Type 2 Diabetes News and Research

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New research shows increase risk of cardiovascular disease for people on low-carbohydrate high-fat diets

New scientific research has shown that low-carbohydrate high-fat diets, made popular by the likes of the Atkins diet, do not achieve more weight loss than low-fat high-carbohydrate diets. Worryingly, the research, lead by Dr Steven Hunter from the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, also shows significantly increased risks of cardiovascular disease for people following low-carbohydrate high-fat diets

9 Dec 2009

CIDR utilizes Isilon scale-out NAS for genotyping and statistical genetics services

Isilon Systems today announced that the Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) at Johns Hopkins University is using Isilon scale-out NAS to power its leading-edge genotyping and statistical genetics services, which generate up to three terabytes of new data per day.

9 Dec 2009

Additional data from ChemoCentryx' study of Traficet-EN in Crohn's disease patients

In addition to data released in late November, ChemoCentryx, Inc., announced today more data from the Company's PROTECT-1 (the Prospective Randomized Oral Therapy Evaluation in Crohn's disease Trial) of Traficet-EN(TM) (CCX282-B) in patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease.

8 Dec 2009

Findings shed light on the genetic origins of diabetes

Pediatric researchers have found that a gene already implicated in the development of type 2 diabetes in adults also raises the risk of being overweight during childhood. The finding sheds light on the genetic origins of diabetes and may present an avenue for developing drugs to counteract the disease, which has been on the upswing in childhood and adolescence.

8 Dec 2009

New research finding sheds light on the genetic origins of diabetes

8 Dec 2009

New tool to determine the economic impact of diabetes on Canadian society

In a report released today, An Economic Tsunami: The Cost of Diabetes in Canada, the Canadian Diabetes Association has introduced an important new tool in the fight against diabetes in Canada: the Canadian Diabetes Cost Model.

7 Dec 2009

New approach to protein misfolding may lead to novel therapies for a number of diseases

In an encouraging new development, a team led by Scripps Research Institute scientists has restored partial function to lung cells collected from patients with cystic fibrosis. While there is still much work to be done before the therapy can be tested in humans, the discovery opens the door to a new class of therapies for this and a host of other chronic diseases.

7 Dec 2009

Bayer Diabetes Care announces the winners of 'Express Your Simple Win Creativity Contest'

Bayer Diabetes Care today announced the three grand prize winners of Bayer's "Express Your Simple Win Creativity Contest." Nick Jonas, of the Jonas Brothers, selected the winning video entries submitted by children with diabetes from across the country.

5 Dec 2009

Club Red Clinic offers preventive care for women with cardiovascular risk factors

When the University of Virginia Health System's new Club Red Clinic was on the drawing board, its organizers envisioned creating an innovative, cost-effective model for healthcare delivery. In a bold move, they decided to meld two timely healthcare concepts - prevention and shared medical appointments (SMAs) - into a unique clinical offering that has garnered overwhelmingly positive feedback from patients.

5 Dec 2009

FDA approves Santarus’ NDA for immediate-release prescription tablet product

Santarus, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company’s New Drug Application (NDA) for immediate-release omeprazole/sodium bicarbonate/ magnesium hydroxide tablets in 40 mg and 20 mg dosage strengths of omeprazole.

5 Dec 2009

Rituximab drug may reduce long-term complications of type 1 diabetes

New findings by UT Southwestern researchers suggest that a drug already used to treat autoimmune disorders might also help slow the destruction of insulin-producing cells in patients recently diagnosed with insulin-dependent (type 1) diabetes.

4 Dec 2009

New Center for Digestive Care to care for all aspects of digestive disease

The Center for Digestive Care at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center has been established with a mission to provide high-quality patient care, research and education for all aspects of digestive disease.

4 Dec 2009

Type 2 diabetics with CAD experience greater antiplatelet activity with prasugrel compared to clopidogrel

Results from a new study showed patients with type 2 diabetes who also had coronary artery disease (CAD) experienced greater antiplatelet activity with the investigational antiplatelet drug prasugrel compared to Plavix(R) (clopidogrel). Patients who received a 60 mg loading dose and 10 mg maintenance dose of prasugrel achieved significantly greater platelet inhibition compared with a 600 mg loading dose and 150 mg maintenance dose of Plavix.

4 Dec 2009

Detroit Science Center launches "Diabetes: A Deeper Look" traveling exhibit

In the United States, a person is diagnosed with diabetes every 21 seconds. On December 5, 2009, the Detroit Science Center will debut its newest exhibit, Diabetes: A Deeper Look, to help answer questions that the public might have about diabetes, diabetes treatment and the role insulin plays in the body.

4 Dec 2009

Viral Genetics to develop drug therapies for immune-related disorders and diseases

The University of Colorado and Viral Genetics Inc., recently executed an exclusive license agreement that expands on its previous agreement allowing Viral Genetics to develop treatments for autoimmune diseases, graft rejection, HIV, and cancer based on the work of M. Karen Newell, Ph.D., a professor of biology at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

4 Dec 2009

Sulphonylureas, an antidiabetic drug, carries greater risk of heart failure and death compared to metformin

Research: Risk of cardiovascular disease and all cause mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes prescribed oral antidiabetes drugs: Retrospective cohort study using UK general practice research database

4 Dec 2009

Shorter amyloid fibres more toxic than longer counterparts, says study

A major discovery is challenging accepted thinking about amyloids - the fibrous protein deposits associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's - and may open up a potential new area for therapeutics.

4 Dec 2009

Breastfeeding a child may lower a woman's risk of developing Metabolic Syndrome

Breastfeeding a child may lower a woman's risk of developing Metabolic Syndrome, a condition linked to heart disease and diabetes in women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that was published today online ahead of print and will appear in the February issue of Diabetes, a journal of the American Diabetes Association.

4 Dec 2009

Report on the type 2 diabetes drug market in Brazil

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, forecasts that the type 2 diabetes drug market in Brazil will grow from $417 million in 2008 to $834 million in 2013.

3 Dec 2009

Breastfeeding reduces a woman's risk of developing Metabolic Syndrome

3 Dec 2009

Type 2 Diabetes News and Research

Latest Type 2 Diabetes News and Research

New research shows increase risk of cardiovascular disease for people on low-carbohydrate high-fat diets

CIDR utilizes Isilon scale-out NAS for genotyping and statistical genetics services

Additional data from ChemoCentryx' study of Traficet-EN in Crohn's disease patients

Findings shed light on the genetic origins of diabetes

New research finding sheds light on the genetic origins of diabetes

New tool to determine the economic impact of diabetes on Canadian society

New approach to protein misfolding may lead to novel therapies for a number of diseases

Bayer Diabetes Care announces the winners of 'Express Your Simple Win Creativity Contest'

Club Red Clinic offers preventive care for women with cardiovascular risk factors

FDA approves Santarus’ NDA for immediate-release prescription tablet product

Rituximab drug may reduce long-term complications of type 1 diabetes

New Center for Digestive Care to care for all aspects of digestive disease

Type 2 diabetics with CAD experience greater antiplatelet activity with prasugrel compared to clopidogrel

Detroit Science Center launches "Diabetes: A Deeper Look" traveling exhibit

Viral Genetics to develop drug therapies for immune-related disorders and diseases

Sulphonylureas, an antidiabetic drug, carries greater risk of heart failure and death compared to metformin

Shorter amyloid fibres more toxic than longer counterparts, says study

Breastfeeding a child may lower a woman's risk of developing Metabolic Syndrome

Report on the type 2 diabetes drug market in Brazil

Breastfeeding reduces a woman's risk of developing Metabolic Syndrome

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