Insulin

Insulin has two critical roles in the body that we cannot live without, yet it can be the root of many health problems, including diabetes. Insulin carries sugar (glucose), fat and protein into your cells where they are used for energy and the repair of your cells. When you eat,... Read More

Humulin or Lantus, Which Insulin For Your Child?

Humulin or Lantus? When my daughter, who was 8, was first diagnosed the Children's Hospital that was treating her put her on an insulin program of short acting Humalog NPH and long acting Humalin N. You should have seen me that first day of training after a long night in... Read More

Diabetes Awareness: Ill Wait til it Hurts

By the time many type 2 diabetics (and often their doctors) realize action is necessary, the disease, with its destructive high blood sugars, has been silently damaging their body for years.Complications to the blood vessels and tissues of your eyes, feet, heart, kidneys, and other organs, are likely well underway.You... Read More

Raising Happy Diabetic Kids

This is the first in a series of articles I am about to embark upon concerning this subject. As my family gets older and matures with this disease I think back to the early days and wonder why aren't we all on medication for depression? Why don't we have standing... Read More

Improper pH Balance Increases Risk and Damage of Diabetes

THE RISKBlood sugar balance is critical to your body's proper functioning. Blood sugar (glucose) is the primary source of fuel for the body's cells and is particularly critical to the brain and the eyes. When glucose isn't regulated properly through the bloodstream, the body's cells don't obtain the energy they... Read More

Raising Happy Diabetic Kids Part II

This is the second article in a series I am writing about how to raise happy diabetic children. You can find the first article titled Help Your Child Develope Self-Confidence in our article archives.Sometimes the phrase "happy diabetic kids" seems to be an oxymoron. Often it seems all of the... Read More

Diabetes Awareness: The Downside... a New Wardrobe?

Here is some commonsense thinking:I can't understand why anyone who has diabetes wouldn't exercise and watch what they eat.The down side is that you may have to get an entire new wardrobe since exercise and healthy eating causes weight and size reduction.When it happens, people tell you how great you... Read More

Pre-Diabetes - The Calm Before the Storm

Remember when the medical world identified pre-hypertension to better monitor your blood pressure? The new buzz: Pre-Diabetes concerns a similar condition pinpointing people who are at severe risk for getting diabetes. Because diabetes silently invades your body, early detection and corrective action are critically important.The goal with identifying pre-diabetes is... Read More

Pre-Diabetes Awareness: Gamblers Understand the Odds

Do you gamble? Play Texas Hold'em poker, casino games, or lotteries? Then understanding your odds of winning is part of the challenge.Are you planning on living a long and healthy life? A life free of aches and pains? A life full of excitement and adventure? Great, then understanding the odds... Read More

Pre-Diabetes: Check Engine Warning Light

Your car has an early detection system and so does your body. Take 3 minutes to read this article and learn how you can save yourself a life time of aches, pains, and costly medical bills.Have you ever had the "Check Engine" warning light come on in your car? Most... Read More

Santarus buys license to make diabetes drug for $5 mln
Reuters
O) said it bought manufacturing rights for an approved diabetes drug for an upfront fee of $5 million. Drugmakers S2Therapeutics Inc and VeroScience LLC ...
Santarus to Launch Drug for Type 2 DiabetesXconomy
Santarus, Geron: Volume MoversTheStreet.com
Santarus to Present at September Investment ConferencesMarketWatch (press release)
BioMedReports (subscription) (blog) -American Chronicle
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Fundraisers for juvenile diabetes on tap
South Bend Tribune
By May Lee Johnson Nathan Murray is a 12-year-old who knows all about juvenile diabetes — not by choice. He was diagnosed with it five years ago, ...
Immune System Genes Show Links to Type 1 DiabetesBusinessWeek
Local family raising money for diabetesDaily Herald
9/9 Business briefs: Fresh Market helps fight diabetesBradenton Herald
GoDanRiver.com -Danville Weekly -Little Chicago Review
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TheMedGuru
Study: Lack of sleep heightens diabetes risk
Silentnight Beds
Scientists at the University of Warwick found that the likelihood of developing diabetes was three times higher for the rest-deprived than for those who get ...
Sleep less than 6 hours a night? Hello, diabetes...CNET
Sleep less than 6 hours ups diabetes riskUPI.com
Short sleepers at risk of diabetesTimes of India
TheMedGuru -The Press Association -AHN | All Headline News
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CBC.ca
Diabetes association calls for provincial plan to curb disease
Toronto Sun
It's imperative for the Ontario government to develop an improved diabetes strategy to deal with Ontario's growing epidemic, ...
Diabetes could cost Ontario $7 billion a year by 2020CTV.ca
Diabetes costs to Ontario's economy 'staggering': ReportToronto Star
Diabetes could cost Ontario $7B a year by 2020: reportNational Post
Canada NewsWire (press release) -Benefits Canada
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Telegraph.co.uk
Medical Journal Urges UK to Pull Diabetes Drug Avandia
Wall Street Journal
The British Medical Journal on Monday said GlaxoSmithKline PLC's diabetes drug Avandia should never have been licensed and ...
GSK shares hit by diabetes drug warningTelegraph.co.uk
UK experts advised rosiglitazone withdrawal in JulyTheHeart.Org
UK regulators want Avandia diabetes pill pulledThe Associated Press
ABC News -Daily Mail -BBC News
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Diabetes support group
NorthJersey.com
Community Church of Cedar Grove invites residents of Cedar Grove and neighboring communities to join the adult diabetes support group. ...

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Dementia Warning Signs Identified in Type 2 Diabetics: Study
BusinessWeek
8 (HealthDay News) -- Three factors linked to cognitive deficits in older adults with type 2 diabetes have been identified in a new study. ...

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Dancing Mule's Cash & Cakes for American Diabetes Association
OzarksFirst.com (blog)
Join us for Dancing Mule Coffee's Cash and Cakes benefiting the American Diabetes Association on Sunday, October 3, 2010 from 8 am to Noon. ...

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George E. Hall Childhood Diabetes Foundation Founder to Ring the NASDAQ Stock ...
MarketWatch (press release)
George E. Hall Childhood Diabetes Foundation will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square. In honor of the occasion, George E. Hall, ...
George E. Hall Childhood Diabetes Foundation Founder To Ring The NASDAQ Stock ...TheStreet.com

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NDTV.com
Breastfeeding cuts diabetes risk
NDTV.com
Women who do not breastfeed their babies are more at risk of developing type-2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease, later in life than mothers who ...

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