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August 2008

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• 08.09.08
  Parents of Diabetics Worried About Complications Diabetes News Feed | (0)

  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents of children with type 1 diabetes are particularly concerned about the complications of the disease, new research shows. Go to Source
• 08.09.08
  American Diabetes Association Collaborates With Healia Which Provides Expert Support Online Diabetes News Feed | (0)

  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. Go to Source
• 08.09.08
  Dispelling Diabetes Myths For Baby Boomers Diabetes News Feed | (0)

  According to Dr. Gerald Bernstein, patient perception about diabetes has not changed much in the over forty years he has been practicing medicine at two major NYC hospitals. In fact, he still sees the same viewpoints today as when he was a former director of the Beth Israel Health Care Systems Diabetes Management Program years ago. "In this day and age, I still get patients who believe that they developed diabetes from eating too much sugar," says Dr. Bernstein. Go to Source
• 08.09.08
  Metabolic Insight To Illuminate Causes Of Iron Imbalance Diabetes News Feed | (0)

  New insight into key players in iron metabolism has yielded a novel tool for distinguishing among root causes of iron overload or deficiency in humans, the researchers report in the August issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press. While the body needs iron to produce hemoglobin, a substance in red blood cells that enables them to carry oxygen, too much iron can build up and eventually damage organs. Go to Source
• 08.09.08
  Lipitor 80 Mg Reduced Heart Attack And Stroke Risk In Patients With Heart Disease, Type 2 Diabetes And Chronic Kidney Disease Diabetes News Feed | (0)

  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 completed following the closure of the five-year Treating to New Targets (TNT) study in patients with existing coronary heart disease. Go to Source
• 08.09.08
  Structural Biology Spin-Out Tackles Major Diseases Diabetes News Feed | (0)

  A spin out company from basic structural biology, Asterion Ltd., has led to new technology that provides a way of creating therapeutic proteins to tackle major diseases such as cancer, diabetes and infertility. The research was carried out at the University of Sheffield in laboratories supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Go to Source
• 08.09.08
  Scientists Replicate Diseases In The Lab With New Stem Cell Lines Diabetes News Feed | (0)

  A set of new stem cell lines will make it possible for researchers to explore ten different genetic disorders-including muscular dystrophy, juvenile diabetes, and Parkinson's disease-in a variety of cell and tissue types as they develop in laboratory cultures. Researchers led by Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator George Q. Daley have converted cells from individuals with the diseases into stem cells with the same genetic errors. Go to Source
• 08.09.08
  New Survey Explores The Impact Of Insulin Injections And Communications Between Patients And Healthcare Providers Diabetes News Feed | (0)

  The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) announced results from a survey conducted by Harris Interactive highlighting communication between people with diabetes that require insulin injections and their healthcare providers. Go to Source
• 08.09.08
  Nature Publication Reports On Key Role Of Bile Acids In Glucose Metabolism And Insulin Signaling Diabetes News Feed | (0)

  Historically, bile acids have been recognized primarily as natural detergents that regulate the absorption of dietary lipids and cholesterol homeostasis. However, recent research advances provide evidence that bile acids have broader systemic endocrine functions, acting as important mediators of glucose metabolism and insulin signaling. The featured article in the current issue of Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (Vol. Go to Source
• 08.09.08
  Have You Been Newly Diagnosed? Diabetes UK Diabetes News Feed | (0)

  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. Go to Source

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• Parents of Diabetics Worried About Complications
• American Diabetes Association Collaborates With Healia Which Provides Expert Support Online
• Dispelling Diabetes Myths For Baby Boomers
• Metabolic Insight To Illuminate Causes Of Iron Imbalance
• Lipitor 80 Mg Reduced Heart Attack And Stroke Risk In Patients With Heart Disease, Type 2 Diabetes And Chronic Kidney Disease
• Structural Biology Spin-Out Tackles Major Diseases
• Scientists Replicate Diseases In The Lab With New Stem Cell Lines