Diabetes News Archive

Routine dental treatment can reduce blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes who have preexisting gum disease.

DOHA: Around 100 staff of Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company recently attended a diabetes awareness session organised jointly with Qatar Diabetes Association (QDA).

WOONSOCKET, R.I., May 11 (UPI) -- U.S. drugstore chain CVS Caremark has expanded its customer loyalty card to provide extra benefits for diabetes patients, company officials said.

A study to be published in the latest issue of The Cochrane Library and led by researchers at the University of Edinburgh and supported by colleagues at the Peninsula Dental School, the University of Ottawa and UCL Eastman Dental Institute, suggests that the treatment of serious gum (periodontal) disease in diabetics with Type 2 diabetes may lower their blood sugar levels.

Routine dental treatment can reduce blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes who have gum disease.

In what is being termed as a major breakthrough, scientists are clinically trying a new drug which shows potential of stalling and reversing type-1 diabetes in less than one week's time.

( The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry ) A study to be published in the latest issue of the Cochrane Library and led by researchers at the University of Edinburgh and supported by colleagues at the Peninsula Dental School, the University of Ottawa and UCL Eastman Dental Institute, suggests that the treatment of serious gum (periodontal) disease in diabetics with type 2 diabetes may ...

Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company and Qatar Diabetes Association (QDA) have jointly hosted an awareness session for staff on helping to improve the lives of people with diabetes and those at risk to avoid getting the disease.

TORONTO - A leading Canadian drug safety researcher and the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen have called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to pull the plug on a major international trial of a controversial diabetes drug, Avandia.

Title: Bran Intake Helps Those With Diabetes Category: Health News Created: 5/10/2010 4:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 5/11/2010

People with diabetes are at increased risk of a common type of abnormal heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation, new research shows.

In the first study of its type, Australian researchers have shown that healthy people with a genetic predisposition to Type 2 diabetes gain more weight overeating over the short term than their non-genetically-prone counterparts. In a 28-day study undertaken at Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research, scientists set out to mimic the kind of overfeeding that typically takes place during ...

WOONSOCKET, R.I., May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, CVS/pharmacy announces ExtraCare Advantage for Diabetes, a new program available to ExtraCare cardholders which provides savings and rewards on the purchase of over-the-counter diabetes-related products in addition to wellness education benefits.

WOONSOCKET, R.I., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 24 million Americans - about one out of every 10 adults over the age of 20 - have diabetes(1).

The short supply of highly qualified teachers and an alarming number of students exhibiting diabetes symptoms are among the biggest challenges facing the Commonwealth's Public School System, according to the islands' top education official.

Stamford , CT , May 9, 2010 - Medics SOS is a company that stands out among diabetes and medical alert companies because of its medical alert bracelets and necklaces contain more than an emergency call button.

In what could be called a major breakthrough, scientists have developed a new drug which they claim could halt diabetes in its tracks in just six days.

In this German prospective representative study of patients with type 2 diabetes, baseline depression predicted problems with medication adherence, problems with health-related behaviors, and unsatisfactory glycemic control at follow-up. Findings regarding the degree to which depression may exert a negative impact on glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes are inconsistent. A group of ...

LEWES -- Beebe Medical Center will launch a new insulin pump education program on June 1 designed to help people with diabetes better manage their disease.