Type 1 Diabetes News and Research

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AHRQ releases free evidence-based guides for eight health conditions

HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality today released a series of free evidence-based guides designed to help Spanish speakers understand and compare the risks, benefits and side effects of treatments for eight health conditions.

7 Sep 2010

UCSF scientists to receive two grants for personalized medicine research

UCSF scientists will receive two grants totaling $15.1 million over the next five years to expand their research into how genes affect an individual's response to medication and to strengthen a global network of researchers involved in these efforts.

7 Sep 2010

Short sleep duration associated with elevated risk of diabetes, heart disease and stroke

People who sleep less than six hours a night may be three times more likely to develop a condition which leads to diabetes and heart disease, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.

7 Sep 2010

GI Dynamics announces data on EndoBarrier therapy for type 2 diabetes, obesity

GI Dynamics, a leader in non-surgical, endoscopic treatments for type 2 diabetes and obesity, today announced data with the EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner at 12 months showing significant weight loss and cardiovascular and metabolic improvements in obese patients.

7 Sep 2010

RWJF unites civil rights organizations to reverse childhood obesity

A $2 million initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is bringing together five civil rights organizations with the prominence and strength to help reverse childhood obesity, especially in African-American and Latino communities where the epidemic continues to hit hardest.

7 Sep 2010

Majority of Americans still unable to lose weight, researchers say

Only about one in every six Americans who have ever been overweight or obese loses weight and maintains that loss, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

4 Sep 2010

Community-Academic Partnership program for healthy lifestyle promotion among DD patients

Many people with developmental disability are sedentary and obese, have poor diet, and consequently suffer from conditions such as cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Promoting healthy lifestyles for this group is the aim of a new project that teams University of Illinois at Chicago researchers with two community-based nonprofit organizations in Albuquerque, N.M. and suburban Chicago.

3 Sep 2010

Three ways to de-program the 1950s obesity trinity underlying current obesity epidemic

In a first person paper published in the August 27, 2010 issue of Childhood Obesity, Dr. Melinda Sothern, Director of Health Promotion and Professor of Public Health at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, provides three ways to de-program the 1950s obesity trinity underlying the current obesity epidemic in the United States and protect future generations from its health consequences.

3 Sep 2010

Fresh Market's 16th Annual Sidewalk Sale to benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

The Fresh Market will hold its 16th annual "Hope Floats" Sidewalk Sale on September 10 through September 12, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). The Fresh Market's stores, located in 20 states across the Southeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, will offer root beer floats, hot dogs, gourmet cookies and ice cream sundaes in exchange for a donation to JDRF in support of its mission to find a cure for diabetes and its complications.

3 Sep 2010

Study reveals factors linked to cognitive impairment in Type 2 diabetes

Older adults with diabetes who have high blood pressure, walk slowly or lose their balance, or believe they're in bad health, are significantly more likely to have weaker memory and slower, more rigid cognitive processing than those without these problems, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association.

3 Sep 2010

Discovery of omega-3 fatty acid molecular mechanism paves way for development of dietary remedy for diabetes

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified the molecular mechanism that makes omega-3 fatty acids so effective in reducing chronic inflammation and insulin resistance.

3 Sep 2010

Diabetes drug metformin exhibits potential against tobacco-induced lung tumors

Metformin, a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, shows potential in the prevention of tobacco-induced lung tumors, according to early research conducted at the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

3 Sep 2010

Halozyme initiates Ultrafast Insulin combination Phase 2 studies with rHuPH20

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. today announced the initiation of two Phase 2 Ultrafast Insulin treatment studies that utilize its rHuPH20 hyaluronidase enzyme (PH20) in combination with the two leading commercially available mealtime analogs: insulin aspart, the active ingredient in NovoLog®, and insulin lispro, the active ingredient in Humalog®.

2 Sep 2010

Orexigen and Takeda partner to develop, commercialize Contrave in US, Canada and Mexico

Orexigen® Therapeutics, Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, today announced that they have entered into an exclusive partnership to develop and commercialize Contrave® (naltrexone SR/bupropion SR), Orexigen's investigational drug for the treatment of obesity, in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

2 Sep 2010

Chronic insomnia with objectively measured short sleep duration associated with increased mortality in men

A study in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP found an elevated risk of death in men with a complaint of chronic insomnia and an objectively measured short sleep duration. The results suggest that public health policy should emphasize the diagnosis and appropriate treatment of chronic insomnia.

2 Sep 2010

More patients research their own diseases, seek to manage chronic conditions

News outlets report on how the delivery of health care is being changed by empowered patients.

2 Sep 2010

GI Dynamics, Elemental Healthcare sign agreement for distribution of EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner

GI Dynamics, a leader in non-surgical, endoscopic treatments for type 2 diabetes and obesity, today announced it has entered into a new agreement with Elemental Healthcare, based in Hungerford, Berkshire, for the distribution of the EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland.

2 Sep 2010

MEND 7-13 Program improves obesity management in children

The MEND 7-13 Program today announced statistically significant results from 2009/2010 US Community Implementation Data. This preliminary data is the first to come from a US population and is further evidence that programs achieve positive outcomes and are welcomed by communities.

30 Aug 2010

Research: Impact of seafood components on human health

Seafood has an enormous potential to promote health. At the same time the opportunities for innovation and value creation are huge. Knowledge and documentation are the keys to success.

27 Aug 2010

Women who breastfeed are at lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Mothers who did not breastfeed their children have significantly higher rates of type 2 diabetes later in life than moms who breastfed, report University of Pittsburgh researchers in a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Medicine.

27 Aug 2010

Type 1 Diabetes News and Research

Latest Type 1 Diabetes News and Research

AHRQ releases free evidence-based guides for eight health conditions

UCSF scientists to receive two grants for personalized medicine research

Short sleep duration associated with elevated risk of diabetes, heart disease and stroke

GI Dynamics announces data on EndoBarrier therapy for type 2 diabetes, obesity

RWJF unites civil rights organizations to reverse childhood obesity

Majority of Americans still unable to lose weight, researchers say

Community-Academic Partnership program for healthy lifestyle promotion among DD patients

Three ways to de-program the 1950s obesity trinity underlying current obesity epidemic

Fresh Market's 16th Annual Sidewalk Sale to benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Study reveals factors linked to cognitive impairment in Type 2 diabetes

Discovery of omega-3 fatty acid molecular mechanism paves way for development of dietary remedy for diabetes

Diabetes drug metformin exhibits potential against tobacco-induced lung tumors

Halozyme initiates Ultrafast Insulin combination Phase 2 studies with rHuPH20

Orexigen and Takeda partner to develop, commercialize Contrave in US, Canada and Mexico

Chronic insomnia with objectively measured short sleep duration associated with increased mortality in men

More patients research their own diseases, seek to manage chronic conditions

GI Dynamics, Elemental Healthcare sign agreement for distribution of EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner

MEND 7-13 Program improves obesity management in children

Research: Impact of seafood components on human health

Women who breastfeed are at lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes

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