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Atherosclerosis Not Caused by Excess Insulin, New Study Shows

Studies have shown that excess insulin circulating in the bloodstream is a major independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, a new study from Joslin Diabetes Center finds that this condition, called hyperinsulinemia, itself does not cause hardening of the arteries, also known as atherosclerosis...
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Diabetic Men at Higher Risk for Heart Disease

Men with type 2 diabetes who are treated with insulin are at higher risk risk for major cardiovascular events (e.g., death, heart attack, stroke) according to a new study conducted by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). The researchers found that men with type 2 diabetes treated...
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Diabetes Alert Day

American Diabetes Association Alert Day® is a one-day "wake-up call” asking the American public to take the Diabetes Risk Test to find out if they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Held on the fourth Tuesday of every March, the next Alert Day will be held on March 27, 2012. For every Diabetes Risk Test taken, Boar’s Head® - manufacturer of premium delicatessen products - will donate $5 to the American Diabetes Association starting March 27 through April 27, 2012, up to $50,000.
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EU Approves Type 2 Diabetes Drug Byetta for Use with Basal Insulin

The European Commission has granted marketing authorization to Byetta (exenatide twice-daily) as an adjunctive therapy to basal insulin, with or without metformin and/or Actos® (pioglitazone), for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in adults who have not achieved adequate glycemic control with these agents...
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Researchers Find Possible Trigger in Development of Type 1 Diabetes

JDRF-funded scientists from the Indiana University School of Medicine have found that a specific type of cellular stress takes place in pancreatic beta cells before the onset of type 1 diabetes and this stress response in the beta cell may in fact help ignite the autoimmune attack....
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Experimental Diabetes Drug Shows Improved Glycemic Control

A new study evaluating the efficacy and safety of adding dapagliflozin therapy to the treatment of type 2 diabetes patients whose blood glucose levels remain poorly controlled despite high doses of insulin was published today in the Annuls of Internal Medicine...
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First US Artificial Pancreas Outpatient Trial Approved by FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first outpatient artificial pancreas trial in the United States, marking a critical development in the effort by JDRF and its allies to bring this innovative and lifesaving diabetes technology to people with type 1 diabetes...
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Cleaning Products Can Damage Your Insulin Pump

Although I live in an apartment with cat and dog hair scattered around and all the dirt that three little boys bring home, I'm a clean-freak at heart. I clean the keyboard on my laptop, I've been known to wipe down my cell phone, and recently I've thought quite a bit about the fact that Mike's insulin pump, which he's had for about nine months, is long overdue for a wash down...
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Study Suggests Link Between Type 2 Diabetes and H. Pylori Bacteria

The presence of gastric H. pylori bacteria is associated with elevated levels of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and type 2 diabetes, according to a study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Yu Chen, PhD, and Martin Blaser, MD, at NYU School of Medicine, part of NYU Langone Medical Center...
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