Yearly Archives: 2006

A surprising new study finds that women in their 60s have as many risk factors for heart disease as men, and by their 70s have more, according to research.

Japanese adults with diabetes may have a higher risk of cancer overall and in several specific organs, including the liver, pancreas and kidney, according to results of a large study.

Fewer than half of the patients who were prescribed beta blocker drugs following a heart attack and who had some prescription drug coverage were regularly taking them during the first year after leaving the hospital.

A recent study shows that an antioxidant plant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine tree heals leg ulcers in patients who suffer from diabetic leg ulcerations.

Adults in Japan who consumed higher amounts of green tea had a lower risk of death due to all causes and due to cardiovascular disease, according to a recent study.

Generic drugs are safe, effective, less expensive and an option for an increasing number of patients with many medical conditions. Find out which have now become available.

Omega-3 fatty acids may prevent more sudden deaths than automated external defibrillators in homes and public places or implanted defibrillators, according to the results of a new study.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with an approved contrast agent may provide a practical way of monitoring the survival of transplanted pancreatic islets.

An approach proven to cure a rat model of type 1 or juvenile-onset diabetes also works in a rat model of type 2 or adult-onset diabetes, according to a new report from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine.

U.S. Marshals seized quantities of dietary supplements made by Advantage Nutraceuticals for violation of the new drug and misbranding provisions of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Find out if you're taking any of them.

In a six-year study of African Americans with type 1 diabetes, progression of diabetes-related eye disease was high and related to poor blood glucose control and high blood pressure.

Results from a new study in patients with type 2 diabetes demonstrate that daily supplementation with 1000 mcg of chromium as chromium picolinate, in combination with a common oral anti-diabetic medication, improves insulin sensitivity and glucose control better than the oral anti-diabetic agent alone.

An analysis combining 11 separate research studies found that blacks with diabetes have poorer control of blood sugar than whites, according to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues.

A new company will use a novel technology to rapidly screen thousands of drugs for their effectiveness against two of the biggest health threats in the United States, diabetes and cancer.

With the introduction of just four factors, researchers have successfully induced differentiated cells taken from embryos to behave like embryonic stem cells. The researchers reported their findings in an immediate early publication of the journal Cell, published by Cell Press.

Following a recommendation from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) and extensive negotiations with the Department of Health and Ageing, agreement has finally been reached that will see the long acting insulin products made available at a reasonable price to people with diabetes who require insulin.