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http://main.pslgroup.com/news/content.nsf/MedicalNews/852576140048867C85257960008175CA Cardiovascular Events Lower in Patients With Diabetes Taking Sitagliptin Versus a Sulphonylurea: Presented at IDF "The investigators concluded that the incidence of CV events was lower in patients treated...

http://www.novonordisk.com/press/sea/sea.asp?sNewsTypeGUID=&lMonth=&lYear=&sLanguageCode=&sSearchText=&fb=3135&cat=pr&sShowNewsItemGUID=a51258e1-87e3-4e9f-9292-fe52a38e1f10&sShowLanguageCode=en-GB New data from the A1chieve® study, published today in the journal Diabetes Research and Clinical...

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http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=238634 Diabetes Type 1 As It Unfolds - First View Ever By La Jolla Institute Investigators at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have produced the first cellular movies demonstrating the destruction underlying type 1 diabetes in...

http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/lipitor-crestor-diabetes-warning-22956/? Not a good way to start the week - I did not expect this development and it makes me wonder how statin taking affects those who already have DM. 8) "Dr. Joseph Mercola, a leading physician and blogger, is warning that the...

http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=28574 Here they have applied MRI to study fatty hearts but it also goes as far as at least implying a Type 2 cure viz "Using cardiac MRI, the researchers analyzed cardiac function and pericardial fat in 15 patients - including seven men...

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/health/view/1167146/1/.html lingering questions persist about their long-term safety .... Researchers at the Heart Protection Study Collaborative Group in Oxford .... those who took the statins saw a reduction in "bad" LDL cholesterol and a 23-per cent...

http://www.nice.org.uk/newsroom/pressreleases/DiabeticMacularOedemaNotRecommended.jsp NICE, the healthcare guidance body, has not recommended ranibizumab (Lucentis, Novartis) for the treatment of diabetic macular oedema (DMO). The independent Appraisal Committee concluded that the evidence...

http://www.novonordisk.com/press/sea/sea.asp?sNewsTypeGUID=&lMonth=&lYear=&sLanguageCode=&sSearchText=&fb=1781&cat=on&sShowNewsItemGUID=a8147317-e439-46b2-8433-b8e1e651de00&sShowLanguageCode=en-GB shocked me this number! According to new data released by the International Diabetes Federation...

http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN10727538/ Dietary fibres in the diet, such as resistant starch, are known to have many health benefits especially regarding large-bowel health. Initial studies in our group have shown that resistant starch has beneficial effects on the insulin response in...

http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/release?id=340555 First 3-in-1 Blood Pressure Pill now Available in the UK "however up to 80% of patients don't take their medication as directed by their doctor" Seems to be two down to one... will this really make us stick to the regimen any more than before...

http://www.dotmed.com/news/story/17439/ new HbA1c analyser November 14, 2011 EKF Diagnostics will launch its new HbA1c analyser at Medica 2011. Quo-Lab uses the same Boronate Affinity technique as its sister device, Quo-Test. CEO of Quotient Diagnostics, Brian Hickey, says "By using the...

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-11/cc-ccs111511.php The good news from manufacturers of statins just keeps on coming! Crestor™ (rosuvastatin) or Lipitor™ (atorvastatin) are saod to be "similarly effective in reversing the buildup of cholesterol plaques in the coronary artery walls...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111114112236.htm Feeding older mice a lower glycemic index (GI) diet consisting of slowly-digested carbohydrates delays the onset of age-related, sight-threatening retinal lesions, according to a new study from the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision...

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20111109/Study-examines-psychological-factors-related-to-diabetes-management.aspx According to a new study by an Ithaca College psychology professor and her two colleagues, people with diabetes who see themselves as responsible for their disease onset blame...

The yin and the yang... our eternal dilemma... 8)

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=237573 More good news... but who sells this jollop? Never had any. 8) Pomegranate Juice Helps Manage Blood Pressure; Many Kidney Disease Patients Take Potentially Harmful Supplements Two studies presented during the American Society of...

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/12/114/abstract Is it my imagination or the powers that be hyping up statins again? 8) Inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase, known as statins, are commonly used as cholesterol-lowering drugs. During the past decade, evidence has...

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112421728/injection-lowers-cholesterol-in-preliminary-trials/index.html Now there is a thought... one shot and no more lies to nursey! 8) In the study, scientists created the monoclonal antibody AMG145 to disable the cholesterol regulator PCSK9, which...