Diabetes news 2006-03

2006-03-27 You or Someone You Love Could Have Diabetes and Not Know It; Rite Aid and the American Diabetes Association Sound the Alert for Diabetes Awareness Nachrichten Aktienkurs

In addition to supporting the mission of the ADA, Rite Aid helpedraise almost usd. 1 million to benefit the ADA through its "DiabetesStars" program. Rite Aid also offers regular "Diabetes Days" in storeswhere individuals can take the Risk Test, receive advice frompharmacists on medications and side effects, and receive exercise andnutrition information. Information and resources on diabetes can befound at , where visitors can receivecustomized diabetes information based on their current stage ofdiabetes or as a care giver. Rite Aid also sponsors a page on theADAs Web site ( ) called "Ask the Pharmacist. " Thisfeature allows visitors to submit questions about diabetes managementand receive guidance from a Rite Aid pharmacist.

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2006-03-30 Medical Technology Business Europe - Continuous glucose monitor accelerates development of artificial pancreas

Closed loop technology will provide patients and their doctors with far more information about their daily glucose fluctuations and trends, and allow for far tighter control. Patients who aggressively manage their diabetes typically test their glucose up to eight times a day, and provide insulin injections based on that information. The artificial pancreas will test glucose approximately 1,400 times a day, and make insulin dosing information based on that real-time information.

The new device, called the STS Continuous Glucose Monitoring System, from San Diego-based DexCom, Inc. , was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday for use in people with diabetes. Its the latest product in what is expected to become a competitive market for continuous glucose monitoring products.

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2006-03-29 U. S. Newswire : Releases : "Calif. Dental Hygienists Help Identify Undiagnosed Diabetes. "

CDHA wants the public to know that people with diabetes are at increased risk for periodontal (gum) disease. Those with diabetes are two to three times more likely than persons without diabetes to have severe periodontal disease, according to the latest research. Periodontal disease may in fact be the first sign that a person has diabetes.

Diabetes may be present for a number of years before it is diagnosed and the dental hygienist may be the first health care professional to detect a patients diabetes by recognizing early signs of the disease in the mouth, and by reviewing the patients medical history," said Lin Sarfaraz, RDH, CDHAs president. "Identifying those who have a parent or sibling with diabetes is an important component leading to a physician referral and a possible early diagnosis of diabetes. "

2006-03-25 The Peninsula On-line: Qatars leading English Daily

Pakistan cricketing icon Wasim Akram is leading a walk in Colombo on Sunday to raise awareness on diabetes. The former test cricketer, a diabetes sufferer himself, told reporters that, it is usually the ignorance of the patient that makes the disease fatal. . We in this part of the world have beliefs that has no scientific basis. The belief that diabetes can be cured without medicine is one such belief,. he added. His advice was to stick to one. s doctor and strictly follow his instructions. The former cricketer who was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 30, said he led a very active life and it was one of the reasons why he was able to control the disease. He said diabetes is a disease that can be easily controlled by simply changing one. s lifestyle and following the doctor. s advice.

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2006-03-27 U. S. Newswire : Releases : "U. S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for March. "

Profile America . Today is a special, one- day alert to raise the publics awareness of a growing health menace, diabetes. Across the country, a diabetes risk test is being distributed and promoted through local and national media. One of the tragedies of the disease is that many people do not know they have it until suffering from damaged eyesight, kidneys, or loss of feeling in their feet. The sharp increase in the number of cases of diabetes has prompted some public health officials to describe its spread as an epidemic. The risk of developing the disease is higher among those who are overweight and inactive. Across the U. S. , more than 14-million people are known diabetics. Each year, the disease is responsible for some 70-thousand deaths. You can find these and more facts about America

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2006-03-31 The Times-News Online: Twin Falls, ID

Meanwhile, teacher Jenny Lukes and other teachers and students at Valley Elementary School received a Youth Health Heroes Award for their walking program. Ann Bybee, a diabetes educator and registered nurse at St. Benedicts Family Medical Center in Jerome, received the Adult Health Hero Award for her work educating the community about the prevention and treatment of diabetes. And the winner of the Corporate Health Hero award went to the College of Southern Idaho for its efforts to improve health in the community through its new recreation center and its program that provides sealants and fluoride varnish services to children in low-income families.

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2006-03-30 EMMC Reports on Byettas Patient Results 11 Months After FDA Approval

A trend we are seeing is overweight patients without a diabetes diagnosis seeking Byetta as a weight loss option. While we agree that there are concerns Byetta will be used as a weight loss drug, a use that has not been medically tested, we are taking a new and safe approach. We run a variety of tests (CGMS, C-Peptide and HBAIC) and are finding that their level of insulin resistance warrants a "pre-diabetic" or diabetic diagnosis.

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2006-03-28 Health

Patients with diabetes cant get lost in the shuffle of Dr. Tom Landholts busy practice in Springfield. Each time they visit him, their electronic medical record alerts him via computer in the exam room whether theyre overdue for a test or treatment to keep their disease in check.

With surging numbers in diabetes, obesity, asthma and cardiac disease, 70 percent of all the health care resources are dedicated to the 100 million Americans who have chronic illness," according to Primaris spokesman Matt Heger. This segment looks at how information technology plays a growing role in health care, especially disease management. Patients with chronic illnesses such as diabetes or heart disease are shown to stay healthier, longer, when they have consistent, regular care and medicines.

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2006-03-24 Dallas Morning News News for Dallas, Texas Health/Science

Nearly 21 million Americans have diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As many as 3 million of those cases are Type 1 diabetes, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation says. Type 1 diabetes is an early-onset or juvenile disease where T-cells the hitmen of the immune system attack pancreatic cells that make insulin, a hormone necessary to control blood sugar levels.

Former Chrysler Corp. Chairman Lee Iacocca, whose wife died from Type 1 diabetes, has helped Dr. Faustman raise usd. 9 million of usd. 11. 5 million needed to begin human clinical trials that will test the two components to killing the T-cells.

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