Diabetes News Archive

Copyright © 2009 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. (HealthDay News) -- If you have diabetes, you need more than just a primary care doctor to help manage your health.

The Triangle/Eastern Carolina Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation will host a breakfast forum on Wednesday, March 11, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. for North Carolina business leaders.

CMS on Thursday announced that it will cover bariatric surgery for Medicare beneficiaries who are morbidly obese and have type 2 diabetes, CQ HealthBeat reports. Individuals with a body mass index of at least 35 are considered morbidly obese. A BMI of between 18.5 and 25 is considered normal.

(ARA) - Want to lower your risk for type 2 diabetes and heart disease? Managing your cholesterol can help. But cholesterol, a type of fat in your blood, can be confusing. For example, one kind of cholesterol clogs your arteries. Another kind helps remove the bad cholesterol from your body.

DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of Global Markets Direct's new report "Europe Diabetes Care Devices Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2012" to their offering.

Counties Manukau has a new renal centre to deal with unprecedented demand on services because of diabetes. A quarter of New Zealanders who are receiving dialysis for kidney failure, which often occurs in the later stages of diabetes, live in the region.

(HealthDay News) -- If you have diabetes, you need more than just a primary care doctor to help manage your health. The American Diabetes Association says other specialists...

(HealthDay News) -- If you have diabetes, you need more than just a primary care doctor to help manage your health.

(HealthDay News) -- If you have diabetes, you need more than just a primary care doctor to help manage your health.

ROGERSVILLE - The prestigious American Diabetes Association Recognition Certificate for a quality diabetes self-management education program was awarded to Rural Health Services Consortium, Inc. (Hawkins Medical Center) on December 19, 2008. This ADA certification is awarded to medical groups for offering high quality diabetes education which is an essential component of effective treatment.

GlaxoSmithKline announced initiation and dosing of the first patient of the Phase III clinical trial programme to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of the investigational GLP-1 (Glucagon-like peptide 1) agonist Syncria(R) (albiglutide) in men and women with type 2 diabetes. The Phase III programme will include more than 4,000 patients.

The American Diabetes Association, the nation's largest and leading voluntary health organization in the fight against diabetes, is pleased to announce the newest members of its Research Foundation Board of Directors.

TEL AVIV, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries , the world's biggest generic drug maker, has decided to exercise an option to invest $10.5 million in Andromeda Biotech, which is developing a treatment for juvenile diabetes. The deal, which will see Teva's stake rise to 10 percent from 3 percent, values Andromeda at $100 million, Israel's Clal Biotechnology Industries, which owns 97 ...

TEL AVIV, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries , the world's biggest generic drug maker, has decided to exercise an option to invest $10.5 million in Andromeda Biotech, which is developing a treatment for juvenile diabetes.

(ARA) - Nick Jonas, the youngest member of the Jonas Brothers, knows first hand that being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes is life changing. He also knows, however, that a diabetes diagnosis does not necessarily need to be life restricting.

Regular aerobic exercise helps prevent diabetes. But if you don't have time for several lengthy workout sessions each week, researchers have come up with a speed-dial approach to diabetes prevention.