Diabetes news 2006-06-06

What stem cell research strives to achieve is the cultivating and nurturing of stem cells, the basic cell of the body, enabling it to be reproduced to other specific part of the body. The implications are obvious, limbs and organs could be grown from scratch in a lab, and then used in transplants or to cure illnesses. By providing the raw material for virtually every kind of human tissue, new treatments for a wide range of human diseases including diabetes, heart disease, some forms of cancer, and Parkinsons disease can now be developed.

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Serum HER-2/neu Change Predicts Clinical Outcome to Trastuzumab-Based Therapy

The standard method for determining HER-2/neu status is by testing tissue from the primary tumor, usually involving an invasive procedure. A simple blood test to determine serum HER-2/neu levels during the course of therapy is complementary to tissue testing because continuous monitoring of serum concentrations of HER-2/neu allows physicians to follow disease progression and therapy response, thereby guiding on-going treatment decisions. The Serum HER-2/neu Test is the only test that can track a womans HER-2/neu level once she is diagnosed with MBC regardless of whether the treatment is hormone therapy, chemotherapy or trastuzumab-based therapy because it is a serum biomarker for HER-2/neu positive tumors.

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Bayer HealthCare, a member of the Bayer Group (NYSE: BAY) , announced findings from a study using Bayer Diagnostics Serum HER-2/neu Test that demonstrated metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients whose serum HER-2/neu levels decreased by less than 20 percent experienced decreased benefit from trastuzumab-based therapy. The data, from a pooled analysis of seven clinical trials in the United

Women who had a positive fFN test - suggesting the body may have been preparing for natural labor - were 38 percent more likely to deliver vaginally within 24 hours of the inductions start than those with no detectable fFN. And women with negative fFN tests were 29 percent more likely to wind up getting a C-section.

Many doctors check for fFN o help determine if women experiencing preterm contractions - between weeks 24 and 34 of pregnancy- really are going into early labor or are having a false alarm. If the fFN test is negative, those women have less than a 1 percent chance of giving birth in the next two weeks, and may be sent home with the warning to call a doctor if symptoms change.

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Moua is well versed in the reasons many Hmong are averse to Western medical care. Some, she says, are rooted in a different worldview about how the body functions and its purpose. "Hmong people believe that when theyre born thats all the blood theyll have," she says. "If theyre skinny and they get sick and the doctor wants to take a blood test, they believe theyll lose blood and are afraid theyll feel more weak and black out. "

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If a parent disputes a familial connection with a child, a caseworker can call for a genetic test right there in the office. A nurse uses a cotton swab to collect a small cell specimen from inside the mouth of the man, and sends it to a laboratory in New Orleans. A test costs usd. 210, and the county receives results in about three weeks.

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The Puget Sound celebration allows veteran and beginning cyclists to learn the latest about bicycling and bicycle travel.

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A second study published in Diabetes Care finds that teenagers with Type 2 diabetes have higher rates of hypertension and early signs of kidney disease than those with Type 1 diabetes. According to study authors, the results indicate that physicians should test teens with Type 2 diabetes for complications.

Source: Anita Manning, "Study: 73M have diabetes or are at risk in U. S. " USA Today ; based upon: Catherine C. Cowie et al. , "Prevalence of Diabetes and Impaired Fasting Glucose in Adults in the U. S. Population: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002," Diabetes Care, Volume 29, Number .

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Ed Marakovitz , executive director of the community organization Chelsea Collaborative , said Pe and no. xF1;a is the latest example -- a huge one" -- of the type of leadership that can come out of their city.

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AADE and AACE convened the Diabetes Roundtable in , to discuss ways to improve outcomes for type 2 diabetes. The multidisciplinary group of health care professionals includes experts in endocrinology, diabetes education, primary care and behavioral science. In addition to Dr. Sethu Reddy and Donna Rice, other members of the Roundtable are: Susan Cornell, Pharm. D. , B. S. , C. D. M. , C. D. E. , clinical assistant professor, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL; Silvio Inzucchi, M. D. , professor of medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, Director, Yale Diabetes Center, New Haven, CT; Edwin Fisher, Ph. D. , chair, Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Doron Schneider, M. D. , associate program

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Limited understanding of diabetes progression and frustration with disease management contribute to the clinical challenge of meeting the rising type 2 diabetes epidemic in America, according to the Diabetes Roundtable. The group calls for the medical community to take a more collaborative approach to caring for people with type 2 diabetes as a way to improve both disease

The U. S. Department of Agriculture, no doubt hoping to limit public controversy, has announced a very short public comment period (ends on proposed new federal regulations that will weaken organic standards. USDAs proposed amendments, supported by grocery store chains and large food corporations, will allow so-called organic dairy feedlots to continuously import calves from conventional farms-where the calves have been weaned on blood, dosed with antibiotics, and fed genetically engineered grains and slaughterhouse waste. USDAs new rules will also allow over 500 artificial (synthetic) substances in organic processed foods without prior scrutiny and review by the National Organic Standards Board. USDAs latest efforts are basically an attempt to codify last falls controversial "Sneak Attack" in Congress, when

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