To treat preventable complications in diabetes patients, Ireland spends hundreds of millions of euro annually. But to tackle the growing health issue, no national strategy has been made as yet.
Comparing the 15 EU countries, Ireland has the...
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Treat diabetes patients with piglet cells! Yes. That is what the scientists say. Within three years after successful experiments in monkeys, scientists say that transplant of piglet cells could be used to treat diabetes patients.
Insulin-producing...
Many of us love potatoes cooked in different delicacies. But, do you know holding that side of fries might help thwart type 2 diabetes? A new research has suggested this.
Researchers at Harvard University made a long-term study of nearly 85,000 U.S....
We generally know that the development of type 2 diabetes may be affected by our genes. But, behavioral and lifestyle factors are also important. And thus, we can change things. 90% of type 2 diabetes in women can be attributed to: excess weight, lack of...
Hanoi witnessed the opening of an international diabetes conference Wednesday, which addresses one of the most significant public health challenges of the 21st century.
"Our ultimate aim is to encourage governments worldwide, policymakers, and funding...
Biotechnology firm Transition Therapeutics Inc.'s (TSX:TTH) regenerative treatment for diabetes has been awarded a patent in the United States - the company informed Tuesday.
A short course of injections of naturally occurring peptides can regenerate...
A simple transplant procedure for diabetes that relies on seaweed! A woman has become the first Australian patient to trial on this. Janice Stewart, has been injected with about 200,000 pancreatic cells from a dead donor after they were placed inside...
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. launched its diabetology division, AzuCa. The company announced this on Monday. It aimed to sharpen its focus on the disease and increase its market share in the segment. It is from April this year, the division will be...
More and more women are developing what's called "gestational diabetes" that is they become diabetic while they are pregnant. New York Times has reported that this disorder appears to be growing fast. And in about 10 years, it is raised by nearly 50...
Though EU countries are on with all its efforts to tackle the growing diabetes epidemic, Ireland has disappointingly fallen behind, according to a major new report. Ireland, among all the 14 EU member states, has no strategy in place for tackling what...
Here is a good news for mothers-to-be who have colds or certain other infections. If you give birth to a girl child who is at increased risk of type1 diabetes, she might be less likely to develop diabetes, according to new study findings.
Researchers...
Gestational diabetes has risen by nearly 50 percent in about 10 years in New York. Not only this, it is also widely recognized that in the lives of many pregnant women, the condition arrives significantly, whose impact can be grave.
It not only...
"Working memory" may improve with better metabolic control of type 2 diabetes. The memory is of the type that people use to keep information in their minds for short-periods of time and to complete day-to-day activities.
Dr. Christopher M. Ryan, from...
Good news for people with advanced diabetes. You can avoid one of the most devastating complications of the disease - amputation by a laser technique that uses ultraviolet energy to restore blood flow to blocked arteries.
People with diabetes and...
Sit back home and know the glucose level in your blood as now you have an accurate and reliable on-the-spot reading of the glucose levels. An Israel based company; Integrity Applications has developed a noninvasive glucometer. To provide an accurate and...
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