Diabetes News Archives - November 2005

• Newly-released CDC Study on Diabetes Reflects Growing Diabetes Epidemic; Illustrates Need for Heightened Research and (HispanicBusiness.com) - Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:09:04 GMT
  ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Newly released statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) illustrate that diabetes has risen by over 14 percent in the last two years.

• Joslin Helps Put 'Treat' Back in Halloween for Kids with Diabetes (Newswise) - Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:25:38 GMT
  It is time to scare away the myth that says children with diabetes can't enjoy Halloween because of their disease. The truth is they can still enjoy sweets as long as they keep their meal plan in check and follow their health provider's orders.

• Diabetes-Related Blindness Topic Of Public Seminar (Tampa Bay Online News) - Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:26:16 GMT
  TAMPA -- Prevent Blindness Florida offers a free public seminar today to educate people about vision loss associated with diabetes.

• New diabetes trial - largest diet and exercise study of its kind (News-Medical-Net) - Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:46:02 GMT
  Doctors from the University of Bristol are looking for volunteers who have recently been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes to take part in the largest diet and exercise study of its kind. The study will be based in local hospitals across the Southwest.

• Eye disorders are common in people with diabetes (The Enid News & Eagle) - Wed, 26 Oct 2005 06:09:01 GMT
  Diabetes is a metabolic disorder, affecting the way the body processes carbohydrates. Yet, every diabetic should know an eye doctor is a crucial member of his or her treatment team.

• Diabetes, not bird flu, biggest health threat to Asians: WHO (Bergensavisen) - Wed, 26 Oct 2005 06:34:43 GMT
  «This is a global diabetes tsunami, a catastrophe, that will become the health crisis of the 21st century and could reduce life expectancy globally for the first time in 200 years,» said Paul Zimmet, director of WHOs Collaborating Center for Diabetes and the International Diabetes Institute in Australia.

• Mississippi Clinics Take Diabetes Care from Bad to Best (Newswise) - Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:14:38 GMT
  Mississippi has the worst diabetes numbers in the country, Yet,a group of clinics here has had startling results with patients once considered intractable.

• Diabetes Patients Receive Medicines at Home for Free (Arab News) - Tue, 25 Oct 2005 23:16:17 GMT
  JEDDAH, 25 October 2005 — Diabetes patients who cannot afford to buy their medication are to both receive it and have it delivered to their home for free at the end of each lunar month.

• Navajo racer zooming 'round country to battle diabetes (Native Times) - Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:59:23 GMT
  Witherill is only Native to race at the Indianapolis 500. Navajo racecar driver Cory Witherill may tear it up on the speedway, but there is also another goal he is bearing down on: Stamping out diabetes.

• Diabetes and Depression Can be a Fatal Mix (Newswise) - Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:14:08 GMT
  Patients whose type 2 diabetes was accompanied by minor or major depression had higher mortality rates, compared to patients with type 2 diabetes alone, over the three-year period of a recent study in Washington state.

• Walk to Cure Diabetes at UA (The Tucson Citizen) - Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:07:34 GMT
  A fund-raiser to benefit research to cure juvenile diabetes gets under way here Saturday. The annual Walk to Cure Diabetes begins at 9 a.m. at Old Main on the campus of the University of Arizona.

• Diabetes epidemic looms along border (Dallas Morning News) - Thu, 27 Oct 2005 02:08:20 GMT
  RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas – "Why me?" asked Miriam Cantu when the doctor relayed the news that she has diabetes and will have to check her blood sugar twice a day for the rest of her life.

• No End in Sight to Rapid Rise in Diabetes (WebMD) - Wed, 26 Oct 2005 23:16:21 GMT
  New figures from the CDC show nearly 21 million Americans have diabetes.

• Diabetes and Depression: a Fatal Mix (RedNova) - Thu, 27 Oct 2005 02:39:45 GMT
  A just-released three-year study finds type 2 diabetes and depression can be a fatal mix. Researchers found patients whose type 2 diabetes was accompanied by minor or major depression had higher mortality rates, compared with patients with type 2 diabetes alone.

• Diabetes affects 21 million Americans (People's Daily) - Thu, 27 Oct 2005 04:28:32 GMT
  Diabetes affects nearly 21 million Americans, incurring huge economic burden to the US society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday.

• Diabetes and depression can be a fatal mix (EurekAlert!) - Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:59:19 GMT
  Type 2 diabetes and depression can be a fatal mix. Patients whose type 2 diabetes was accompanied by minor or major depression had higher mortality rates, compared to patients with type 2 diabetes alone, over the three-year period of a recent study in Washington state.

• Nibbles: Rania Harris teaches diabetes-friendly dishes (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Thu, 27 Oct 2005 04:15:23 GMT
  Chef, caterer and cooking teacher Rania Harris will show how to prepare delicious diabetic foods at "Diabetes Awareness: A Health Fair and Healthy Holiday Cooking Demonstration," 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 10 at the SmartHealth Green Tree Outpatient Center, 969 Greentree Road.

• Diabetes pandemic looms (The Star Online) - Wed, 26 Oct 2005 23:51:38 GMT
  BANGKOK: Diabetes looms as a larger health threat to Asians than bird flu, the World Health Organisation said yesterday, with data showing the disease will cause millions more to die worldwide in the coming decades.

• Law aims to make diabetes care a must in public schools (The Highlander) - Thu, 27 Oct 2005 05:09:01 GMT
  When Dr. Stephen W. Ponder was diagnosed with diabetes in the 1960s, treatments were not nearly as sophisticated as they are today. He took one insulin injection a day. There was no such thing as measuring blood glucose. There were no long-term tests to assess for complications.

• Web Site Calculates Users' Risk For Diabetes (NBC4 Washington, D.C.) - Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:46:57 GMT
  A new online program paints a clear picture of a person's chances of developing the diabetes.

• 21 million Americans have diabetes, CDC says (Boston Globe) - Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:09:19 GMT
  WASHINGTON -- Almost 21 million Americans have diabetes, most of them the type-2 variety associated with poor diet, too little exercise, and being overweight, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday.

• Diabetes Complications Can Make Exercise Tricky (RedNova) - Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:24:35 GMT
  By Lisa Liddane If you have diabetes, you already know that exercise is a staple for controlling this common disease. But once peripheral neuropathy sets in, being physically active can be a tricky issue.

• Diabetes cases increase 14% (The Charlotte Observer) - Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:47:41 GMT
  Diabetes in the United States has increased by 14 percent in just two years and now affects 7 percent of the population, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

• Diabetes A "Bigger Asian Health Threat" Than Bird Flu, HIV/AIDS (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) - Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:47:16 GMT
  Diabetes has overtaken bird flu and HIV/AIDS as the main health threat to Asia, with new data revealing diabetes will cause millions more deaths than infectious diseases in the next and coming decades, an international and Australian health expert claims.

• DIABETES A "BIGGER ASIAN HEALTH THREAT" THAN BIRD FLU, HIV/AIDS (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance) - Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:47:16 GMT
  Health / Pharmaceuticals Diabetes has overtaken bird flu and HIV/AIDS as the main health threat to Asia, with new data revealing diabetes will cause millions more deaths than infectious diseases in the next and coming decades, an international and Australian health expert claims.

• Diabetes as a Cause of Disability? (ABC News) - Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:14:18 GMT
  Diabetes may lead to many health complications, but it has not been thought of as a cause of disability. Indeed, with the right treatment and lifestyle changes, many can expect to lead healthy, active lives. Yet researchers are beginning to find that diabetes may cause physical limitations as well.

• A new blueprint to aid physicians in predicting risk for type 1 diabetes (EurekAlert!) - Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:14:22 GMT
  NEW YORK-- Researchers have discovered a combination of tests that can more accurately predict who will develop type 1 diabetes. In the process, they've also uncovered signs of a new protein that may forecast a more rapidly developing form of the disease.

• Diabetes And Depression Can Be A Fatal Mix (Science Daily) - Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:10:04 GMT
  In a University of Washington and Group Health Cooperative three-year study, people whose type 2 diabetes was accompanied by minor or major depression had higher mortality rates than did patients with type 2 diabetes alone.

• Diabetes cases increase 14% (The Charlotte Observer) - Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:32:03 GMT
  Diabetes in the United States has increased by 14 percent in just two years and now affects 7 percent of the population, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

• Children's researchers find new diabetes test (Pittsburgh Live) - Fri, 28 Oct 2005 04:09:13 GMT
  Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh researchers announced Thursday they have discovered a combination of tests to better predict who will develop Type 1 diabetes.

• Bristol-Myers may scrap key diabetes drug, end collaboration with Merck (Seattle Times) - Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:10:45 GMT
  Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said a diabetes drug it was touting as part of its turnaround may be abandoned because it will need about five more years of testing.

• Diabetes Drug Development May Be Abandoned (ABC News) - Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:28:53 GMT
  Developers of Diabetes Drug Say They May Not Develop It Further After Safety Concerns Raised

• Bristol-Myers May End Plans for Oral Diabetes Treatment (New York Times) - Fri, 28 Oct 2005 04:10:49 GMT
  Bristol-Myers Squibb said that it might abandon a proposed diabetes drug that it had been developing for years and had until recently hoped might become a blockbuster.

• Diabetes cases increase 14% (The Charlotte Observer) - Fri, 28 Oct 2005 22:03:12 GMT
  Diabetes in the United States has increased by 14 percent in just two years and now affects 7 percent of the population, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

• Depression May Up Type 2 Diabetes Death Risk (WebMD) - Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:31:31 GMT
  A new study of people with type 2 diabetes shows a higher death rate among depressed patients over a three-year period.

• in Diabetes Center (Mayo Clinic) - Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:17:30 GMT
  Find diabetes information — types of diabetes, diabetes symptoms, diabetes treatment and strategies for managing your blood sugar. What is diabetes?

• Developers Of Diabetes Drug Reconsider Plans (The Boston Channel) - Fri, 28 Oct 2005 20:41:10 GMT
  WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration is delaying a final decision on the first inhalable form of insulin for three months while it reviews chemistry data on the diabetes treatment.

• Bristol May End Work on Diabetes Pill ; Needs at Least 5 More Years of Tests (RedNova) - Fri, 28 Oct 2005 21:10:39 GMT
  By TERESA AGOVINO, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., said Thursday that a diabetes drug it was touting as part of its turnaround will need at least five more years of testing to meet regulatory requirements and that it may not develop the medication.

• Thousands gather to walk for diabetes cure (News 14 Carolina) - Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:11:09 GMT
  Thousands of people are gathering in the Research Triangle Saturday morning to walk for a cure for diabetes. The RTP Walk to Cure Diabetes starts at 10 a.m. at the Nortel Networks complex off Davis Drive.

• Diabetes Drug May Be Shelved (CBS News) - Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:00:04 GMT
  Developers of a diabetes drug may not pursue the development of the treatment after the FDA sent them a letter seeking more safety data on it. Bristol-Myers Squibb said the studies to obtain this data could take up to five years to perform.

• Diabetes Drug Development May Be Abandoned (ABC News) - Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:13:51 GMT
  Developers of Diabetes Drug Say They May Not Develop It Further After Safety Concerns Raised

• Bristol-Myers Squibb may cut diabetes drug (UPI) - Sat, 29 Oct 2005 03:34:09 GMT
  NEW YORK, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb said it might abandon a proposed diabetes drug instead of conducting a five-year cardiovascular safety study.

• Bristol-Myers Squibb may end diabetes drug development (PharmaBiz) - Sat, 29 Oct 2005 03:00:54 GMT
  As previously disclosed, on October 18, 2005, the US Food and Drug Administration issued an approvable letter for muraglitazar, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company's investigational oral medicine for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

• Depression May Up Type 2 Diabetes Death Risk (WebMD) - Sun, 30 Oct 2005 06:48:22 GMT
  A new study of people with type 2 diabetes shows a higher death rate among depressed patients over a three-year period.

• 70f U.S. population has diabetes (Chicago Sun-Times) - Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:44:09 GMT
  Nearly 21 million people in the U.S., 7 percent of the population, have diabetes, new statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show. Forty-one million have pre-diabetes, which puts them at risk for full-blown diabetes.

• Wall Street Journal Examines FDA Approval Process for Diabetes Drug (Medical News Today) - Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:15:43 GMT
  The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday examined the "battle" over FDA approval for Amylin Pharmaceutical 's diabetes drug Symlin, which "provides an inside look at the FDA drug-review process and how the agency balances the benefits and risks of new products."

• Depression for diabetes 2 patients linked to higher death rate (Medical News Today) - Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:15:20 GMT
  Type 2 diabetes and depression can be a fatal mix. Patients whose type 2 diabetes was accompanied by minor or major depression had higher mortality rates, compared to patients with type 2 diabetes alone, over the three-year period of a recent study in Washington state.

• Researchers can now more accurately predict who will develop type 1 diabetes (News-Medical-Net) - Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:46:32 GMT
  In the process, they've also uncovered signs of a new protein that may forecast a more rapidly developing form of the disease. Together, these findings could help researchers screen patients for clinical trials that eventually may lead to a vaccine or cure for type 1 diabetes.

• Diabetes walk raises funds for research (WIS-TV Columbia) - Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:48:51 GMT
  (Columbia) Oct. 30, 2005 - Thousands walked with a purpose at the 15th Annual Diabetes Walk on Sunday. The event raised money for Juvenile Diabetes Research. Organizers hope the fundraiser helps stop a disease that's especially troublesome in South Carolina.

• Can Hemoglobin A1C Levels Predict Diabetes Risk? (RedNova) - Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:24:19 GMT
  By Wellbery, Caroline The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends diabetes screening every three years for patients with hypertension because they have an increased risk of developing diabetes.

• New Blueprint To Aid Physicians In Predicting Risk For Type 1 Diabetes (Science Daily) - Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:24:44 GMT
  Researchers have discovered a combination of tests that can more accurately predict who will develop type 1 diabetes. In the process, they've also uncovered signs of a new protein that may forecast a more rapidly developing form of the disease. Together, these findings could help researchers screen patients for clinical trials that eventually may lead to a vaccine or cure for type 1 diabetes.

• Diabetes cases increase 14% (The Charlotte Observer) - Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:03:22 GMT
  Diabetes in the United States has increased by 14 percent in just two years and now affects 7 percent of the population, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

• Know the warning signs of diabetes --thirst, frequent urination, weight loss (The Daily Times) - Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:07:44 GMT
  iabetes is a serious disease that can lead to blindness, heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, and amputations. Some people with diabetes have symptoms.

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