Vaccine reverses diabetes in mice

An experimental vaccine has prevented and reversed type 1 diabetes in laboratory animals, researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh reported Wednesday.

The vaccine has not been tested in humans, but researchers hope to begin clinical trials late next year. More...

Arthritis drug may help diabetes patients

Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center believe an anti-inflammatory drug called salsalate could help treat type 2 diabetes.

Researchers have also said they think the same drug can prevent the disease.

The paper appears in this month's issue of the journal Clinical and Translational Science.

The study mentions three other studies showing the commonly used arthritis medication salsalate helps lower blood sugar and reduces inflammation. More...

Cocoa can be 'boost to diabetics'

A cup of enriched cocoa may help improve the working of blood vessels in diabetic patients, research suggests.

Doctors prescribed three mugs of specially formulated cocoa a day for a month, and found "severely impaired" arteries regained normal function. More...

Erectile Dysfunction And Diabetes

"Men with diabetes who are having trouble keeping an erection could be at increased risk of serious heart problems", BBC News reported. It said that a study has found that those with erectile dysfunction are twice as likely as other men with diabetes to develop heart disease. This finding could apparently be used to "alert both patients and healthcare providers to the future risk of coronary heart disease". More...

Arthritis drug may help Type 2 diabetes patients

Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Centre have found that a drug used to treat arthritis can actually help in treating type 2 diabetes.

Salsalate, an anti inflammatory drug used for decades to treat arthritis can in fact help in treating type 2 diabetes by lowering blood sugar and reducing inflammation. More...

Diabetes drug to be limited over heart damage fears

THE prescribing of a drug widely used to treat diabetes is to be restricted after warnings which linked it to heart problems.

Drugs experts from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde – Scotland's biggest health board – have said only diabetes specialists should be allowed to begin treating a patient with Avandia. More...

Erectile Dysfunction Often a Sign of Heart Disease, Diabetes

Erectile dysfunction, once thought to have primarily psychological causes, is now recognized to often stem from physiological problems such as poor blood flow to the penis. Increasingly, research indicates that ED can be an early warning sign of coronary artery disease, which also results from obstructed blood flow and, if untreated, can lead to heart attacks and stroke. Recent studies—including two published online today—also link sagging erections to diabetes, which has negative effects on cardiovascular health. More than half of American men age 40 to 70 suffer from erectile dysfunction, so that's a lot of men who may be at risk of vascular disease—and may not realize it. More...

Pancreas transplant frees sufferer from diabetes

As the first adverts for the new Donate Wales – Tell A Loved One campaign are screened across Wales, Health Editor Madeleine Brindley met transplant patient Sara Griffiths

MOST of Sara Griffiths’ life has been regulated by four-times daily insulin injections to control her type 1 diabetes. More...

To fight diabetes, lose weight

With so many weightloss programs available, it's easy to become confused about what works and what doesn't when it comes to losing weight to lower the risk for type 2 diabetes. The National Diabetes Education Program states that people don't have to knock themselves out to lower their risk. In fact, the findings of a major study show that modest weight loss can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by more than half. More...

New drug for gestational diabetes

Women with gestational diabetes may soon be able to simply take a tablet to treat their condition. Doctors have proven the safety of anti-diabetic drug Metformin, and found the tablet has no adverse affects for mother or child. More...

Is niacin okay for people with diabetes?

Whenever I diagnose a patient with a new health problem, I make sure to ask him or her about the medications he or she is currently using—prescription, over-the-counter, and herbal. As the below question and answer, first published in the Harvard Heart Letter, outlines, a change in health status is a good time to review whether your medications need to change, too. More...

Transplanted Pig Cells: A Solution For Diabetes Sufferers?

At present, there are over fourteen million diabetes sufferers in the United States the Center for Disease Control estimates that another six million cases go undiagnosed. A recent series of articles in the New York Times suggested that diabetes and diabetes-related illnesses account for the nation’s number one cause of emergency room visits. In Type 1 diabetes the immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing “islet” cells located in the pancreas. Since islet cells cannot repair or reproduce themselves, researchers have been actively pursuing cell transplantation for diabetes. More...

Early Consumption of Cow's Milk may Boost Diabetes Risk

Babies fed with cow milk may be at a greater risk of developing type 1 diabetes in later life, says a new study.

A 1993 study conducted by Finish researchers had revealed that consuming dairy products early was linked to diabetes risk.

This is because beta-lactoglobulin, a protein in cow's stimulate babies to make antibodies that also attack glycodelin, a protein vital for training the immune system. Moe...

Diabetes Patients Are Less Likely to Exercise Due to Arthritis

More than half of adult diabetics in the U.S. also have arthritis, which causes joint pain that may prevent the exercise they need to stay healthy, a study found.

About 30 percent of people with both conditions were inactive, compared with 21 percent with diabetes alone and 17 percent with arthritis alone, according to the study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Just 11 percent of adults with neither condition were inactive. More...

Study: Big Hips, 'Bottom' May Protect Against Diabetes

A type of fat that accumulates around the hips and buttocks called subcutaneous fat helps to improve sensitivity to the hormone insulin, which regulates blood sugar, a study from Harvard researchers found. More...

Not All Fat Created Equal: Certain Body Fat Reduces Insulin Resistance

It has long been known that type 2 diabetes is linked to obesity, particularly fat inside the belly. Now, researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have found that fat from other areas of the body can actually reduce insulin resistance and improve insulin sensitivity. More...

Researchers trace diabetes complications to gene

A single gene called erythropoietin (EPO) helps raise the risk among diabetics of developing severe eye and kidney complications, a study released Monday said.

The University of Utah researchers compared 1,618 people suffering from the eye and kidney problems with 954 diabetic patients without the complications. They found that people with a mutant EPO gene had a higher risk of developing the two diseases. More...

FDA Approved All Natural Sweetener, the Perfect Product for Diabetes and Obesity

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) recently approved an artificial sweetener made from all natural crops such as wheat, rice, corn, potatoes, barley etc. Besides being an ingredient that can replace sugar in thousands of products it is the perfect product for the diabetic and obesity market. More...

Could Aspirin Help Fight Diabetes?

Salicylates, substances like aspirin, may help obese people produce insulin, which could help them fight diabetes, researchers said.People who are overweight can develop insulin resistance, where the body stops responding to the substance, which moderates blood sugar. Resistance is considered a step toward type 2 diabetes. More...

Diabetes Link To Alzheimer's Disease Explained

Diabetic individuals have a significantly higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease but the molecular connection between the two remains unexplained. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies identified the probable molecular basis for the diabetes -- Alzheimer's interaction. More...