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(HealthDay)—New guidelines meant to provide type 2 diabetes patients with truly individualized care have been issued by the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-diabetes-patients-voice-treatment-experts.html Diabetes Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:28:59 EST news268399731 (HealthDay)—In the treatment of patients with chronic diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP), there are no significant differences in pain-relief efficacy between amitriptyline, duloxetine, and pregabalin; however, pregabalin improves sleep continuity and duloxetine improves daytime functioning, according to research published online Sept. 18 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-drugs-similar-efficacy-neuropathic-pain.html Diabetes Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:54:00 EST news267886411 The antidiabetic drug metformin is not prescribed for patients with reduced kidney function because the risk of adverse effects has been regarded as unacceptably high. A study at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has found that the risks have been substantially overrated. As a result, many more patients with diabetes may be able to enjoy the benefits of the medication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-considerably-patients-benefit-effective-antidiabetic.html Diabetes Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:23:08 EST news267099779 Pricking a finger everyday is just part of everyday life for many diabetes patients. A non-invasive measurement approach could release them from the constant pain of pin pricks. The linchpin is a biosensor engineered by Fraunhofer researchers: A tiny chip combines measurement and digital analysis – and can be radioed to a mobile device. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-glucose-needle.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:30:22 EST news265998600 (HealthDay)—Patients with type 2 diabetes who take metformin do not have a reduced risk of lung cancer, in contrast to previous observational studies, according to a study published online Aug. 24 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-lung-cancer-unaffected-metformin-diabetes.html Diabetes Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:38:46 EST news265563490 (HealthDay) -- High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is an independent risk factor for the development of diabetic nephropathy, but not retinopathy, in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to research published online Aug. 13 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-hdl-cholesterol-ups-diabetic-nephropathy.html Diabetes Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:20:01 EST news264871069 (HealthDay) -- Among patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC), those with pre-existing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) for longer than five years have an increased mortality risk, according to a study published online Aug. 1 in Cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-long-term-diabetes-ups-pancreatic-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:27:15 EST news264259581 (HealthDay) -- Statin use, which is substantially higher in patients with type 2 diabetes, correlates with an increased risk of age-related (AR) cataracts, according to a study published in the August issue of Optometry and Vision Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-cataract-statin-users-diabetes.html Diabetes Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:00:01 EST news264090667 A popular class of diabetes drugs increases patients' risk of bladder cancer, according to a new study published online this month in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that patients taking thiazolidinedione (TZDs) drugs – which account for up to 20 percent of the drugs prescribed to diabetics in the United States -- are two to three times more likely to develop bladder cancer than those who took a sulfonylurea drug, another common class of medications for diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-diabetes-drugs-million-americans-bladder.html Medications Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:36:47 EST news264087398 Almost half of adults with type 2 diabetes report acute and chronic pain, and close to one quarter report neuropathy, fatigue, depression, sleep disturbance and physical or emotional disability, according to a study of more than 13,000 adults conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, the University of California, San Francisco and the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, Calif. The researchers also found significant rates of shortness of breath, nausea and constipation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-diabetes-patients-acute-chronic-pain.html Diabetes Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:20:09 EST news263640002 (HealthDay) -- A new drug for type 2 diabetes causes significantly less weight gain and may carry lower risks for hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), heart attack and stroke than standard medications, a new study indicates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-linagliptin-noninferior-glimepiride-diabetes.html Diabetes Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:05:05 EST news260125485 Being physically fit may improve survival rates among diabetes patients with a particular type of heart abnormality, a new study determines. The results will be presented at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-physical-survival-diabetes-patients-heart.html Diabetes Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:14:42 EST news259838044 Compared to another popular drug, three widely used diabetes medications are associated with a greater risk of death, a large new analysis finds. The results will be presented at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-common-diabetes-drugs-death.html Diabetes Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:50:01 EST news259835547 Some experimental diabetes treatments in late testing offer patients hope of better controlling their blood sugar and weight and preventing dangerously low blood sugar, all big challenges for millions of diabetics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-experimental-diabetes-drugs-patients.html Diabetes Mon, 11 Jun 2012 03:56:07 EST news258605418 (HealthDay) -- For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), those with metabolic syndrome (MetS) have increased arterial stiffness but no increase in endothelial dysfunction, compared to those without MetS, according to a study published online May 29 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-metabolic-syndrome-linked-arterial-stiffness.html Diabetes Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:38:17 EST news258050289 Type 2 diabetes is popularly associated with obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. However, just as there are obese people without type 2 diabetes, there are lean people with the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-jack-spratt-diabetes-gene.html Genetics Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:40:02 EST news257762388 (Medical Xpress) -- A Yale University-led research team has developed a way to measure the loss of insulin-producing islet cells in the human pancreas. The death of those beta cells leads to diabetes. The finding is a crucial step in developing therapies to preserve insulin production and slow or halt the progress of diabetes. The study appears in the June issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-diabetes-loss-human-pancreas-cells.html Medical research Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:44:59 EST news257751721 A review of data from seven clinical trials suggests that intensive glucose control is associated with reduced risk of microalbuminuria and macroalbuminuria (conditions characterized by excessive levels of protein in the urine usually resulting from damage to the filtering units of the kidneys), according to a report published in the May 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-aggressively-glucose-kidney-failure-diabetes.html Diabetes Mon, 28 May 2012 16:00:29 EST news257416064 (HealthDay) -- Healthier lifestyles and better disease management led to a sharp drop in death rates for Americans with diabetes between 1997 and 2006, especially deaths caused by heart disease and stroke, a new federal government report shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-deaths-linked-diabetes.html Diabetes Tue, 22 May 2012 18:40:02 EST news256929395 Around 1 in 50 people in the general population and 1 in 6 of those aged over 40 years experience neuropathy (damage to the nerves of the peripheral nervous system), which can cause numbness, tingling, pain, or weakness. The most common cause of neuropathy is diabetes, and up to half of diabetes patients can be affected. Currently, among the only treatments for neuropathy are glucose control (which often only delays it) and pain management. Yet less than half of patients are treated for pain, despite the availability of many effective therapies . Growing evidence suggests that various metabolic risk factors, including prediabetes, could be linked with neuropathy and thus be targets for new disease-modifying drugs. The issues are discussed in a Review in the June issue of The Lancet Neurology, by Dr Brian C Callaghan and colleagues, all of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-metabolic-factors-linked-diabetes-related-pain.html Neuroscience Thu, 17 May 2012 18:30:03 EST news256493392 The benefits of a one-off group education programme for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes are not sustained over the long term, concludes a study published on BMJ today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-term-impact-group-diabetes-patients.html Diabetes Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:30:02 EST news254672945 (HealthDay) -- Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) appears to affect the risk of cardiovascular disease even in type 1 diabetes patients with normal albumin excretion rates, according to a study published online April 12 in Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-cv-autonomic-neuropathy-cvd-albumin.html Cardiology Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:30:01 EST news254024521 A new joint study by Group Health Research Institute and Bastyr University Research Institute found that type 2 diabetes patients who received naturopathic care (as an adjunct to conventional care) had lower blood-sugar levels, better eating and exercise habits, improved moods, and a stronger sense of control over their condition than did patients receiving only conventional care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-naturopathic-blood-sugar-mood-diabetes.html Diabetes Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:14:52 EST news253973681 The impaired substrate metabolism of diabetes patients is often expressed in an increase in fatty deposits in the cells of the heart muscle. Until now, the exact cause of this was unknown. Now, Austrian researchers at the MedUni Vienna in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism of MedUni Vienna in cooperation with the MR Centre of Excellence Vienna have shown that high blood sugar in combination with high levels of insulin – not an influx of fats – results in such deposits within a few hours. This could form the basis for even more heart-friendly treatments of diabetes patients, especially in the early stages of the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-fatty-deposits-hearts-diabetes-patients.html Diabetes Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:06:23 EST news253785971 (HealthDay) -- For patients with type 2 diabetes, substitution of sucrose with isomaltulose is not associated with improved glycemic control (measured by hemoglobin A1c [HbA1c] levels) at 12 weeks, according to a study published online April 9 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-isomaltulose-doesnt-glycemic-diabetes.html Diabetes Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:40:01 EST news253540617 (HealthDay) -- For patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who are treated with aspirin, isoprostanes are overproduced, which is linked with enhanced platelet recruitment, according to a study published online March 16 in Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-aspirin-platelet-isoprostanes-diabetes.html Diabetes Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:40:39 EST news251732392 Intervention by peer mentors has a statistically significant effect on improving glucose control in African American veterans with diabetes, according to a study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP). Full results of the study were published in the March 20th issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-health-benefits-african-american-veterans.html Diabetes Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:24:40 EST news251396672 (HealthDay) -- A gene expression profile in peripheral blood correlates with glycemic control in the first year for patients recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published online March 8 in Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-gene-profile-glycemia-diabetes.html Diabetes Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:27:16 EST news251126828 (HealthDay) -- There is an increase in both the prevalence and levels of islet antigen-2 and zinc transporter 8, as well as in autoantibodies, in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients during a period of rising disease incidence, according to a study published in the March issue of Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-shift-islet-antibody-positivity-diabetes.html Diabetes Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:20:01 EST news249914555 In a study published last week in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, a team led by Dr. Vincent Poitout of the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM)* has made an important step forward in understanding how insulin secretion is regulated in the body. This discovery has important implications for drugs currently in development to treat Type 2 diabetes, a disease which is diagnosed every 10 seconds somewhere throughout the world. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-pave-treatment-diabetes.html Diabetes Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:12:52 EST news247831963