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New Drug in Diabetic Neuropathy

...ors, which are believed to mediate pain effects in diabetic neuropathy being researched by Central Arkansas Research, Arkansas. This drug showed a definite reduction of pain compared to placebo. What does this mean for India? Well, my uncle, the neurologist, will be pretty happy....

Diabetic testing gets easier

...t monitors on the market is a device that allows a diabetic to test sugar using less blood, from places other than the fingertip. Other testing systems are still in the pipeline, including a patch that changes color as it draws glucose through the skin and a glucose monitor that is worn like a watch. Though ...

Roller coaster takes brain for a big ride!!

...It usually occurs in older men who are alcoholics, diabetic or hypertensive. They can also be caused by head trauma, falling to a sitting position or strain from heavy lifting. Although it is rare for people to develop subdural haematomas after riding roller coasters, it can happen, says Dr. Ishano Kyuorite ...

Shock it to Heal!!

...ts other name. Among the many complications that a diabetic could have, the dreaded would be the foot ulcer, a.... According to the recent study which involved 35 diabetic patients, who received high-voltage, pulsed galvanic electric stimulation every night for 8 hours as...

Angiotensin-II-receptor blockers - Treat kidney failure

...t started early on. A final study of irbesartan on diabetic patients with early signs of kidney disease showed the condition was less likely to progress than in similar patients on placebo. The trials offer new hope to people with diabetes, for there has been no treatment for kidney complications till now. Th...

Surgeons implant second artificial heart

...an 30 days to live. The first patient, 59-year-old diabetic Robert Tools, was given the AbioCor plastic and titanium heart device on July 2. Tools has exceeded initial estimates that the heart would extend his life by about a month and was transferred out of the hospital's intensive care unit earlier this ...

Diabetics and their babies

...ctors in the north-west of England also found that diabetic women were two and a half times more likely to have babies with birth defects. The doctors compared these findings with figures from Sweden. They found that babies born to women with diabetes in Swden were much less likely to either die or have birt...

Diabetes on the rise

... to 35 million diabetics in India, and every fifth diabetic in the world will be Indian.// "Epidemiological data shows that now only the prevalence of type II diabetes is very high in the urban population, but it is also increasing." Another worry confronting the Indian health authorities is the relatively y...

Pollution- hazardous for diabetics

...te pollution raises the risk of heart problems for diabetic patients.Tiny particles called PM10s, an important component of atmospheric pollution, are known to cause both respiratory and heart problems. Researchers in the US looked at Medicare data for Cook County Illinois for 1988 to 1994 and have uncovered ...

Cinnamon combats Diabetes

...und that abnormally high glucose concentrations in diabetic mice fell dramatically when given MHCP. Clinical trials of this chemical are due to begin within a year, said lead scientist Richard Anderson. He said: "We recommend people take a quarter to a full teaspoon a day of cinnamon, perhaps in orange juice,...

New treatment for diabetics

...i sad that it will need a lot more testing before diabetic patients can use it....

Beta-Carotene May Aid Diabetics

...creased liability to oxidation of LDL derived from diabetic patients.//Researchers designed a study to compare the oxidation of LDL drawn from patients with diabetes mellitus to normoglycemic controls. They also sought to follow-up the effects of dietary beta-carotene supplementation on LDL oxidation. Researc...

Diabetics prone to periodontitis

...leges of Dentistry and Medicine compared 13 type 1 diabetic and 20 non-diabetic women in their 20-39th week of...g destruction could potentially further complicate diabetic control and pregnancy outcome in diabetic subjects." Past studies have tied periodontal disease to ...

Periodontal disease may amass the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

...levels as a risk factor for people who are already diabetic developing periodontal disease. "Low fat diets, lipid lowering drugs and exercise are vitally important for diabetics who want to improve their quality of life, as well as their oral health," Dr. Iacopino noted....

Blood Vessel Surgery Safe for Diabetics

...old. "It's possible that because of their disease, diabetic patients were evaluated more aggressively preoperatively," he said. But the researchers did find that, overall, the patients with diabetes were more likely to die in the 5 years following the surgery than the non-diabetic individuals....

Ginseng aids Diabetes

...lant to determine if mice had a positive effect on diabetic symptoms. Mice that were genetically engineered to have type 2 diabetes received injections of the substance daily for 10 days. They were then compared to mice that didn't receive the injections. Researchers found the mice that received the injectio...

Nightlights could ward diabetic blindness

...ications of diabetes is a form of blindness called diabetic retinopathy. This results from damage to the retina //- the layer of tissue at the back of the eye which responds to light.In diabetes, the blood supply to the eye is impaired and this has an impact on the rods (the cells responsible for night vision...

Quicker healing with active bandages

...rs believe that the bandages will be applicable to diabetic ulcers, burns, surgical incisions and other wounds in humans. They could be especially useful in older people, where healing can be quite slow. In the mice, the dressings accelerated healing in the outer layer of the skin by 33 per cent. Deeper wound...

Risk Factors for vision problems in Diabetes

...tribute to whether a person with diabetes develops diabetic retinopathy,// a major cause of blindness for people with diabetes. In the United States, diabetes is responsible for 7 percent of legal blindness, making it the leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults 22 to 70 years old. Researchers from ...

Gene block keeps mice from increasing weight

... high fat diet. The control group became obese and diabetic - just as humans would under the same conditions. The discovery opens the way to a better understanding of diet, obesity and diabetes - and the complex relationship between them. It may even lead to a new treatment for obesity and new approaches for ...

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