Recent Content by Cowboyjim

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-12/wfbm-ssh122012.php Study shows heart calcium scan predictive of diabetes-related death from cardiovascular disease Current medical guidelines recommend treating all diabetes patients as high risk, but the Wake Forest Baptist study found that CAC...

http://7thspace.com/headlines/428604/self_management_experiences_among_men_and_women_with_type_2_diabetes_mellitus_a_qualitative_analysis.html An interesting small sample study more to do with psych than phys but some differences male to female.... "Analyses revealed five themes: disclosure...

For some people with diabetes, there may be such a thing as too much care. Traditional treatment to reduce risks of heart disease among patients with diabetes has focused on lowering all patients' blood cholesterol to a specific, standard level. But this practice may prompt the over-use of...

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=254160 Not specific to DM but interesting... The number of people buying prescription drugs online without a prescription is increasing significantly, according to a report by Pfizer and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=254010 Serianni points out that biological compounds known as dicarbonyl sugars are produced inside the human body from the natural breakdown of the simple sugar, glucose. The formation of these sugars is enhanced in diabetic patients because...

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Diabetes/36405 A small study found that the pancreas weighed significantly less in organ donors with type 1 diabetes than in those without the disease. Note that the study was limited by a low incidence of subsequent type 1 diabetes in patients who were...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121214091616.htm Here is another topical example of alternative uses of established drugs. "University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that the commonly used antidepressant drug paroxetine could also become a therapy...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121211145234.htm Continuing the theme of the redirecting efforts and how a drug meant for one thing may find a use elsewhere, this one is a little different in that the DM drug never "made it" - Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have...

I am an idiot sometimes... always read the label! :lol: Must be reading too much of the wrong stuff...

Wheat? The stuff of life? Also our nemesis? Wow that goes against the grain.... :D Which is why no one listens... The burger... corn fed cattle between corn bread itself... and starchy sticks to go?! Re insulin... have lately wondered about metformin... sooo... it helps increase insulin...

Wheat? The stuff of life? Also our nemesis? Wow that goes against the grain.... :D Which is why no one listens... The burger... corn fed cattle between corn bread itself... and starchy sticks to go?! Re insulin... have lately wondered about metformin... sooo... it helps increase insulin...

A double-blind study, in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that the addition of aliskiren to standard therapy in patients with Type 2 diabetes is not supported and may even be harmful. http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=30443 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliskiren

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have identified a novel mechanism by which a type of low-carb, low-calorie diet -- called a "ketogenic diet" -- could delay the effects of aging. This fundamental discovery reveals how such a diet could slow the aging process and may one day allow...

I was aware that some people on this forum take aspirin for whatever reasons. I do not but have thought about it... my GP was no help saying "if you want"... what use is that? Durh. Ok time for another game of Russian Roulette? Take em and be d*mned... don't take em and be... :x I posted it...

I agree but there is an extra incentive of late because of the state of the pharm industry which faces amongst other things the so-called "patent cliff" whereby some cash cow drugs will shortly no longer be their exclusive preserve. Not quite sure how this will affect us but there is the...