Sanofi US has launched its Data Design Diabetes Innovation Challenge and is accepting entries. The Innovation Challenge is aligned with the United States government’s initiative to use an open dialogue to drive action toward a three-part aim: innovation in the quality, delivery and cost of diabetes care. The kickoff earlier...

Novo Nordisk announced that it has donated $50,000 to the Diabetes Hands Foundation, a non-profit organization that raises diabetes awareness and connects people touched by the condition. The donation recognizes the success of the Drive the Switch program, which has motivated more than 10,000 patients to pledge to talk to their doctor...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today unveiled nine graphic health warnings which will be required to appear on every pack of cigarettes sold in the United States and in every cigarette advertisement beginning no later than September 2012.  This bold measure will help prevent children from smoking, encourage adults who...

Douglas Cairns, a former British Royal Air Force jet pilot who has type 1 diabetes, has completed his Diabetes Polar Flight expedition.  He reached the geographic North Pole, as planned, just after 5pm Alaska time (0100 GMT) and said he felt “great. Fantastic – it’s really good fun.” Not content with simply reaching the North...

The number of diabetics in Japan is estimated at over eight million, with millions more suffering from impaired glucose tolerance, or prediabetes.  The Japan Diabetes Society says that after last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in north-east Japan, there are 400-500 survivors with type 1 diabetes in the stricken area. Currently,...

BERKELEY, CA: Nov. 1, 2010 - What started a year ago as a creative way to encourage people with diabetes to stay active has grown into a global campaign to raise awareness about the benefits of moderate exercise for people with diabetes and help fund two vital diabetes charities. The Big Blue Test, an initiative started by the Diabetes...

Dr. William R. Kirtley, a medical researcher pioneer who helped develop drugs after World War II that greatly improved the lives of diabetics, has died at the age of 96. Kirtley was part of a research team at Eli Lilly & Company in Indianapolis that conducted groundbreaking research on diabetes drugs after the war. Kirtley won...

According to a new study published in the The New England Journal of Medicine, 92.4 million Chinese adults age 20 or older (9.7 percent of the population) have diabetes and 148.2 million more (15.5 percent) have prediabetes.  Researchers from Tulane University administered an oral glucose tolerance test to 46,239 adults aged 20 or older...

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) announced that on January 15 2010, it will launch D-START (Diabetes, Supporting Translational Research and Twinning), an initiative that aims to support the development of innovative projects in low and middle- income countries. D-START will bring together world experts in diabetes and organizations...

Diabetes UK reported about a horror film called Sugar Drop, written by University of Derby lecturer Tom Craig.  Sugar Drop successfully premiered at the QUAD Centre in Derby’s Market Square last week, with all profits being donated to Diabetes UK. Sugar Drop is the first of the Bitter Sweet Trilogy of films by Craig, 35, who has taken...