Two common cancer drugs have been shown to both prevent and reverse type 1 diabetes in a mouse model of the disease, according to research conducted at the University of California, San Francisco. The drugs - imatinib (marketed as Gleevec) and sunitinib (marketed as Sutent) - were found to put type 1 diabetes into remission in 80 percent of the test mice and work permanently in 80 percent of those that go into remission.
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The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is extremely disappointed with the recent California Superior Court ruling striking down a provision of an agreement between the ADA and the California Department of Education that would ensure students with diabetes are safe at school and during school activities. The provision at issue allowed for trained non-licensed school personnel in California to administer insulin when a nurse was not available.
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1. New ACP Guideline Looks at Effectiveness of Drugs Used to Treat Depressive Disorders Second generation treatments for depression are all equally effective according to a new clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians (ACP). The guideline is published today in Annals of Internal Medicine, the ACP’s flagship journal.
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Columbia University Medical Center has presented the 2008 Naomi Berrie Awards to a nationally recognized diabetes and obesity researcher, and a promising young investigator, for their outstanding achievements in diabetes research. The Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diabetes Research goes to Bruce Spiegelman, Ph.D., professor of cell biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School in Boston. Dr.
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) is a disease of the B lymphocytes of the immune system. Under normal conditions, B lymphocytes (or B cells) play an important role in battling infection. CLL is a disease manifested by uncontrolled growth of these B lymphocytes. In this month’s issue of
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The following is a summary of efforts and grants that seek to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium: The
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The American Diabetes Association will join International Diabetes Federation and their worldwide global diabetes efforts on World Diabetes Day, November 14, to raise awareness of the growing diabetes epidemic. This year’s theme for World Diabetes Day is Diabetes in Children and Adolescents.
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Biodel Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOD) today reported positive effects of VIAject™ insulin on microvascular function in patients with Type 2 diabetes which were superior to results seen with regular human insulin and insulin lispro. Professor Thomas Forst, MD, Institute for Clinical Research and Development (IKFE), Mainz, Germany, and principal investigator of the study, presented the findings today at the Eighth Annual Diabetes Technology Meeting in Bethesda, MD.
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Clinicians have known for some time that people treated for HIV also become much more susceptible to diabetes and heart disease. A study by scientists at Sydney’s Garvan Institute of Medical Research has now shown some of the reasons why - enabling better patient management and monitoring.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials warned doctors and patients on Wednesday that Covidien Ltd was recalling nearly half a million single-use syringes that could pose a serious risk to diabetics.
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