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New Surgical Procedure for Type 2 Diabetes Shows a 95% Remission
Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
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A Brazilian surgeon has developed a new procedure usinging surgical intervention through "Ileal Transposition" (or small intestinal switch) that can effectively control Type 2 diabetes.
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Nanoparticle Vaccine Cures Type 1 in Mice
Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
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Using a sophisticated nanotechnology-based "vaccine," researchers were able to successfully cure mice with Type 1 diabetes and slow the onset of the disease in mice at risk for the disease.
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Cell Therapy Improves Foot Ulcer Healing by 31-40%
Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
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Engineered skin significantly improved healing of diabetic foot ulcers compared with other advanced biologic therapies, according to an analysis of a larger wound care database.
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Evolution the Cause for Greater Risk for Type 1 Diabetes?
Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
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Gene variants associated with an increased risk for Type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis may confer previously unknown benefits to their human carriers. As a result, the human race may have been evolving in the recent past to be more susceptible, rather than less, to some complex diseases.
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Green Leafy Vegetables Cuts The Risk of Diabetes by 14%
Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
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A British meta-analysis found that increasing the daily intake of green leafy vegetables can reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes.
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New Nutritional Scoring System: NuVal Rating
Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
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Consumers' growing demand for nutritional guidance spurred the creation of NuVal. NuVal's labeling system evaluates foods based upon more than 30 nutritional attributes, including positive ones such as fiber and negative ones such as saturated fat. It uses a mathematical formula to assign products a score on a scale of 1 to 100.
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Brain Surgery Prevents Onset and Progression of Diabetes
Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
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Seven of 10 patients in trial who underwent microvascular decompression surgery experience significant improvement in glucose control.
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Shorter (5-mm) Needles Deliver Insulin Reliably
Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
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New research has found that 5-mm needles effectively deliver insulin into subcutaneous fat in both adults and children. Compared with intramuscular injections of insulin, injections into the subcutaneous fat are associated with less variability in glycemic control as well as a lower risk for hypoglycemia.
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Diabetes Is Predicted by Fatty Liver Indices
Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
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Two recently published indices of liver fat are predictive of diabetes in both men and women. The association was independent of traditional risk factors for diabetes such as glucose, diabetes in the family, insulin, sedentarity, smoking and alcohol consumption.
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Retinopathy Common in Diabetic Adults
Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
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Nearly 30% of U.S. diabetes patients over the age of 40 may have diabetic retinopathy, with 4% of this population affected to the point where their vision is threatened, suggests a new study.
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