The Diabetes Blog

A hypertension drug, 'Rasilez' or 'SSP100' may be helpful to treat hypertension in diabetes patients. The drug manufacturer, Novartis, has presented the study report and data at European Society of Hypertension meeting in Madrid. The report showed the..

High-Lysin Corn LY038, a new genetically altered corn uses for animal feed. It does not pose any health risk. New Zealand's food standard board has approved it for animal nourishment. The LY038 may prove as unsafe if it cooks with sugars, which also...

If a U.S. citizen has diabetes and he develops a foot infection, it makes worse effect on the patient. He will be at a 55 times greater risk for hospitalization. Moreover, he will be a distressing 154 times greater risk for amputation. The journal...

Pancreatic cancer does show symptoms only in its complex stages. The early detection of this disease is not easy. It makes the opportunity for surgery small. Researchers at Mayo clinic had a look on the CT scans of twenty-three pancreatic cancer before.

Diabetic women don't properly receive counseling on birth control from health experts. If the diabetic women conceive without blood sugar control, it can not be safe for the baby. The unplanned pregnancy causes twice the risk of birth defect in case of.

Saudi Arabia is started preparing the country to fight with diabetes. Twenty new diabetes centers are going to be opened. The government is trying hard to tackle the increasing number of diabetics in the country. About Thirty percent of country's...

Diabetes New Zealand will hold their AGM and a yearly conference in Christchurch this week. In this meeting, there will be gathering of delegates, researchers and experts from all over the country. They will discuss on the issue of diabetes spreading in.

Quigley Pharma, is the drug development subsidiary of The Quigley Corp. It is developing a drug to treat diabetic peripheral neuropathy. In this process it has started selection of the patients for clinical trials. The company will start giving the...

Vietnam has identified large number of tropical diabetes patients in the country. Environment and genetic makeup may be blamed for the rare disease in Vietnam. It is as similar as disease endemic to Africa. However the cause of disease is still under...

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data says that diabetics have got better management of the disease during last five years. The survey performed on 14 million blood tests of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) from 2001 to 2005 on diabetic...