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Craigieburn & District Diabetes Support Group meets on the first Thursdsy of the month, at 10am to 12noon. The venue is the Craigieburn Functions Lounge - Meeting Room, which is located behind the Hume Customer Service Centre building. Membership is free & refreshments are provided. Guest Speaker presentations on diabetes & health related issues. Other Group activites include a walking group ...

Bacchus Ball (noun): a night of lights, music and revelry-and a chance to make a difference; a place where partygoers, movers and shakers dance the night away while raising money and awareness for diabetes programs, services and education.

Doctors say early intervention is key to those most at risk for diabetes related vision loss.

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A hormone responsible for the body's stress response is also linked to the growth of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, according to JDRF- funded researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California. The findings are the latest advances to underscore the potential for regeneration as a key component of a possible cure for type 1 diabetes.

The medical establishment is about to get a dose of web 2.0-style medicine in the form of a crowdsourced, socially networked contest that opens the fight against Type 1 diabetes to the public at large...

( Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International ) A hormone responsible for the body's stress response is also linked to the growth of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, according to JDRF- funded researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California. The findings are the latest advances to underscore the potential for regeneration as a key component of a possible ...

A hormone responsible for the body's stress response is also linked to the growth of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, according to JDRF- funded researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California. The findings are the latest advances to underscore the potential for regeneration as a key component of a possible cure for type 1 diabetes.

The medical establishment is about to get a dose of web 2.0-style medicine in the form of a crowdsourced, socially networked contest that opens the fight against Type 1 diabetes to the public at large - and Harvard's medical research departments to each other - using InnoCentive's online challenge platform for competition and collaboration.

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Metformin XR (extended release formulation) -- a medication used to treat type 2 diabetes -- appears to cause a small but significant decrease in body mass index (BMI) in non-diabetic obese adolescents when combined with a lifestyle intervention program, according to a report.

British singer ALEXANDRA BURKE is on a strict diet - because she's terrified of developing diabetes.

Together with colleagues in Barcelona, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have generated a complete map of the areas of the genome that control which genes are "turned on" or "off." The discovery, made in pancreatic islet cells, opens new avenues for understanding the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes and other common illnesses. "Most of the human genome is uncharted ...

In recognition of Black History Month, House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn is urging African Americans with diabetes to get an annual diabetic eye exam during February. The message, released in a new public service announcement produced in conjunction with the American Academy of Ophthalmology's (AAO) EyeSmart campaign and the Stop Diabetessm movement of the American Diabetes Association ...

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) has approved the use of A1c as an additional diagnostic criterion for type 2 diabetes. An A1c of 6.5 or greater is now considered an alternate criterion for the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. The decision was announced in a position statement entitled "The AACE/ACE Statement on the Use of A1c for the Diagnosis of Diabetes." The position ...

About one-third of doctors and their patients with diabetes do not see eye to eye on the most important health conditions to manage, according to a survey by the University of Michigan Medical School. While both groups frequently ranked diabetes and hypertension among their top concerns, 38 percent of doctors were more likely to rank hypertension as the most important, while only 18 percent of ...

New research on Type 2 diabetes by Trinity College Dublin researchers could benefit young adults (aged 18-25 years) with the condition. The research led by Professor John Nolan of Trinity College Dublin and St James's Hospital, Dublin, has just been published online in the leading international journal, Diabetes Care¹. The study findings demonstrate new mechanisms in muscle cells that may ...

ONE third of Indians here have diabetes and could be at risk of eye diseases related to it. This is alarmingly more than those from India, where only one in five suffers from the disorder, in which blood-glucose levels are abnormally high because the body does not produce enough insulin or becomes resistant to its effects, said doctors.

Type 2 diabetes is often preceded by a condition called prediabetes, where blood glucose levels are raised - but not to the threshold that signals type 2 diabetes itself.

Members of Lizzie's Crusaders received the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Family Walk Trophy. Lizzie Kurowski, of Swansea, was diagnosed with type 1 (juvenile) diabetes two years ago.

British singer ALEXANDRA BURKE is on a strict diet - because she's terrified of developing diabetes.The Hallelujah hitmaker's grandmother died from complications from...

London, Feb 3 : Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have charted out a genetic map that has led to the discovery of hot spots of the genes involved in type 2 diabetes and other common illnesses.

Harvard Catalyst, an interdisciplinary health research organization, will launch a competition soliciting insights related to type 1 diabetes from all across the campus-an endeavor that organizers say will hopefully lead to diverse perspectives on the disease and its treatment.

About one-third of doctors and their patients with diabetes do not see eye to eye on the most important health conditions to manage, according to a survey by the University of Michigan Medical School.

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) today has approved the use of A1c as an additional diagnostic criterion for type 2 diabetes. An A1c of 6.5 or greater is now considered an alternate criterion for the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.

Fat tissue in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome produces an inadequate amount of the hormone that regulates how fats and glucose are processed, promoting increased insulin resistance and inflammation, glucose intolerance, and greater risk of diabetes and heart disease, according to a study conducted at the Center for Androgen-Related Research and Discovery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.