Q. Last week, I was diagnosed to have diabetes when my annual medical examination showed my fasting blood sugar (FBS) to be 140 mg/dL. I was advised to diet (I am 50 lbs overweight) and exercise and to report for follow up after a month. Is it possible to treat diabetes without drugs? Is there no cure for diabetes yet? –jeena r@yahoo.com
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Roche and Animas Recall
A couple of diabetes recalls are in the works, one for a group of insulin cartridges manufactured by Animas and another for the entire line of ACCU-CHEK® FlexLink Plus infusion sets, manufactured by Roche.
Scientists find a new way insulin-producing cells die
The death of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas is a core defect in diabetes.
Cancer patients with diabetes may fare worse
Having both breast cancer and diabetes greatly increases the chances of dying, new research shows.
Does diabetes qualify for disability tax credit?
A child with Type 1 diabetes who is unable to independently adjust his or her insulin dosage may now qualify for the DTC taking account into time spent by his or her parents in assisting the child to administer the insulin.
Furiex Confirms Takeda Receives Approval Of Additional NESINA(R) Combination Therapies With Sulfonylurea And Biguanide For Type 2 Diabetes In Japan
Furiex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: FURX) confirmed that Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited’s applications for two additional indications for “NESINA®” (alogliptin), combination therapy with sulfonylurea and combination therapy with biguanide for type 2 diabetes, were approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare…
Nearly third of pregnant women not tested for gestational diabetes
Though experts say all pregnant women should be screened for diabetes, nearly a third of the more than 900,000 women studied were not, according to the report in Obstetrics and Gynecology. One in five who did develop gestational diabetes did not get a follow-up screening after giving birth, even though more than half of such women go on to develop Type 2 diabetes.
Keeping the Weight Off: An Interview with Ellen Granberg, PhD
Ellen Granberg is an obesity sociologist who studies the processes that people go through when they lose weight and keep it off. As she says, “If the problem were that we don’t know what people should eat to lose weight, that would be one thing, but we don’t have that problem. There are a hundred weight loss plans out there that are perfectly good. We understand all about the physiology of weight loss maintenance and the metabolic impacts, but nothing about the social and emotional impacts. People who sustain weight loss over time move through a lot of different challenges.”
