obesity-related medical costs within 2.25 years for surgery eligible patients with diabetes, and within four years of the procedure for all surgery eligible patients.

23 Jun 2011

GAD vaccine DIAPREV-IT study in high-risk children continues as planned

Despite the disappointing results in trying to treat children suffering from type 1 diabetes with the GAD vaccine, the treatment has not been written off entirely. DIAPREV-IT, the study in which healthy high-risk children are vaccinated, is continuing as planned, and now with more money behind it. "I am still hopeful that the GAD vaccine will work", says Helena Elding Larsson.

23 Jun 2011

PNP Pharmaceuticals contracted as exclusive global manufacturer of Fero Industries' Sucanon

Fero Industries, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has contracted PNP Pharmaceuticals Inc. as the exclusive global manufacturer of Sucanon®, an oral treatment for type-2 diabetes.

23 Jun 2011

Insights into type I diabetes

A new signal pathway that renders the insulin-releasing beta cell more sensitive to high levels of blood glucose has been discovered by researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. A second new study reveals a possible way to delay the disease by inhibiting a lipoprotein.

23 Jun 2011

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Latest Endocrinology News and Research

Less than half of primary-care physicians refer all diabetes patients to education programs

Recommendations to curb high rates of obesity among young children

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation awards grants to empower African American women with type 2 diabetes

Stresses can change gene expression without DNA sequence change

Diabetic neuropathy patients with wounds must protect themselves from pets

SweetSpot registers Diabetes Device Data Transfer service as MDDS with FDA

New strategy to prevent amputations

Research offers avenue for creating Alzheimer's and HIV therapeutics

Endo's complete response for new formulation of OPANA ER NDA accepted by the FDA

Inhaled corticosteroids linked to increased risk of fractures in patients with COPD

Reductions in obesity-related medical costs offset cost of gastric banding surgery within 2.25 years

GAD vaccine DIAPREV-IT study in high-risk children continues as planned

PNP Pharmaceuticals contracted as exclusive global manufacturer of Fero Industries' Sucanon

Insights into type I diabetes

Diamyd Medical to terminate US DiaPrevent Phase III study for type 1 diabetes

ULMCA PCI with DES a viable option for low-risk patients with normal left ventricular function

Surgical lung injury prediction model can help identify patients at high risk of ALI

Adding leucine to diets improves insulin sensitivity, pre-diabetic condition and metabolic syndrome

Foods and lifestyles that cause most weight gain: Study

High dose statins raise risk of diabetes: Study

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