Diabetes News Archive

SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - May 7, 2010) - Diazyme Laboratories announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Diazyme 510(k) clearance to market its SMART HbA1c Assay on its new SMART Point of Care System for diabetes monitoring. The SMART HbA1c Assay offers rapid testing capabilities and is based on Diazyme's proprietary Direct Enzymatic HbA1c assay technology ...

People with diabetes-related nerve damage may experience worse pain in the evening hours, preliminary research suggests.

When you have diabetes, keeping track of your blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol levels can help cut your risk of life-threatening heart disease.

FRIDAY, May 7 (HealthDay News) -- Black children with type 1 diabetes score higher than whites with similar blood glucose levels on a critical test, potentially leading their physicians to give them the wrong treatment, a new study says.

On Saturday, May 15, Agape Faith Ministries, a faith based organization dedicated to serving the metro Washington, DC community, will be hosting their first annual Community Health and Wellness day to help fight childhood obesity and diabetes in the urban community.

Most women with gestational diabetes know that taking steps to manage the disease during pregnancy is critical for the health of both mother and child. What many women don't realize is that those steps need to continue even after the baby is born. Women who have had gestational diabetes are at increased risk for developing diabetes in the future, and their child is also at increased risk for ...

Forty years ago a Philadelphia mother started a foundation for juvenile diabetes that has since had a world-wide impact.

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OTCBB: ORMP), a developer of alternative drug delivery systems, reported results for the recently completed Phase 2b non-FDA clinical trial of its flagship oral insulin capsule, ORMD-0801. The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-centered study conducted in South Africa evaluated responses of 29 Type 2 diabetes patients to ORMD-0801. Insulin-loaded or ...

Screenings are being offered in Brownsville and California Monday and Tuesday for the final round of the REACT diabetes and heart disease prevention study being done in the region.

Purchases of cholesterol and diabetes prescription drugs by elderly Medicare beneficiaries reached nearly $19 billion in 2007, equating to about one-fourth of the approximately $82 billion spent for medications for the elderly, says the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).