2006 03 Diabetes - Diabetes news archives - March 2006

• City ranked 5th worst place to live for sufferers (Marquette Tribune) - Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:56:16 GMT
  Milwaukee has been named the fifth worst city in the United States for asthma sufferers, according to a new study released by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.

• Preliminary Data From Landmark Survey Uncovers Trends in Quality of Life and Occupational Consequences of Allergy (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:00:00 GMT
  Initial data from the largest survey of its kind suggest an overwhelming trend linking allergy symptoms to serious quality of life and occupational consequences that are largely ignored in the management of allergy patients -- most of whom have symptoms year round.

• TV carpenter Andrew Dan-Jumbo spreads asthma awareness (Syracuse.com) - Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:39:53 GMT
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Homeowners usually don't know television carpenter Andrew Dan-Jumbo has been there until the big surprise is revealed on TLC's home makeover show, "While You Were Out."

• Preliminary Results From Largest Allergy Study of Its Kind to be Released Monday, February 27, 2006 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:09:00 GMT
  The results, endorsed by the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, are in.

• New Allergy Drug (KABC-TV Los Angeles) - Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:11:55 GMT
  Twenty million people in the U.S. have asthma and doctors say 60 percent are allergic, meaning allergy symptoms actually bring on attacks. Now, a new treatment approach is offering hope to asthma sufferers.

• Five Ways Pets Can Improve Your Health (Fox News) - Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:51:10 GMT
  For nearly 25 years, research has shown that living with pets provides certain health benefits; here are five ways pets improve your health

• Wheezy kids may become asthmatics (Sydney Morning Herald) - Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:28:05 GMT
  Children who have airway hyper-responsiveness, a symptom of asthma, and allergic manifestations have an increased risk of developing asthma by the time they become adults, according to Danish researchers.

• Wheezy kids may become asthmatics (AAP via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:09:29 GMT
  Children who have airway hyper-responsiveness, a symptom of asthma, and allergic manifestations have an increased risk of developing asthma in later years.

• Wisconsin professor speaks on history of allergy (The Hamilton College Spectator) - Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:43:22 GMT
  By Alex Morgan Feb. 24, 2006 Dr. Gregg Mitman, professor of the history of science at the University of Wisconsin, recently gave a lecture entitled "Breathing Space: An Ecological History of Allergy in America." Mitman's book of the same title will be available in the spring of 2007.

• Sanofi-aventis' Apidra-available in US for hyperglycaemia in adults with diabetes (PharmaBiz) - Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:37:41 GMT
  Sanofi-aventis' Apidra (insulin glulisine [rDNA origin] injection), a new prandial or mealtime insulin analog, is now available by prescription in the United States for the control of hyperglycaemia in adult patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

• Upsurge in diabetes-related deaths in New York City (News-Medical-Net) - Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:57:53 GMT
  Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have documented a dramatic upsurge in diabetes-related deaths and illnesses in New York City - including a sharp increase in diabetic patients hospitalized with heart attacks.

• The Big Apple Versus Diabetes (Health Management Technology) - Wed, 01 Mar 2006 13:54:13 GMT
  When the New York City Board of Health decided in 2005 to implement what many call a “diabetes surveillance” program, not many heads turned. The New York Times, The Washington Post and the Associated Press all picked it up, but no one marched on City Hall waving copies of privacy statutes, did they?

• VA Targets Diabetes, Weight Loss (RedNova) - Wed, 01 Mar 2006 07:45:05 GMT
  By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Aging veterans are getting reinforcements in their fight against the twin threats of obesity and diabetes.

• Diabetes danger increasing, study finds (WIS-TV Columbia) - Wed, 01 Mar 2006 07:09:06 GMT
  (National-NBC) February 28, 2006 - Researchers warn an increase in diabetes could increase the number of heart attacks in this country.

• State Senate Approves Funding For OU Diabetes Research Center (KOTV Tulsa) - Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:04:19 GMT
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ A measure providing $15-million to start a world-class diabetes research and treatment center was passed without opposition in the Oklahoma Senate.

• Diabetes Care Collaborative Grantees Announced (Newswise) - Wed, 01 Mar 2006 01:21:40 GMT
  Through the American Medical Group Association Department of Quality Management and Research and AMGA's Foundation, the association is providing grants for quality improvement initiatives focusing on improving the quality of care for patients with diabetes.

• Sanofi-Aventis Sets Diabetes Med Print Campaign (BrandWeek) - Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:02:14 GMT
  NEW YORK -- Sanofi-Aventis will break in March a new campaign for Lantus, a once-a-day insulin injection that fights diabetes symptoms for 24 hours. The move heralds a notching-up of competitive aggressiveness in the $2.7 billion category.

• Euro RSCG Tonic Takes On Diabetes (AdWeek) - Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:14:01 GMT
  NEW YORK Sanofi-Aventis will break in March a new campaign for Lantus, a once-a-day insulin injection that fights diabetes symptoms for 24 hours.

• Coma may be self-induced by teens with diabetes (Reuters via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Health) - Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:48:45 GMT
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among people with diabetes, there's a danger that too much insulin can lower blood sugar levels too far, which can lead to coma in severe cases.

• VA, HHS Launch Program To Prevent Diabetes, Obesity Among Veterans (Medical News Today) - Wed, 01 Mar 2006 18:02:21 GMT
  The Department of Veterans Affairs and HHS on Monday announced a program that will provide veterans with information on nutrition, exercise, preventive care and weight loss in an effort to reduce cases of obesity and diabetes, the AP/Long Island Newsday reports. The program will provide veterans with "prescriptions for health" that list personalized information on nutrition and exercise based on

• Diabetes danger increasing, study finds (WIS-TV Columbia) - Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:35:52 GMT
  (National-NBC) February 28, 2006 - Researchers warn an increase in diabetes could increase the number of heart attacks in this country.

• Diabetes support group meets March 14 (Monroe Times) - Wed, 01 Mar 2006 18:04:55 GMT
  MONROE -- The Monroe Clinic Diabetes Support Group meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, in the clinic building, main campus, lower level (enter building on the north side).

• Electric Kitchen: Join diabetes walk (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) - Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:25:19 GMT
  PUT on your sneakers and join the Seventh Annual Walk for Diabetes on March 18 at Kapiolani Park. Mike May, president and CEO of Hawaiian Electric Co., will lead the way as the corporate chair of this year's walk, along with Mayor Mufi Hannemann, honorary chair.

• People with diabetes warned of antibiotic's side-effects (CBC News) - Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:38:59 GMT
  The antibiotic Tequin can have life-threatening side-effects in people with diabetes, a study by Canadian researchers has found. The antibiotic gatifloxacin is sold under the brand name Tequin by its manufacturer, Bristol-Myers Squibb.

• Free diabetes classes begin tomorrow (The Daily Dispatch) - Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:06:40 GMT
  Anne Hummel, RN and Certified Diabetes Educator, will be returning to Douglas to offer a free six-session course on self care and management of diabetes. This course is appropriate for people who have Type1, Type 2, gestational or pre diabetes.

• St. Pierre hopes saves help kids with diabetes (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) - Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:15:16 GMT
  Kevin St. Pierre is regarded as one of the most formidable goaltenders in the UHL. His prowess in the net this month will benefit not only the Fort Wayne Komets but also kids with diabetes.

• Diabetes, General (ThirdAge) - Thu, 02 Mar 2006 23:19:02 GMT
  Diabetes has two forms. In the type that develops early in childhood (type 1), the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas are destroyed (probably by a viral infection), and blood levels of insulin drop nearly to zero.

• Free diabetes classes begin tomorrow (The Daily Dispatch) - Thu, 02 Mar 2006 23:21:40 GMT
  Anne Hummel, RN and Certified Diabetes Educator, will be returning to Douglas to offer a free six-session course on self care and management of diabetes. This course is appropriate for people who have Type1, Type 2, gestational or pre diabetes.

• WSSU, companies plan diabetes event (The The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area) - Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:30:17 GMT
  Winston-Salem State University will hold a diabetes awareness and education event March 11 designed to help people with the disease or worried about it learn more about it.

• Health Tip: Some Pregnant Women at Higher Risk of Gestational Diabetes (WKYT 27 - Kentucky) - Thu, 02 Mar 2006 19:00:12 GMT
  (HealthDay News) -- Gestational diabetes is diabetes that is found for the first time when a woman is pregnant. Diabetes means that a woman's blood sugar is too high, a condition that isn't good for her or her baby, according to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse.

• New diabetes drug gains fans (UPI) - Fri, 03 Mar 2006 03:27:04 GMT
  INDIANAPOLIS, March 2 (UPI) -- A new drug derived from the saliva of the venomous Gila monster has proved popular with diabetics. Patients say Byetta has helped them lose weight and reverse many symptoms of diabetes, the New York Times reports.

• VA and Department of Health and Human Services push for diabetes education and control (Lamar Daily News) - Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:19:36 GMT
  With the cases of obesity and patients being diagnosed with diabetes on the rise the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a coordinated campaign to educate the veterans, their families as well as the public on the ways to combat the deadly health issue.

• Heart disease and diabetes linked to stress in the office (Guardian Unlimited) - Fri, 03 Mar 2006 12:20:50 GMT
  People who suffer from chronic stress caused by their job are more likely to develop heart disease and diabetes, according to research. It has long been suggested that stress can damage your health, but scientific evidence has been hard to come by.

• Diabetes Coalition partners with aquarium for 'healthy' reward (Newport News-Times) - Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:51:55 GMT
  The Lincoln County Diabetes Coalition recently partnered with the Oregon Coast Aquarium to offer healthy rewards to students at a recognition assembly held Feb. 10 at Newport Middle School.

• Donate items for Diabetes (Stoney Creek News) - Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:55:56 GMT
  You can help support the Canadian Diabetes Association by donating your used clothing, household items, ink cartridges, and cellphones. To donate, please call 1-800-505-5525.

• Is There a Link Between Obesity, Diabetes, Erectile Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Disease? (RedNova) - Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:30:00 GMT
  By Anonymous 214 IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN OBESITY; DIABETES, ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE? K.S.

• Vegetarian Diet Can Help Combat Diabetes (RedNova) - Fri, 03 Mar 2006 09:29:21 GMT
  As a dietitian, I appreciated the article on the role that a healthy vegetarian diet can play in preventing and treating Type 2 diabetes ("Diabetics can eat limited servings of pastas, starches," Feb. 16).

• New Diabetes Drug Gains Fans (RedNova) - Fri, 03 Mar 2006 07:14:10 GMT
  A new drug derived from the saliva of the venomous Gila monster has proved popular with diabetics. Patients say Byetta has helped them lose weight and reverse many symptoms of diabetes, the New York Times reports.

• Pregnant Women at Higher Risk of Gestational Diabetes (MedicineNet.com) - Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:20:26 GMT
  Title: Pregnant Women at Higher Risk of Gestational Diabetes Category: Health News Created: 3/3/2006 1:58:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 3/3/2006 1:58:05 AM

• Free diabetes classes begin tomorrow (The Daily Dispatch) - Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:22:19 GMT
  Anne Hummel, RN and Certified Diabetes Educator, will be returning to Douglas to offer a free six-session course on self care and management of diabetes. This course is appropriate for people who have Type1, Type 2, gestational or pre diabetes.

• Amylin and Eli Lilly seek expanded diabetes approval (Pharmaceutical Business Review) - Sat, 04 Mar 2006 02:11:41 GMT
  Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly and Company have submitted a supplemental new drug application to the FDA for the expanded use of their diabetes medication Byetta injection.

• Diabetes Patients Have Another Option: Inhaling Insulin (The Denver Channel) - Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:22:39 GMT
  For diabetes patients who depend on insulin shots the daily injections can be challenging.

• VA and Department of Health and Human Services push for diabetes education and control (Lamar Daily News) - Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:20:37 GMT
  With the cases of obesity and patients being diagnosed with diabetes on the rise the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a coordinated campaign to educate the veterans, their families as well as the public on the ways to combat the deadly health issue.

• Central Ohio Swims For Diabetes (Whiz News Southeastern Ohio) - Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:26:04 GMT
  It may still be too cold to take a dip outside, but local swimmers brought their flippers inside today for a good cause. About 80 people jumped in for the annual Swim For Diabetes fundraiser at Rose...

• Group seeks to uncover cause of diabetes growth (The Monitor) - Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:46:19 GMT
  RIO GRANDE CITY - Leo Lopez has type II diabetes. So do his sister, his wife, his mother and his aunts and uncles. In Starr County, where 59-year-old Lopez grew up, the disease almost has become a rite of passage - more than half of the population likely...

• Point Therapeutics' Diabetes Program Presented at Keystone Symposium (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:30:00 GMT
  BOSTON----March 6, 2006--Point Therapeutics, Inc. announced on Saturday, March 4, 2006 at the Keystone Symposium in Santa Fe, New Mexico, that the Company's investigational DPP-4 inhibitor for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, PT-630, improved glucose handling, insulin secretion and active GLP-1 levels in several rodent models of diabetes.

• Workers with diabetes lose jobs (BBC News) - Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:14:08 GMT
  People are losing their jobs because they have diabetes, a BBC Five Live investigation finds.

• Delta Dental of Michigan, Ohio & Indiana Sponsors Groundbreaking Research on Diabetes and Oral Health (RedNova) - Mon, 06 Mar 2006 23:27:51 GMT
  OKEMOS, Mich., March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- People with diabetes may find help in the future from an unexpected source -- having a dentist clean their teeth more frequently.

• Disturbing news for pregnant women & diabetes (WABC-TV New York) - Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:38:51 GMT
  More expecting moms than ever before are developing diabetes for unknown reasons.

• Swimmers make a splash for diabetes (CentralOhio.com) - Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:02:38 GMT
  ZANESVILLE - Approximately 75 local residents dove into Rosecrans' pool to make a splash for diabetes Sunday by participating in the 31st annual Central Ohio Diabetes Association and News Center Swim for Diabetes. The event was held in 45 pools around central Ohio.

• Diabetes (Bega District News) - Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:36:17 GMT
  MERIMBULA Support Group of Diabetes Australia's next meeting will be held at the Merimbula RSL Club on the corner Main and Alice Streets, on March 14, at 1.30pm.

• Diabetes education is more than just giving information (The Ashland Daily Press) - Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:11:29 GMT
  For patients who are newly diagnosed with diabetes, a visit to a diabetes educator can make all the difference in understanding the importance of self-management of diabetes.

• Community diabetes expo March 18 (The Ashland Daily Press) - Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:11:49 GMT
  Chequamegon Clinic will host a Community Diabetes Expo March 18 in cooperation with Memorial Medical Center, Washburn Family Dentistry, Sneed & Associates, and many other community health care and related service providers.

• Diabetes Coalition partners with aquarium for 'healthy' reward (Newport News-Times) - Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:51:55 GMT
  The Lincoln County Diabetes Coalition recently partnered with the Oregon Coast Aquarium to offer healthy rewards to students at a recognition assembly held Feb. 10 at Newport Middle School.

• Turnout great for Swim for Diabetes (Mount Vernon News) - Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:34:29 GMT
  MOUNT VERNON — The Central Ohio Swim for Diabetes took place Sunday at the Mount Vernon YMCA swimming pool. This year’s event was one of the best ever, both for participation and for raising money.

• New drugs slow Type 1 diabetes (UPI) - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 16:12:04 GMT
  NEW YORK, March 7 (UPI) -- An international research led by New York's Columbia University shows promise of slowing the progress of Type 1 diabetes. The researchers say their effort includes using drugs normally given to organ-transplant patients, reports the Wall Street Journal.

• Senate approves bill that allows unlicensed school personnel to treat diabetes (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel) - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:37:56 GMT
  Indiana school nurses and some parents of children with diabetes at first felt relief when SB 336, a bill that would permit non-medically licensed school staff to administer insulin to students, died in a House committee.

• Strathroy youngster named diabetes ambassador (Strathroy Age Dispatch) - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:42:03 GMT
  Strathroy Age Dispatch — Kaylee Solarski is only five years old, but she’s been dealing with juvenile diabetes since she was just over two. Despite her young age, the senior kindergarten student at Colborne Street School is this year’s Youth Ambassador for the Walk to Cure Diabetes.

• Study may lead to ways to reduce heart attacks in diabetes patients (News-Medical-Net) - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:43:23 GMT
  For people with type 2 diabetes, the death rate from a first heart attack is two to three times the death rate of patients without the disease. Similarly, patients with diabetes and ischemic (reduced blood flow) heart disease have a much higher mortality rate than the general population.

• Aetna Wins Innovation and Excellence Award for Integrated Diabetes Program (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:38:00 GMT
  HARTFORD, Conn.----March 7, 2006--America's Health Insurance Plans recognized Aetna yesterday with the 2006 Large/Affiliated Innovation and Excellence Award: Chronic Care for the company's integrated approach to helping members with diabetes manage their condition.

• Massively Parallel Technologies Produces Astounding Results for the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes (PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance) - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 16:00:00 GMT
  In a collaborative effort with the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center , Massively Parallel Technologies, Inc. achieved astounding reductions in processing times for the Center's GeneSpeed research team and increased the biological significance of the GeneSpeed database.

• Survey Finds People With Diabetes Want to Live Healthier But Face Challenges in Identifying Affordable Tools to Control (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:00:00 GMT
  According to a recent survey conducted by Kelton Research, an estimated nine out of 10 people with Type 2 diabetes know that weight loss would help them to better control their diabetes and recognize the importance of a personalized weight management plan, but more than half mention expenses more than any other factor as a challenge to their daily diabetes management.

• Hathaway Corporation Completes Acquisition of Diabetes Detection, Inc. (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:31:00 GMT
  Hathaway Corporation is pleased to announce that they have completed the acquisition of Diabetes Detection, Inc., for 3.1 million shares of Hathaway restricted common stock. Diabetes Detection, Inc. owns the exclusive license for the patent pending Vibrameter, which utilizes current hand-held communication devices for use in the early detection of diabetes.

• Massively Parallel Technologies Produces Astounding Results for the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes (Press Release Network) - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:16:25 GMT
  In a collaborative effort with the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC), Massively Parallel Technologies, Inc. (MPT) achieved astounding reductions in processing times for the Center's GeneSpeed research team and increased the biological significance of the GeneSpeed database. The unique speed and scalability of MPT's BioTech

• Higher Rates of Diabetes Among Minorities (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul) - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 23:41:08 GMT
  The numbers are astounding. More than 20 million Americans, nearly seven percent of the population, have diabetes. That's according to the

• Diabetes Clues (ScienCentral) - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:32:31 GMT
  Researchers are closer to learning the root cause of insulin resistance, which is what leads to diabetes. As this ScienCentral News video explains, they're doing so by studying the healthy children of diabetics.

• Diabetes Conference March 25 Co-sponsored By UAMS (KARK Little Rock) - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:48:04 GMT
  People with diabetes or those who live with someone who has diabetes are invited to attend a day-long educational conference March 25 at the Statehouse Convention Center sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Arkansas Diabetes Program and Taking Control of Your Diabetes, a San Diego-based nonprofit organization.

• Aetna Wins Innovation and Excellence Award for Integrated Diabetes Program; America's Health Insurance Plans Foundation (RedNova) - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:15:13 GMT
  America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) recognized Aetna (NYSE:AET) yesterday with the 2006 Large/Affiliated Innovation and Excellence Award: Chronic Care for the company's integrated approach to helping members with diabetes manage their condition.

• Survey Finds People With Diabetes Want to Live Healthier But Face Challenges in Identifying Affordable Tools to Control (SYS-CON Media) - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 17:23:41 GMT
  According to a recent survey conducted by Kelton Research, an estimated nine out of 10 people with Type 2 diabetes know that weight loss would help them to better control their diabetes and recognize the importance of a personalized weight management plan, but more than half mention expenses more than any other factor as a challenge to their daily diabetes management.

• Hathaway Corporation Completes Acquisition of Diabetes Detection, Inc. (SYS-CON Media) - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 17:34:58 GMT
  Hathaway Corporation (OTC: HWYI) ispleased to announce that they have completed the acquisition of DiabetesDetection, Inc., for 3.1 million shares of Hathaway restricted commonstock. Diabetes Detection, Inc. owns the exclusive license for the patentpending Vibrameter, which utilizes current hand-held communication devicesfor use in the early detection of diabetes.

• ’Diabetes deaths to rise by 80pc in ten years’ (IPP Media) - Wed, 08 Mar 2006 04:53:58 GMT
  Deaths due to diabetes that currently affects almost 200 million people worldwide will increase by as much as 80 per cent in some regions over the next ten years, the World Health Organisation has warned.

• Sub-Saharan Africa plans joint drive against diabetes (IPP Media) - Wed, 08 Mar 2006 04:52:58 GMT
  More than 40 Anglophone countries in sub-Saharan Africa are preparing a report on an integrated strategic plan for diabetes and related health risks.

• Enzi Health Insurance Legislation Would Jeopardize Lifesaving Coverage Protections for Millions With Diabetes (RedNova) - Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:31:03 GMT
  ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Diabetes Association (ADA) today expressed its strong opposition to proposed federal legislation that would enable health insurers to bypass existing state health insurance regulations.

• Tests confirm Fryzel has diabetes (Orlando Sentinel) - Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:21:56 GMT
  The Preds player will go on injured reserve while the severity of the disease is assessed. Part of him didn't want to believe he had diabetes, but growing up in a family of diabetics, Jimmy Fryzel realized that likely was his problem.

• Diabetes Epidemic Expected to Increase Strokes (RedNova) - Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:43:19 GMT
  By John Fauber MILWAUKEE - The epidemic of type 2 diabetes cases across the nation is likely to lead to a substantially higher incidence of strokes among middle-aged adults and newly diagnosed diabetics, two studies presented last month suggest.

• Call for diabetes strategy (AME Info) - Wed, 08 Mar 2006 05:24:42 GMT
  The UAE needs a national diabetes strategy to deal with the chronic and progressive disease which affects an estimated one in four UAE nationals, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan told an international conference on diabetes in Al Ain. He said those at risk must be identified and educated about risk factors, and physicians must stay on top of

• Boyle Diabetes Coalition meeting planned (The Advocate Messenger) - Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:37:18 GMT
  The Boyle County Diabetes Coalition will present a Diabetes Expo 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Boyle County Health Department. The event will feature vendor booths and information about new products and treatment of diabetes. There is no cost and refreshments will be served.

• Tests confirm Fryzel has diabetes (Orlando Sentinel) - Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:29:03 GMT
  The Preds player will go on injured reserve while the severity of the disease is assessed. Part of him didn't want to believe he had diabetes, but growing up in a family of diabetics, Jimmy Fryzel realized that likely was his problem.

• Narrative Review: Ketosis-Prone Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (RedNova) - Wed, 08 Mar 2006 10:47:02 GMT
  By Umpierrez, Guillermo E; Smiley, Dawn; Kitabchi, Abbas E Several investigators have reported that more than half of African-American persons with new diagnoses of diabetic ketoacidosis have clinical, metabolic, and immunologic features of type 2 diabetes during follow-up.

• Diabetes fight to benefit from fundraiser (Neosho Daily News) - Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:29:18 GMT
  On Saturday, the Neosho Diabetes Support Group, Freeman Neosho Hospital and Family Pharmacy will host a fundraiser to benefit the fight against diabetes.

• Local hospital plans diabetes-related events (Standard-Journal) - Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:49:09 GMT
  LEWISBURG — Evangelical Community Hospital has scheduled several events for people with diabetes during the month of March. They are: Diabetes support group — 7 p.m. Thursday in the Community Health Education Center, Lewisburg.

• New Book Offers Help To People With Diabetes (Elite TV) - Thu, 09 Mar 2006 18:57:25 GMT
  March 21 is American Diabetes Day, a time devoted both to raising awareness of, and fighting against, this disease. In her new book, EXERCISES FOR DIABETES Erin O'Driscoll, RN, MA, helps people with diabetes take control of their bodies and gain strength, courage, and confidence.

• Bill aids kids with diabetes (Charleston Daily Mail) - Thu, 09 Mar 2006 15:21:26 GMT
  County school systems would be required to develop and monitor individualized health care plans for students with diabetes under a Senate-passed bill that is nearing approval in the House.

• Diabetes Symptoms Show Ethnic Differences (RedNova) - Thu, 09 Mar 2006 07:13:09 GMT
  A U.S. study finds that diabetes appears to affect the hearts of members of different ethnic groups in different ways. Researchers used data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis to compare people with diabetes to people with normal blood sugar.

• Winter class of 'Dining with Diabetes' starts Feb. 1 (Banner Graphic) - Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:17:45 GMT
  The Putnam County Office of the Purdue Extension Service and Putnam County Hospital will be offering the winter series of "Dining with Diabetes" Cooking Classes on Wednesday mornings in February.

• Diabetes symptoms show ethnic differences (UPI) - Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:41:52 GMT
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., March 8 (UPI) -- A U.S. study finds that diabetes appears to affect the hearts of members of different ethnic groups in different ways.

• Effect of diabetes on heart may differ by ethnicity, study finds (EurekAlert!) - Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:11:26 GMT
  Diabetes strongly increases the risk of heart failure in all ethnic groups, but early effects of diabetes on the heart may differ depending on whether the subjects are white, African-American, Hispanic or Chinese.

• Joslin researchers reveal mechanisms behind a class of oral agents used to treat type 2 diabetes (EurekAlert!) - Thu, 09 Mar 2006 20:16:19 GMT
  BOSTON – Thiazolidinediones (TZD's) are drugs commonly prescribed to patients with type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes. Current U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved agents are known as Actos (pioglitazone) and Avandia (rosiglitazone).

• Researchers Reveal Mechanisms Behind Class of Type 2 Diabetes Oral Agents (Newswise) - Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:20:21 GMT
  A new study by researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston helps to explain how Thiazolidinediones work. The manuscript appears in the March edition of the American Diabetes Association's journal Diabetes.

• Diabetes set to be a health 'tsunami' (Asia News Network) - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 03:28:40 GMT
  Le Thi Quy treats patients with diabetes every day. But she didn't expect to be diagnosed with the chronic disease herself. "When I found out, I was to scared to eat anything, and I immediately lost two kilograms," the 48-year-old Vietnamese nurse told journalists through a translator.

• Patients needed for diabetes study (Kane County Chronicle) - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 07:34:11 GMT
  DeKALB – Researchers at Northern Illinois University are looking for volunteers with Type II diabetes to help in a study investigating the effects dietary supplements on sufferers.

• Effect Of Diabetes On Heart May Differ By Ethnicity, Study Finds (Science Daily) - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:14:47 GMT
  Diabetes strongly increases the risk of heart failure in all ethnic groups, but early effects of diabetes on the heart may differ depending on whether the subjects are white, African-American, Hispanic or Chinese.

• Healthways signs MTMC as client for diabetes program (Nashville Business Journal) - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:55:03 GMT
  Disease management company Healthways Inc. has signed a two-year contract to provide its diabetes programs and services to Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro.

• Gestational diabetes raises future diabetes risk (RedNova) - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:29:06 GMT
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Gestational diabetes mellitus appears to increase the risk of developing diabetes later in life, Finnish investigators report in Diabetes Care. Dr. Juha S.

• Glucose Control in Diabetes Linked to Foot Pain (RedNova) - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:31:54 GMT
  A nationwide US study has shown that people with diabetes who keep their blood sugar in check are likely to have a far lower risk of developing foot pain or other nerve damage in the future.

• Proteomic Studies in Type II Diabetes and Obesity (Pharmalicencing) - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:43:42 GMT
  1. Determination of the pathogenesis of Type 2 diabetes. 3. Identification of potential therapeutic targets in Type 2 diabetes. 4. Identification of proteins involved in the regulation of body weight and appetite.

• Diabetes is preventable, workshop delegates told (IPP Media) - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:43:48 GMT
  Diabetes, the disease that kills six people a minute in the world, is preventable provided people know its risk factors, delegates from 40 Anglophone countries in sub-Saharan Africa agreed at a recent workshop here.

• Carbonnell runs with Team Diabetes (Cornwall Seaway News) - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:50:05 GMT
  Diabetes is one of Canada s leading causes of death by disease. Over $13 billion is spent annually treating diabetes. With your help, a cure can be found.

• Sleeping too little, or too long, tied to diabetes (Newsweek) - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:48:30 GMT
  NEW YORK - Getting too little -- or too much -- sleep may increase a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes, new research suggests. "Sleep duration may be a novel risk factor for the development of clinical diabetes," conclude the researchers in the March issue of Diabetes Care.

• Sleeping too little, or too long, tied to diabetes (MSNBC) - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:41:13 GMT
  Getting too little -- or too much -- sleep may increase a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes, new research suggests.

• People With Diabetes Want To Live Healthier But Face Challenges In Identifying Affordable Tools To Control The Condition (Medical News Today) - Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:10:50 GMT
  According to a recent survey conducted by Kelton Research, an estimated nine out of 10 people with Type 2 diabetes know that weight loss would help them to better control their diabetes and recognize the importance of a personalized weight management plan, but more than half mention expenses more than any other factor as a challenge to their daily diabetes management... click link for more info.

• Free Diabetes screenings identify those at risk (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul) - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 23:29:07 GMT
  Diabetes is a life changing condition that affects more than 20 million Americans. More develop the symptoms of the disease every day

• Effect Of Diabetes On Heart May Differ By Ethnicity, Study Finds (Medical News Today) - Sun, 12 Mar 2006 10:08:06 GMT
  Diabetes strongly increases the risk of heart failure in all ethnic groups, but early effects of diabetes on the heart may differ depending on whether the subjects are white, African-American, Hispanic or Chinese. These results emerged from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) when the investigators focused on heart mass - the weight of the heart muscle as measured by MRI, according

• Teen with juvenile diabetes raising money to find a cure (North County Times) - Sun, 12 Mar 2006 07:52:57 GMT
  RANCHO PENAQUITOS ---- Jenny Vandevelde, 17, doesn't have a problem telling people she has juvenile diabetes; she'll tell anyone who will listen. But one day, she says, she would like to tell people she "had" juvenile diabetes.

• Hundreds of walkers stretch their legs for diabetes (Florida Today) - Sun, 12 Mar 2006 07:03:34 GMT
  Hundreds of Brevard County residents joined an annual Walk to Cure Diabetes on Saturday in Cocoa Beach.

• Lee man's goal to cure diabetes (The News-Press) - Sun, 12 Mar 2006 06:24:20 GMT
  Diabetes has touched Tom Cartier's life throughout the years. Thirteen years ago his son, then 10, was diagnosed with the disease. His father-in-law suffered from it for years, had his legs amputated and eventually died of complications.

• Diabetes and the heart (The Star Online) - Sun, 12 Mar 2006 04:00:51 GMT
  ALMOST 15-20 0f our population, including those in the rural areas of Malaysia, suffer from diabetes mellitus. And approximately 30-400f our heart patients have diabetes as well.

• Awareness day scheduled to promote knowledge of diabetes (Point Pleasant Register) - Sat, 11 Mar 2006 23:13:20 GMT
  POINT PLEASANT - It affects more than 20 million people in the United States. And more than 6 million of those who have diabetes don't even know it.

• Arkray Introduces Two Diabetes Testing Devices (Medical News Today) - Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:09:48 GMT
  Arkray began marketing the SPOTOCHEM IM SI-3511 and ADAMS A1c HA-8170, two new analyzers for use in diabetes diagnosis, on March 9. The SI-3511, which measures 330x224x185mm and weighs about 6kg, can measure whole blood, serum and plasma. It takes 10-13 minutes to complete a test. Available at 1,700,000 yen (US $14,400), the product is suitable for use by clinics and private practitioners...

• Widening Waistlines Predict Diabetes in Men (HealthCentral.com) - Sat, 11 Mar 2006 10:13:24 GMT
  "Abdominal fat measured by waist circumference can indicate a strong risk for diabetes, whether or not a man is considered overweight or obese according to his body mass index [BMI]," study author Dr. Youfa Wang, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said in a prepared statement.

• Joslin Researchers Reveal Mechanisms Behind A Class Of Oral Agents Used To Treat Type 2 Diabetes (Medical News Today) - Mon, 13 Mar 2006 02:10:40 GMT
  BOSTON â€" Thiazolidinediones (TZD's) are drugs commonly prescribed to patients with type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes. Current U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved agents are known as Actos (pioglitazone) and Avandia (rosiglitazone). These oral agents improve blood glucose levels in people with diabetes by improving insulin action in the body... click link for more info.

• Byetta Treats Diabetes And Helps Patient Lose Weight Too (Medical News Today) - Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:13:03 GMT
  Diabetics' use of Byetta (Amylin Pharmaceuticals) has boomed since the glucose-regulating prescription drug was introduced last year as the first in a class of medicines for type 2 diabetes called incretin mimetics. The big appeal? Many people not only have better regulation of their blood sugar, but they lose weight, too... click link for more info.

• Event to assist mother ailing from diabetes (Public Opinion) - Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:37:16 GMT
  CHAMBERSBURG — Proceeds from a drawing on April 22 will help a wife and mother who is the victim of complications from diabetes. Tara Robertson's leg will soon be amputated, and funds are needed to make her home handicapped accessible.

• Hundreds walk for diabetes cure (Press & Sun-Bulletin) - Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:41:53 GMT
  About 600 Greater Binghamton area residents garnered at least $60,000 Sunday to pay for diabetes programs and support research to find a cure for the disease.

• Breastfeeding cuts Mom's diabetes risk (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) - Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:27:45 GMT
  There's ample evidence that breastfeeding is good for a child's health. Now, a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that it's not just Baby who benefits: Nursing seems to lower a mother's risk of diabetes.

• Diabetes advice evening to be held (prestontoday.net) - Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:08:57 GMT
  DIABETES sufferers in Preston and Longridge have the chance to get expert advice on how to manage their condition. (13/03/2006 10:59:30)

• Diabetes developed in fish (Hindustan Times) - Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:03:10 GMT
  Indian scientists have succeeded in inducing the most prevalent type 2 diabetes in a freshwater fish, which could turn out to be a convenient animal model to treat the disease.

• Youngsters falling prey to Type-2 diabetes (Khaleej Times) - Mon, 13 Mar 2006 05:55:11 GMT
  AHMEDABAD — Type 2 diabetes, a disease usually witnessed among the middle-aged and older people, is being increasingly found among the younger generation — thanks to junk food and sedentary lifestyle, according to a renowned diabetologist and endocrinologist.

• Joslin Researchers Reveal Mechanisms Behind A Class Of Oral Agents Used To Treat Type 2 Diabetes (Science Daily) - Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:00:35 GMT
  A new study by researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston helps to explain how these drugs work. The manuscript appears in the March edition of the American Diabetes Association's journal Diabetes.

• Know Your Numbers: Detecting Diabetes information online (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul) - Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:14:06 GMT
  Health Fair 11 recently reported a series of stories on the diabetes epidemic.You can find those stories and other information on diabetes at

• Diabetes to be discussed at Senior Centers (Mineral Daily News-Tribune) - Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:31:51 GMT
  OAKLAND, MD - Bethany Browning, RN, CCRN, Education Coordinator for Garrett County Memorial Hospital will offer a presentation on diabetes as part of the GCMH Speakers Bureau program.

• Diabetes patients to benefit (Gloucester Advocate) - Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:58:57 GMT
  Diabetes sufferers in Gloucester and Stroud will be among those to benefit from the launch of the diabetes integrated care initiative for the Hunter Rural Division of General Practice.

• Diabetes fundraiser generates $5,000 (Neosho Daily News) - Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:22:19 GMT
  Not bad! Those were the words that American Diabetes Association's Mardis Gras 2006 co-organizer Tim Mitchell had to say today regarding the Saturday fundraising event.

• Lenore Greenstein: Diabetes center issues new nutrition, exercise guidelines (Bonita Daily News) - Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:52:44 GMT
  As Americans' waistlines continue to expand, contributing to a burgeoning epidemic of type 2 diabetes, the scientific jury is in and the verdict is clear: Weight loss and increased physical activity is directly related to improved diabetes control.

• Transition Therapeutics Acquires Exclusive License to GLP-1 for Type I Diabetes Patent Portfolio (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance) - Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:30:00 GMT
  Transition Therapeutics Inc. , announced the signing of an exclusive license agreement to a patent portfolio for the use of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 analogues in the treatment of Type I diabetes.

• Diabetes: Steps to better health (Orangeville Banner) - Tue, 14 Mar 2006 05:11:42 GMT
  Headwaters Health Care Centre's diabetes education centre will run another session of the First Step walking program to assist people with diabetes or those at risk for diabetes to increase their activity level.

• Breastfeeding cuts Mom's diabetes risk (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) - Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:25:22 GMT
  There's ample evidence that breastfeeding is good for a child's health. Now, a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that it's not just Baby who benefits: Nursing seems to lower a mother's risk of diabetes.

• Commissioners to make proclamation on diabetes awareness (Gazette.Net) - Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:13:23 GMT
  The Frederick Board of County Commissioners plan to issue a proclamation Tuesday declaring March 28 American Diabetes Alert Day. Roughly 7 percent of the U.S. residents suffer with diabetes, but nearly one-third of those who have it are unaware, reports the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

• Sleep Length May Sway Diabetes Risk (WebMD) - Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:32:36 GMT
  Skimping on sleep or overindulging in sleep might make diabetes more likely.

• City working to buck national Diabetes trend (Port Arthur News) - Thu, 16 Mar 2006 06:21:24 GMT
  PORT ARTHUR - Diabetes is quickly becoming America's number one health concern and with Jefferson County reporting the third highest incident of diabetes in Texas, health care professionals and city officials are working to buck the national trend here at home.

• Walk for diabetes on Siesta (Bradenton Herald) - Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:10:53 GMT
  The Walk to Cure Diabetes will begin at 9 a.m. on March 18 on Siesta Beach on Siesta Key.

• Exercise lowers pregnancy-related diabetes risk (Reuters via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Health) - Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:52:31 GMT
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who are physically active before pregnancy are less likely to develop diabetes during pregnancy, a new study shows.

• Bouldin: diabetes threatens to 'bankrupt' medical system (Daily Times Leader) - Thu, 16 Mar 2006 02:31:04 GMT
  Diabetes — one of the many complications of obesity — is threatening to crumble the nation’s health care system, a Mississippi health expert says.

• Transition Therapeutics acquires patents for diabetes treatments (Pharmaceutical Business Review) - Thu, 16 Mar 2006 02:08:19 GMT
  Transition Therapeutics has acquired a patent portfolio for the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 analogues in the treatment of type I diabetes from London Health Sciences Centre Research Inc.

• Fighting diabetes: the Vietnam model (The Hindu) - Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:42:01 GMT
  FOR MOST non-communicable diseases, awareness is the key to prevention. Diabetes, characterised by high blood sugar levels when the body is unable to produce or utilise insulin, is not a shocker disease like HIV/AIDS or cancer.

• Endocrinologist-directed Intervention Aimed At Primary Care Physicians Improves Diabetes Care (Medical News Today) - Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:11:32 GMT
  ATLANTA -- With the rate of diabetes skyrocketing to epidemic proportions, researchers at Emory University have found that management of diabetic patients in a primary care setting can be improved by an intervention aimed at physicians. The intervention was individualized to each physicianÃ-s record of action when patient glucose levels were high, and featured regular feedback on their

• Statement of the American Diabetes Association on the Passage in the Senate HELP Committee of Senator Enzi's Health (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:52:00 GMT
  L. Hunter Limbaugh, Chair of the American Diabetes Association's National Advocacy Committee and the parent of a daughter who has type 1 diabetes, issued the following statement in response to today's passage, in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, of legislation that will enable health insurers to bypass existing state health insurance regulations.

• Diabetes developed in freshwater fish (Hindustan Times) - Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:33:16 GMT
  Indian scientists have succeeded in inducing the most prevalent type 2 diabetes in a freshwater fish, which could turn out to be a convenient animal model to treat the disease.

• Diabetes fight breakthrough (Calgary Sun) - Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:09:26 GMT
  Researchers at the University of Calgary have made a breakthrough by growing much-needed insulin-producing cells, which could help cure patients suffering from the worst strain of diabetes.

• City working to buck national Diabetes trend (Port Arthur News) - Fri, 17 Mar 2006 06:21:23 GMT
  PORT ARTHUR - Diabetes is quickly becoming America's number one health concern and with Jefferson County reporting the third highest incident of diabetes in Texas, health care professionals and city officials are working to buck the national trend here at home.

• Sleep Length May Sway Diabetes Risk (Fox News) - Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:00:32 GMT
  Skimping on sleep or overindulging in sleep might make diabetes more likely.

• Diabetes Coalition gets $23K from PIC (Saipan Tribune) - Fri, 17 Mar 2006 05:11:36 GMT
  The Commonwealth Diabetes Coalition under the helm of Ayuda Network Inc. received a $23,000 donation from the Pacific Islands Club yesterday.

• Diabetes research breakthrough expected to end insulin injections (People's Daily) - Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:36:07 GMT
  Bioengineers at the University of Calgary in Canada have successfully grown insulin producing cells in a lab, marking a major breakthrough in diabetes research.

• ActivX Files Application for Investigational Diabetes Drug (RedNova) - Fri, 17 Mar 2006 03:44:45 GMT
  ActivX Biosciences, US subsidiary of Tokyo-based Kyorin Pharmaceutical, has filed an investigational new drug application with the FDA for KRP-104, a compound for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

• Health group pulls obesity ads for kids over diabetes dustup (Fox 6 News San Diego) - Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:39:22 GMT
  A children's health education group yanked and revised a series of television obesity ads after parents complained they were insensitive toward children with diabetes.

• Appasamy Hospital to set up diabetes clinic, laparoscopy unit (PharmaBiz) - Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:44:00 GMT
  Appasamy Hospital, a subsidiary of Chennai based Appasamy Associates, is on expansion drive. The hospital plans to set up a diabetes clinic and laparoscopy unit focusing on patient care under a cost effective package.

• Diabetes research yielding breakthrough success (EurekAlert!) - Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:46:39 GMT
  Freedom from insulin injections and the myriad of health problems related to type 1 diabetes is closer to becoming reality, thanks to University of Calgary researchers who are developing the first bioreactor procedures to grow pancreatic cells in their laboratory.

• Kidney disease rare with early type 1 diabetes onset (Reuters via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Health) - Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:27:34 GMT
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There may be a silver lining for kids who develop type 1 diabetes at a young age.

• Diabetes breakthrough may end insulin injections (CTV.ca) - Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:40:02 GMT
  Bioengineers at the University of Calgary have successfully grown insulin producing cells in a lab, marking a major breakthrough in diabetes research that could help mark the end to injections.

• Diabetes community workshop offered in Lincoln City (Newport News-Times) - Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:59:07 GMT
  The Lincoln County Diabetes Education and Prevention Coalition will hold a community workshop for people living with diabetes on April 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at Chinook Winds Golf Club, Lincoln City.

• Hope over diabetes wound healing (BBC News) - Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:10:05 GMT
  Scientists have engineered a protein which may help speed up impaired wound healing in people with diabetes.

• Take child's diabetes diagnosis seriously (Poughkeepsie Journal) - Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:10:34 GMT
  By JULIE A. RIESS, Ph.D. Five years ago today our lives changed forever. On Monday, March 19, 2001, our son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. It is common for parents and older children to remember the day, date and hours leading up to and following the diagnosis.

• City working to buck national Diabetes trend (Port Arthur News) - Sun, 19 Mar 2006 06:29:48 GMT
  PORT ARTHUR - Diabetes is quickly becoming America's number one health concern and with Jefferson County reporting the third highest incident of diabetes in Texas, health care professionals and city officials are working to buck the national trend here at home.

• Diabetes Research Yielding Breakthrough Success (Medical News Today) - Sun, 19 Mar 2006 00:13:47 GMT
  Freedom from insulin injections and the myriad of health problems related to type 1 diabetes is closer to becoming reality, thanks to University of Calgary researchers who are developing the first bioreactor procedures to grow pancreatic cells in their laboratory. This opens the door to the possibility of providing a steady supply of insulin-producing cells that can be transplanted into patients

• Diabetes Support Group plans meeting next week (Salisbury Post) - Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:23:19 GMT
  Chet Cox, diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2000, will share his insights and helpful approaches to managing diabetes during the next meeting of the Diabetes Support Group at 6 p.m., March 21, in the Stanly Memorial Hospital Family & Education Center.

• A Writer for Wellness: Namb? Pueblo Author Uses Her Books to Teach Children About Danger of Diabetes (RedNova) - Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:33:27 GMT
  By Shannon Shaw, The Santa Fe New Mexican Mar. 18--Since 1994, Georgia Perez had wanted to write a children's book about American Indians children and the high risks of diabetes. Two years ago, thanks to a circling eagle and a dream, she got her chance.

• Diabetes Research Breakthrough Expected to End Insulin Injections (RedNova) - Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:17:57 GMT
  Diabetes research breakthrough expected to end insulin injections OTTAWA, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Bioengineers at the University of Calgary in Canada have successfully grown insulin producing cells in a lab, marking a major breakthrough in diabetes research.

• Star Takes Jump Shots and Insulin Shots (ABC News) - Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:57:28 GMT
  Gonzaga's Adam Morrison Battles Diabetes as Well as Opposing Teams

• PE faculty to hold first diabetes day (Baltimore Sun) - Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:59:05 GMT
  Southeast County Briefs The physical education department at Oklahoma Road Middle School will hold its first Diabetes Awareness Family Fun Day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the school in Eldersburg.

• Walk for diabetes on Siesta (Bradenton Herald) - Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:19:18 GMT
  The Walk to Cure Diabetes will begin at 9 a.m. on March 18 on Siesta Beach on Siesta Key.

• Coping with diabetes: one woman's story (The Ashland Daily Press) - Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:02:57 GMT
  Angela Ochsenbauer was stunned when her doctor told her she has diabetes. So stunned that she admits now she has been in total denial she has the disease. She fought against the use of insulin since her diagnosis four years ago. During those years Angela has learned a lot about diabetes.

• Diabetes Ten City Challenge Reaches Halfway Mark: Five Employer Groups Commit to Improve Health, Lower Costs* (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:32:00 GMT
  Twenty-two employers in five cities, representing various industries and more than 40,000 insured employees and dependents, have signed on to help people with diabetes improve their health through the Diabetes Ten City Challenge , the American Pharmacists Association Foundation announced today.

• City working to buck national Diabetes trend (Port Arthur News) - Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:22:44 GMT
  PORT ARTHUR - Diabetes is quickly becoming America's number one health concern and with Jefferson County reporting the third highest incident of diabetes in Texas, health care professionals and city officials are working to buck the national trend here at home.

• Diabetes and heart disease: A deadly combination (Barbados Advocate) - Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:59:29 GMT
  THE combination of diabetes and heart disease is proving to be deadly for Barbadians, who have been advised to adopt more healthy lifestyles, while Government must prioritise these conditions when the country s health budget is being allocated.

• Vascular complications precede diabetes (The Hindu) - Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:50:51 GMT
  Narrowing down of the blood vessels can begin even during the preclinical stages of diabetes

• Battling Diabetes One Patient At A Time (WJAC 6 Johnstown) - Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:40:25 GMT
  Memorial Medial Center's downtown Johnstown campus introduced the Conemaugh Diabetes Institute on Wednesday.

• Free diabetes seminar Saturday (2theadvocate.com) - Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:19:04 GMT
  Dr. Rani Whitfield, known as the "Hip Hop Doc," is presenting his "Freedom From Diabetes" seminar this weekend at the Bellemont's Great Hall, to educate the public about preventing and treating the disease.

• Mocksville Lions sponsor free diabetes, blood pressure checks (Salisbury Post) - Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:06:44 GMT
  MOCKSVILLE — The Mocksville Lions Club will sponsor free diabetes screening and blood pressure checks from 9 a.m.-noon Friday. The site is a new location, in ernews@davie-enterprise.comthe pharmacy at the Wal-Mart Super Center, 261 Cooper Creek Road.

• Hathaway Corporation Provides Investors Information on Diabetes Detection, Inc. (SYS-CON Media) - Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:32:40 GMT
  Hathaway Corporation (OTC: HWYI), ispleased to announce that Hathaway investors can now access DDI's websitefor additional information on our recent acquisition of Diabetes Detection,Inc.

• Diabetes will be focus of workshop (Albany Democrat-Herald) - Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:26:59 GMT
  The 23rd annual Diabetes Symposium will be from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1, in the Commons at Linn-Benton Community College, Albany. The free public workshop focuses on helping individuals live with diabetes. Experts will present the most current information on self-managed living.

• Diabetes class at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital earns accreditation (Newport News-Times) - Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:36:59 GMT
  The diabetes self-management classes at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital (SPCH) were recently certified by the American Diabetes Association for meeting national standards in diabetes management education.

• ECU awarded grant for diabetes study (The Daily Reflector) - Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:23:43 GMT
  During a stop at East Carolina University on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr joined in announcing a $491,000 grant to the university to study diabetes.

• A Deadly Duo; Obesity, Diabetes Rates Climb in Bay State (RedNova) - Thu, 23 Mar 2006 03:15:37 GMT
  By JESSICA FARGEN Nearly one in five adults in the Bay State are obese and the number of adults with diabetes keeps climbing, two troubling and sometimes deadly trends that show no sign of abatement, according to a new state survey.

• Plan of Action Defeat Diabetes (RedNova) - Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:30:25 GMT
  By Rousseau, Millie Acebal Latinos are 1.5 times more likely than non-Hispanic whites to get type 2 diabetes. The culprit: heredity, poor eating and lack of exercise. Left untreated, diabetes can lead to serious complications including heart disease, stroke and even death.

• € 2.5m diabetes research project for UCHG (The Galway Advertiser) - Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:42:38 GMT
  University College Hospital, Galway is to receive € 2.5 million in grant aid in the next five years to fund research into diabetes.

• The Top-Five Things People Can Do to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:00:00 GMT
  SAN DIEGO----March 23, 2006--Scripps Clinic: WHO: Nationally renowned diabetes expert, Dr. Ken Fujioka, director of Nutrition and Metabolic Research at Scripps Clinic, San Diego WHAT: American Diabetes Alert Day Education WHEN: Thursday, March 23 through Tuesday, March 28 WHERE: Phone or in-person interviews in San Diego, Calif.

• The American Diabetes Association 'Sounds the Alert' for More Than Six Million Americans Who Have Diabetes But Don't (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:00:00 GMT
  On Tuesday, March 28, 2006, the American Diabetes Association will "Sound the Alert" about diabetes. Diabetes is the fifth deadliest disease in the United States, 1.5 million people are diagnosed each year and, despite aggressive research efforts, there remains no cure in sight.

• Spleen Cells Fail to Treat Diabetes (WebMD) - Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:30:43 GMT
  Three new studies are dashing hopes that spleen-cell injections could help reverse type 1 diabetes.

• Diabetes in mice reversed, but hope for humans is iffy (Arizona Daily Star) - Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:25:45 GMT
  ST. LOUIS — University researchers have reaffirmed a simple approach to curing Type 1 diabetes in mice: stop the immune system before it kills off all the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.

• Experts detail rising toll of diabetes, stress need for healthier lifestyles (The Derrick) - Fri, 24 Mar 2006 04:21:51 GMT
  Photo by Jerry Sowden - Amy E. Uhler uses a slide show to explain local and state statistics on diabetes and health problems linked to the disease. The effect in the community of diabetes and its complications was the headline topic for a Thursday morning meeting at UPMC Northwest in Seneca.

• Efforts to replicate controversial diabetes therapy bring partial success (EurekAlert!) - Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:19:43 GMT
  An effort by researchers at the University of Chicago to confirm the results of a high-profile study that brought extraordinary hope to diabetes researchers and patients worldwide has met with considerable, but not complete, success.

• Kids with diabetes get help for insulin pumps (CNews) - Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:13:01 GMT
  TORONTO (CP) - Ontario will become the first province in Canada to fund insulin pumps for children with diabetes as part of a $1.9-billion increase in health-care spending included in Thursday's provincial budget.

• Infused spleen cells found not to impact islet recovery and reversal of type 1 diabetes in mice (EurekAlert!) - Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:31:39 GMT
  BOSTON – Researchers from Joslin Diabetes Center have published in the March 24, 2006, issue of the journal Science a significant study about islet cell recovery and reversal of type 1 diabetes in mice.

• Study Advances Transplant-Free Approach to Type 1 Diabetes (RedNova) - Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:02:51 GMT
  ST. LOUIS _ Washington University researchers have reaffirmed a simple approach to curing Type 1 diabetes in mice: stop the immune system before it kills off all the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.

• Ontario children with diabetes to get help with funding for insulin pumps (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) - Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:11:00 GMT
  TORONTO (CP) - Ontario will be the first province in Canada to fund insulin pumps for children with diabetes as part of a $1.9-billion increase in health-care spending included in Thursday's provincial budget.

• Spleen Cells Fail as Diabetes Treatment (Fox News) - Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:18:33 GMT
  Three new studies dash hopes that spleen-cell injections could help reverse type 1 diabetes.

• Spherix Shares Jump 690n Diabetes Drug News (Washington Post) - Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:42:42 GMT
  Spherix Inc., a Beltsville firm that makes reservations for national parks and is also pursuing a diabetes treatment, saw its shares soar 69 percent yesterday, to $3.52, after announcing that its executives had returned from an overseas trip where they inspected facilities of a clinical research...

• Scientists Hold Out Hope for Diabetes Cure (MedicineNet.com) - Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:09:06 GMT
  Title: Scientists Hold Out Hope for Diabetes Cure Category: Health News Created: 3/24/2006 1:58:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 3/24/2006 1:57:55 AM

• Diabetes and obesity unit opens (BBC News) - Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:53:25 GMT
  A new facility to help study how genetic and lifestyle factors play a part in obesity and diabetes is opened.

• Amylin Launches Study of Diabetes Drug (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:03:07 GMT
  Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday it started a 30-week clinical study of a long-acting version of its Byetta diabetes drug.

• Study of mice raises hopes of cheap, easy diabetes cure (Lexington Herald-Leader) - Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:31:38 GMT
  Washington University researchers have reaffirmed a simple approach to curing Type 1 diabetes in mice: Stop the immune system before it kills off all the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.

• Too much or too little sleep increases diabetes risk (EurekAlert!) - Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:04:15 GMT
  Men who sleep too much or too little are at an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a study by the New England Research Institutes in collaboration with Yale School of Medicine researchers.

• Diabetes Study at Washington U. Advances (ABC News) - Sat, 25 Mar 2006 03:24:11 GMT
  Diabetes Study at Washington University Advances; Method Does Not Involve Transplanting Cells

• Support war on diabetes (Deseret Morning News) - Sat, 25 Mar 2006 07:28:31 GMT
  In the ongoing war against debilitating disease, some battles are going better than others. But the news from the medical front this week concerning combat against diabetes was heartening.

• Efforts To Replicate Controversial Diabetes Therapy Bring Partial Success (Medical News Today) - Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:07:42 GMT
  An effort by researchers at the University of Chicago to confirm the results of a high-profile study that brought extraordinary hope to diabetes researchers and patients worldwide has met with considerable, but not complete, success. The researchers were able to reverse type-1 diabetes in one-third of mice but were unable to find any evidence of insulin-producing beta cells derived from donated

• Once-Weekly Exenatide LAR Clinical Study In Type 2 Diabetes Initiated (Medical News Today) - Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:07:22 GMT
  Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN), Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Alkermes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS) today announced that, following discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a long-term comparator clinical study of a long-acting release (LAR) formulation of BYETTA® (exenatide) injection in patients with type 2 diabetes has been initiated... click link for more

• Diabetes Risk Raised By Too Much Or Too Little Sleep (Medical News Today) - Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:05:11 GMT
  Men who sleep too much or too little are at an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a study by the New England Research Institutes in collaboration with Yale School of Medicine researchers. The data published in the March issue of Diabetes Care were obtained from 1,709 men, 40 to 70 years old... click link for more info.

• Diabetes On the Rise Among Asians (Pacific News Service) - Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:35:14 GMT
  Medical professionals working with Asians are becoming alarmed by the greater numbers of patients they see suffering from diabetes. Nearly 7 percent of Americans, or about 21 million, have diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• Scientists Hold Out Hope for Diabetes Cure (HealthCentral.com) - Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:23:01 GMT
  THURSDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- Three years ago, scientists announced a new treatment had cured diabetes -- in mice.

• Alzheimer's May Be Diabetes-Like Illness (HealthCentral.com) - Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:21:00 GMT
  FRIDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) -- Giving more weight to the notion that Alzheimer's may be a diabetes-like disease, researchers say rats depleted of insulin in the brain went on to develop an Alzheimer's-like illness.

• "More cases of juvenile insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in Western countries" (The Hindu) - Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:15:46 GMT
  CHENNAI: With reference to the news item `WHO puts China ahead of India in incidence of diabetes', diabetologist Dr. C.V. Krishnaswami writes: "It is thought-provoking for both doctors and the general public, because we are fed with a very ...

• Infused Spleen Cells Found Not To Impact Islet Recovery And Reversal Of Type 1 Diabetes In Mice (Medical News Today) - Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:04:42 GMT
  BOSTON. Researchers from Joslin Diabetes Center have published in the March, 2006, issue of the journal Science a significant study about islet cell recovery and reversal of type 1 diabetes in mice.It is generally believed that an effective cure for type 1 diabetes will require two substantial scientific advances... click link for more info.

• Too Much or Too Little Sleep Increases Diabetes Risk (Yale University) - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:32:10 GMT
  New Haven, Conn. — Men who sleep too much or too little are at an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a study by the New England Research Institutes in collaboration with Yale School of Medicine researchers.

• Hospitals will offer diabetes screening (The Trenton Times) - Sun, 26 Mar 2006 09:36:54 GMT
  On Tuesday the city's two Capital Health System campuses will host a Diabetes Alert Day to help area residents determine if they're at risk for the deadly disease.

• DexCom Gets FDA OK for Diabetes Monitor (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:12:52 GMT
  DexCom Inc., a maker of diabetes monitors, said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration approved its STS Continuous Glucose Monitoring System.

• Too Much Or Too Little Sleep Increases Diabetes Risk (Science Daily) - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:13:54 GMT
  Men who sleep too much or too little are at an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a study by the New England Research Institutes in collaboration with Yale School of Medicine researchers.

• Diabetes Study at Washington U. Advances (InteliHealth) - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:03:46 GMT
  ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A transplant-free approach to curing Type 1 diabetes using medication has been reaffirmed in tests on mice, according to a Washington University study.

• Pa. researchers reverse juvenile diabetes in animal model (phillyburbs.com) - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:01:52 GMT
  PITTSBURGH - Researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh have found a way to reverse juvenile diabetes in an animal model, and have received FDA approval for a clinical trial to test the safety and feasibility of the treatment.

• Children's Hospital to begin diabetes trial (Pittsburgh Business Times) - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:34:55 GMT
  Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh will soon begin evaluating the safety and effectiveness of a treatment for diabetes, which has cured the disease in mice.

• Elixir Pharma signs license deal for diabetes compound (Boston Business Journal) - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:02:11 GMT
  Elixir Pharmaceuticals Inc. has reached an agreement with Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. to license a drug candidate to treat Type II diabetes.

• Diabetes study sees hope on a transplant-free cure (Philly.com) - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:34:59 GMT
  Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have reaffirmed a simple approach to curing Type 1 diabetes in mice: Stop the immune system before it kills off all the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.

• You or Someone You Love Could Have Diabetes and Not Know It; Rite Aid and the American Diabetes Association Sound the (RedNova) - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:18:23 GMT
  Tuesday, March 28, is American Diabetes Alert Day, and Rite Aid (NYSE, PCX:RAD) is supporting the American Diabetes Association (ADA) as they encourage people to find out if they're at risk for developing diabetes.

• Gambia: Gambian Men Are More Prone to Diabetes (AllAfrica.com) - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:53:09 GMT
  Dr Alieu Gibriel Gaye, Vice-Chairman of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) for Africa, has disclosed that research reveals that in The Gambia diabetes affects more men than women.

• Researchers Reverse Juvenile Diabetes In Animal Model; Clinical Trial FDA Approved (Science Daily) - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:13:18 GMT
  Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC researchers Massimo Trucco, MD, and Nick Giannoukakis, PhD, used a novel treatment strategy thereby reversing, or curing, diabetes. The FDA approved clinical trial to evaluate the safety and feasibility of the treatment (Phase 1 trial) will begin this spring; include 15 patients 18 or older, with type 1 diabetes. Unique because no drugs are used and no

• Researchers reverse juvenile diabetes in animal model; Clinical trial FDA approved (EurekAlert!) - Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:34:12 GMT
  The risk of developing type 1 diabetes is higher than virtually all other severe chronic diseases of childhood. Peak incidence occurs during puberty, around 10 to 12 years of age in girls, and around 12 to 14 years of age in boys.

• Dear Abby Act now to prevent diabetes (Philadelphia Daily News) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:35:03 GMT
  DEAR ABBY: In the United States, 20.8 million people are living with diabetes. Nearly one-third of them won't find out until one of its devastating complications develops. An additional 41 million people are at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.

• Magnesium Lowers Heart, Diabetes Risks (WebMD) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:00:43 GMT
  New research may help explain why eating fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and nuts helps protect the heart and prevent diabetes.

• Diabetes Awareness (WCAX 3) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:51:51 GMT
  Forty-thousand Vermonters have diabetes, and many don't even know it. Diabetes is a chronic and costly disease, but with education it is controllable.

• Sixth-grader giving diabetes presentation at Nazareth today (Victoria Advocate) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:11:03 GMT
  Natasha has given this presentation about preventing Type II diabetes to many local children, including students at Smith, Mission Valley and Cuero elementary schools.

• Dear Abby: Diabetes awareness crucial (Arizona Daily Star) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:08:26 GMT
  ● DEAR ABBY: In America today, 20.8 million people are living with diabetes. Because there often are no symptoms, nearly one-third of diabetics — 6.2 million — don't even know they have diabetes and won't find out until one of its devastating complications develops. An additional 41 million people are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

• Check your diabetes risk (Lexington Herald-Leader) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 06:16:37 GMT
  Tuesday is American Diabetes Alert day. It's an annual call to action to find out if you are among the 132,000 Kentuckians who might be at risk for the disease, which has no cure and can remain "silent" while it slowly damages your eyes, nerves and kidneys.

•  NEW DIABETES RESEARCH (Government News Network) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:39:24 GMT
  New research into the possible effects of certain types of diabetes on road safety has been published today by the Department for Transport.

• Diabetes Alert Day, Tuesday March 28th - Diabetes (BellaOnline) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:21:28 GMT
  Do you know over 6 million people have Type 2 diabetes and don’t know it? What can you do to help them and yourself? The National Institutes of Health recommends anyone over 45 years or older should consider getting tested for diabetes.

• Once-weekly exenatide LAR clinical study in type 2 diabetes initiated (PharmaBiz) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 06:43:20 GMT
  A long-term comparator clinical study of a long-acting release (LAR) formulation of Byetta (exenatide) injection in patients with type 2 diabetes has been initiated following discussions with the US FDA. This study is designed to generate the type of safety and efficacy data that could form the basis of a New Drug Application (NDA), Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company and

• DEAR ABBY: Don't be victim of untreated diabetes (Contra Costa Times) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:50:49 GMT
  DEAR ABBY: In America today, there are 20.8 million people living with diabetes. Because there are often no symptoms, nearly one-third of them -- 6.2 million of those people -- don't even know they have diabetes and won't find out until one of its devastating complications develops. An additional 41 million people are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

• DEAR ABBY: Diabetes diagnosis crucial before complications develop (Bradenton Herald) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:19:38 GMT
  DEAR ABBY: In America, there are 20.8 million people living with diabetes. Because there are often no symptoms, nearly one-third of them - 6.2 million - don't even know they have diabetes and won't find out until one of its devastating complications develops. An additional 41 million people are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

• Dear Abby Act now to prevent diabetes (Philadelphia Daily News) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:18:34 GMT
  DEAR ABBY: In the United States, 20.8 million people are living with diabetes. Nearly one-third of them won't find out until one of its devastating complications develops. An additional 41 million people are at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.

• Proceeds from 5K walk to help Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:15:20 GMT
  HUNTINGTON -- A few good walkers are needed next week to raise money for juvenile diabetes research. As part of the Huntington Half Marathon/5K Run and Kids Fun Run on Saturday, April 8, there also will be a 5K walk in which all of the profits from the event go to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.

• Diabetes limb loss 'unnecessary' (BBC News) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:25:28 GMT
  People with diabetes are having to have limbs amputated unnecessarily, a study suggests.

• Cut-A-Thon fashions hair for diabetes funds (The Arizona Republic) - Wed, 29 Mar 2006 02:32:38 GMT
  On Sunday, styling scissors will fly, tubes of shampoo and hair gel will be emptied, and dozens of people will walk away with a new haircut, all for the American Diabetes Association.

• Magnesium Lowers Heart, Diabetes Risks (MedicineNet.com) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:10:36 GMT
  Title: Magnesium Lowers Heart, Diabetes Risks Category: Health News Created: 3/28/2006 Last Editorial Review: 3/28/2006

• Diabetes driving rules reassessed (BBC News) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:43:34 GMT
  The Department of Transport is to consider easing driving restrictions on people with diabetes.

• Body's Own Cells Tested in Diabetes Fight (RedNova) - Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:46:00 GMT
  Human trials are poised to begin in Pittsburgh to fight juvenile, or type 1, diabetes with the patient's own cells, a report said Tuesday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the University of Pittsburgh test on 15 adults who have had juvenile diabetes at least five years.

• Complications of diabetes can be prevented with careful attention to diet and exercise (News 14 Carolina) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:37:42 GMT
  Diabetes mellitus affects over 20 million people in the United States. Estimates suggest that for children born in this decade, about 40 percent will develop diabetes in their lifetime.

• Get Diabetes Diagnosed, Treated Before It's Too Late (RedNova) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:01:31 GMT
  By Jeanne Phillips Dear Abby: In America today, there are 20.8 million people living with diabetes.

• Body's own cells tested in diabetes fight (UPI) - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:44:47 GMT
  PITTSBURGH, March 28 (UPI) -- Human trials are poised to begin in Pittsburgh to fight juvenile, or type 1, diabetes with the patient's own cells, a report said Tuesday.

• Elixir licenses American rights to diabetes drug (Pharmaceutical Business Review) - Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:06:43 GMT
  Elixir Pharmaceuticals has signed a definitive agreement with Japans Kissei Pharmaceutical for the exclusive right to develop and commercialize Glufast, a type II diabetes treatment, in the US, Canada, and Latin America.

• Diabetes challenge postponed until fall (Fort Frances Times) - Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:20:49 GMT
  The Valley Diabetes Education Centre will wait until September to hold its “celebrity challenge,” during which local personalities spend a week living as though they had Type 2 diabetes.

• Diabetes program (The Lincoln-Way Sun) - Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:46:32 GMT
  BLUE ISLAND — St. Francis Hospital is hosting a free presentation about Type II Diabetes. Join Arnold Bolisay, M.D., a board certified endocrinologist, to discuss the disease that is quickly becoming a national epidemic.

• MTSSR Holds Diabetes Talk (BruDirect.com) - Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:16:33 GMT
  Bandar Seri Begawan - A Talk on diabetes was held yesterday at the Dewan Jubli Perak, Sultan Saiful Rizal Technical College (MTSSR). Among those present at the event was MTSSR deputy principal (administration) Cikgu Hajah Noor Zainab bte Hj Abd Ladi.

• New drug application for Galvus(R), an innovative oral therapy for people with type 2 diabetes, accepted for review by (Boursorama) - Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:42:26 GMT
  EAST HANOVER, N.J., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Novartis announced today that the new drug application (NDA) for Galvus(R)* (vildagliptin, formerly LAF237) was accepted for standard review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). If approved, Galvus will provide a new, once-daily oral treatment option for people with type 2 diabetes.

• Researchers Reverse Juvenile Diabetes In Animal Model; Clinical Trial FDA Approved (Medical News Today) - Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:04:51 GMT
  Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center researchers Massimo Trucco, MD, and Nick Giannoukakis, PhD, observed marked amelioration of diabetes in a mouse model by a novel treatment strategy involving specific modification of the animal's own dendritic cells, thereby reversing diabetes in animal studies... click link for more info.

• WGH promoting diabetes awareness, offering glucose screenings (Tri-State Media) - Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:13:55 GMT
  Diabetes affects 7 percent of the U.S. population. An estimated 14.6 million Americans have been diagnosed, leaving 6.2 million Americans unaware that they have the disease.

• Novartis says FDA to review diabetes therapy (Yahoo! India News) - Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:18:16 GMT
  ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drug firm Novartis said on Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had accepted its oral therapy Galvus for people with Type 2 diabetes for standard review.

• Diabetes reversed in mice, FDA approves human trial (Pharmaceutical Business Review) - Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:07:42 GMT
  After successfully demonstrating that a groundbreaking treatment strategy can reverse type 1 diabetes in animal studies, the FDA has given the go-ahead for researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to begin a phase I trial evaluating the treatment in humans.

• Diabetes study sees hope on a transplant-free cure (Philly.com) - Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:21:14 GMT
  Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have reaffirmed a simple approach to curing Type 1 diabetes in mice: Stop the immune system before it kills off all the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.

• Novartis to Get Marketing Review From FDA for Galvus Oral Diabetes Treatment (Money Sense) - Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:35:34 GMT
  Swiss drug maker Novartis AG said Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration accepted a marketing application to review a once-daily, orally taken diabetes treatment.

• World Class Scientists From Sweden and Seattle Present Promising New Research on Type I Diabetes (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:00:00 GMT
  World class scientists from Sweden and Seattle have teamed up to present major research studies at the first Seattle Sweden Diabetes Awareness Day, sponsored by Novo Nordisk, Inc., from 10am-3pm Saturday, April 1 at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle.

• Frazer targets diabetes (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:08:04 GMT
  ELEANOR HALL: Australian of the Year, Professor Ian Frazer, is using his year in the spotlight to fight for causes he's passionate about and one of them is working towards a possible cure for juvenile diabetes.

• Expanding research on diabetes (News Today) - Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:24:09 GMT
  The Madras Diabetes research Foundation (MDRF) will be setting up a new research and training institute at Siruseri on Old Mahabalipuram Road, with a view to enhancing its research activities.

• FDA to review Novartis diabetes drug (Pharmaceutical Business Review) - Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:06:32 GMT
  Swiss drugmaker Novartis has had its application for Galvus, its oral type 2 diabetes treatment, accepted for review by the FDA.

• Boca diabetes center offers special therapy (Boca Raton News) - Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:13:05 GMT
  For the past four years, Boca Raton-based Advanced Diabetes Treatment Centers has offered a special therapy to assist diabetics whose health has rapidly declined.

• A fun way to fight juvenile diabetes (Quad-City Times) - Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:20:34 GMT
  Juvenile Diabetes Association, Inc. (JDA), a local non-profit group of parent volunteers in cooperation with Skate City will host our annual “Rolling for a Cure” on Tuesday, April 4. We are so excited that everyone’s favorite mascots, Mo and Ima Mallard, will trade in their ice skates for an evening with us of roller skating fun!

• MDRF to set up exclusive diabetes research institute at women's biotech park (PharmaBiz) - Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:58:50 GMT
  The Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF), the research wing of Dr. Mohan's MV Diabetes Specialities Centre, is planning to set up an exclusive diabetes research and training institute at the women's biotech park, Chennai.

• World Class Scientists From Sweden and Seattle Present Promising New Research on Type I Diabetes (SYS-CON Media) - Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:40:15 GMT
  World class scientists from Sweden and Seattlehave teamed up to present major research studies at the first SeattleSweden Diabetes Awareness Day, sponsored by Novo Nordisk, Inc., from10am-3pm Saturday, April 1 at the Bell Harbor International ConferenceCenter in Seattle. The program presents a unique opportunity for thegeneral public and those affected by Type I diabetes, as well as thescientific

• Diabetes management: Creating your sick-day plan (Mayo Clinic) - Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:28:19 GMT
  Diabetes management can be especially challenging when you're struggling with a cold or other illness. But with proper planning, you can avoid complications.

• QSAI, Fukuoka University Confirm that Kale Has Property to Prevent and Improve Diabetes (Japan Corporate News) - Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:27:33 GMT
  Tokyo, Mar 31, 2006 (JCN) - QSAI has announced the results of its recent research on kale, a deep yellow vegetable. In collaboration with Fukuoka University, the company has examined how an intake of kale extract affects the condition of diabetes.

• Byetta: Effective diabetes and weight-loss drug? (Mayo Clinic) - Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:27:59 GMT
  A. Exenatide (Byetta) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in April 2005 for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Although taken as a twice-daily injection, Byetta is not insulin. Byetta improves blood sugar control by mimicking the action of the hormone incretin.

• Indo-Swedish symposium on genomics & proteomics of diabetes in Chennai from tomorrow (PharmaBiz) - Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:43:19 GMT
  The Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF), the Chennai-based diabetes research institution plans to conduct a two-day symposium on genomics and proteomics of diabetes, collaborating with Karolinska Institute, Sweden, on 1st and 2nd of April 2006.

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