Diabetes :: How to achieve strict glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes
Effective treatment of hyperglycaemia and strict glycaemic control are key to reducing microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Safety warning over the use of lancing devices in nursing and care homes
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is issuing a renewed safety warning over the use of lancing devices in nursing homes and care homes after reports from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) of transmission of infection.
Obesity :: Treating obesity vital for public health
Physicians who once treated mainly elderly patients for health problems such as diabetes, heart disease and stroke are seeing increasingly younger patients who have the same ailments.
Night of the living enzyme
Inactive enzymes entombed in tiny honeycomb-shaped holes in silica — nano-chambers that mimic conditions in living cells — can spring to life, scientists discovered while attempting salvaging enzymes that had been in a refrigerator long past their expiration date. The finding opens up new possibilities for exploiting these enzyme traps in food processing, decontamination, biosensor design and any other pursuit that requires controlling catalysts and sustaining their activity.
Microcapsules like it hot and salty
Max Planck scientists in Potsdam are developing a new method using salt content and temperature to control the permeability of microcapsules.
Diabetes :: Patient Support Program Offers Savings on Glumetza Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: KG) and Depomed, Inc. (NASDAQ: DEPO) today announced the launch of a new program that will provide support for patients with diabetes who are receiving treatment with Glumetza (metformin hydrochloride extended-release tablets), a new once-daily extended-release metformin formulation that features AcuForm drug-delivery technology.
76 percent of workers older than 60 years of age are overweight or obese
Seventy-six percent of workers older than 60 years of age are overweight or obese. However, less than one third of those 40 years of age and younger suffer these health issues. This is one of the conclusions shown in the research of Alberto Cordero of the School of Medicine, and the University Hospital.
Obesity :: Blocking an inter-generational cycle of obesity
Being exposed to high levels of nutrition before birth can influence the development of networks within the brain that regulate appetite to permanently set a pattern of appetite for life, according to researchers from the University of South Australia.
Diabetes :: Holiday gluttony can spell disaster for undiagnosed diabetics
Hearty feasts and couch-potato marathons are holiday traditions, but UT Southwestern Medical Center experts warn that packing on pounds and not exercising could be deadly for the 6 million Americans who have diabetes and don’t even know it.
Diabetes :: Increased Prevalence of Insulin Resistance and Fatty Liver Disease in Asian Indian Men
Asian Indian men are at increased risk to develop type 2 diabetes mellitus because of chronic liver disease rather than obesity, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the November 13 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.