Insulin in Medical News

BD and Direct Relief International Team Up to Provide Free Diabetes Insulin Injection Products to Americans Impacted by the Economic Downturn

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. and SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and Direct Relief International announced today the launch of a new nationwide program to help people with insulin-dependent diagnosed diabetes who have been affected by the current ...

Determining Insulin Pump Need for Diabetics

WESTERVILLE, Ohio, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- All doctors recommend diabetic patients control their glucose level, but how can they do this while preserving a normal lifestyle? By using an insulin pump and carbohydrate counting, a diabetic can maintain precise glycemic control and le...

Elevated Insulin Levels Linked to Breast Cancer

Study finds strong association in postmenopausal women THURSDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- Postmenopausal women with elevated insulin levels may be at higher risk of developing breast cancer, a new study says. Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva Universit...

Einstein scientists link elevated insulin to increased breast cancer risk

July 9, 2009 - (BRONX, NY) - Elevated insulin levels in the blood appear to raise the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Their findings are published in the online version of the International Journ...

Insulet Establishes Eco-Friendly Disposal Program for the OmniPod(R) Insulin Management System

BEDFORD, Mass., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Insulet Corporation (Nasdaq: PODD ), the leader in tubing-free insulin pump technology, announced today that the Company is introducing an environmentally friendly disposal program for its OmniPod(R) Insulin Management System. The Eco-Pod program...

AACE Response to Insulin Glargine Cancer Risk Articles in Diabetologia

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On June 26, 2009 several articles published online in Diabetologia by the European Association for the Study of Diabetes investigated the possible relationship between use of insulin glargine (Lantus, sanofi-aventis) and the developm...

Statement from IDF on studies suggesting possible link between insulin glargine and cancer

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) today called for urgent assessment and responses from regulatory authorities into a possible link between the use of insulin glargine (an insulin analogue) and increased risk of cancer based on findings published on 26 June, 2009 in Diabetelogia , the j...

Novo Nordisk Insulin Analogs Have Proven Safety Profiles

PRINCETON, N.J., June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday June 26, Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) published online data from four studies relating to a possible link between a long-acting insulin analog, insulin glargine, and cancer(1). As a basis f...

Equine Obesity is Associated with Significant Health Issues, Including Insulin Resistance and Laminitis

Vet-A-Mix announces the release of an optimal nutritional supplement to support overall health and laminitis prevention for at-risk horses. Shenandoah, IA (PRWEB) June 24, 2009 -- Equine obesity is on the rise in the United States. A large percentage of these horses are...

Access Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of Two New Cobalamin(TM) Oral Insulin Drug Delivery Collaborations

Cobalamin oral insulin and oral human growth hormone formulations provide significant pharmacological responses DALLAS, June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACCP) announced today that the Company has signed evaluation agreements with tw...

Use of Mealtime Pramlintide Added to Basal Insulin Showed Similar Improvements in Glycemic Control Compared to Rapid-Acting Insulin, With Lower Risk of Hypoglycemia and Without Weight Gain: Data Presented at ADA 2009

Additional Analyses Showed Pramlintide Improved Treatment Satisfaction and Quality of Life NEW ORLEANS, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN ) today announced data showing that the use of mealtime SYMLIN(R) (pramlintide acetate) injection improved gluc...

Insulet Receives CE Mark for the OmniPod(R) Insulin Management System

CE Mark Enables Insulet to Begin Marketing In Europe BEDFORD, Mass., April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Insulet Corporation (Nasdaq: PODD ), the leader in tubing-free insulin pump technology, announced today that the Company has received the CE Mark approval for its OmniPod(R) Insulin Mana...

Apidra(R) SoloSTAR(R), the Easy-to-Use Insulin Delivery Device from sanofi-aventis, Now Available in the United States

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi-aventis U.S. announced today that Apidra(R) SoloSTAR(R) (insulin glulisine [rDNA origin] injection), a prefilled disposable pen containing the rapid-acting insulin analog Apidra(R), is now available in the United States. Apidra(R) is indicated to ...

Stem Cells Buy Freedom From Insulin for Type 1 Diabetics

In small study, most of patients got temporary reprieve from daily injections TUESDAY, April 14 (HealthDay News) -- A particular type of stem cell transplantation using the patient's own cells led to short-term freedom from insulin injections in 20 of 23 patients newly diagnosed with ...

Long-acting insulin analogues in type 2 diabetes: advantage over human insulin not proven

It has so far not been proven that long-acting insulin analogues (LAIAs) have an advantage over conventional human insulin in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes. Even though the results of a 5-year study are available for one of the two LAIAs assessed (insulin glargine), the potential ...

Plain-Language Guides Detail Insulin Treatments

U.S. agency compiles comparison of therapies for both doctors and patients THURSDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- New "plain language" guides from the federal government spell out the differences between available treatments for type 2 diabetes for patients and doctors alike. The gu...

OmniPod(R) Insulin Management System Wins 2009 Edison Best New Product Award

Recognized for Innovative Design, Positive Impact on Lives of People with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes BEDFORD, Mass., April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The OmniPod(R) Insulin Management System, designed and produced by Insulet Corporation (Nasdaq: PODD ), today won a 2009 Edison Best New Pr...

NICE SUGAR: Intensive insulin therapy risks

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA Intensive insulin therapy significantly increases the risk of hypoglycemia in critically ill patients, found a new study in CMAJ ( http://www.cmaj.ca/press/cmaj.090206.pdf ). Intensive insulin therapy is used in many intensive care units around the world as a means to ...

Insulin Pens and Growing Diabetic Community Increase Market for Insulin Delivery Devices in Europe, Says Frost & Sullivan

LONDON, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- While insulin syringes are the oldest delivery method available, they are currently experiencing a decline in use in Europe. Several factors have contributed to this trend, the most important being the high acceptance and popularity of insulin pens. (Logo: h...

Gene Explains How High-Fructose Diets Lead to Insulin Resistance

Corn syrup more easily metabolizes to fat in liver, which may trigger disease, study says FRIDAY, March 6 (HealthDay News) -- A gene called PGC-1b appears to play a role in insulin resistance that can be caused by consuming large amounts of high-fructose corn syrup, a sweetener found i...

Ethnicity May Drive Response to Obesity, Insulin Resistance

Study says blacks less likely to have high triglycerides than whites, Hispanics WEDNESDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- Ethnicity may play a role in the likelihood of developing fatty liver disease or insulin resistance. A study in the March issue of Hepatology says U.S. blacks app...

'Fasting Signal' Offers Clues to Insulin Resistance in the Obese

Drugs blocking this communication may offer therapeutic benefits, mouse study finds TUESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) -- A signal known to play a role during fasting also becomes active in the fat tissue of obese mice in the early stages of progression toward type 2 diabetes, say res...

Ethnic differences found for fatty liver disease and insulin resistance

A new study suggests that the metabolic response to obesity and insulin resistance, particularly as it pertains to the liver, differs among ethnic groups in the U.S. African-Americans are more resistant to the buildup of fat in the abdominal adipose tissue and liver, and to high triglyceride level...

Elite Skier Uses OmniPod(R) Insulin Management System at World Championships

Kris Freeman Joins Growing Ranks of Professional Athletes Who Use the OmniPod System to Manage their Diabetes BEDFORD, Mass., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kris Freeman, one of the country's top professional cross-country skiers, is competing on behalf of the US in the Skiing World Cha...

OmniPod(R) Insulin Management System Lets Team Type 1 Members Focus on Competing at Amgen Tour of California

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Amgen Tour of California, known as "America's largest and most prestigious cycling event," is a 750-mile race that will begin on February 14th in Sacramento and end on February 22nd in Rancho Bernardo. For the first time, the race will inc...

OmniPod(R) Insulin Management System Selected as a Finalist for the 2009 Edison Best New Product Awards(TM)

Prestigious Awards Recognize Excellence in New Product Development, Marketing and Innovation BEDFORD, Mass., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The OmniPod(R) Insulin Management System, designed and produced by Insulet Corporation (Nasdaq: PODD ), has been selected as a finalist for the pres...

Inspirational Teams of Athletes with Diabetes Build Momentum in 2009 with Sponsorship from Long-Acting Insulin Lantus(R) and Rapid-Acting Insulin Apidra(R)

- Team Type 1 Expands Its Roster, Fielding Five Teams to Spread Personal Messages of Successful Diabetes Management to People Living with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanofi-aventis U.S. announced today its long-acting insulin Lantus(R) (insul...

Intensive Insulin Therapy Reduces Mortality in Sick Kids

Lowering blood glucose levels also cut time in ICU, study finds TUESDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Intensive insulin therapy may reduce the risk of death, infection and the length of intensive care stays for seriously ill children, a European study suggests. Abnormally high blood...

High insulin levels raise risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women

January 9, 2009 (BRONX, NY) Higher-than-normal levels of insulin place postmenopausal women at increased risk of breast cancer, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University report. Their findings, published in the January 7 issue of the Journal of the National Canc...

High Insulin May Boost Odds of Breast Cancer

Finding may clarify the disease's connection to obesity TUESDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Women with high levels of insulin in their blood appear to be more likely to develop breast cancer than those with lower insulin levels. And that might be the link between obesity and breas...

Vitamin K Slows Insulin Resistance in Older Men

But effect for women not same, as study cites obesity as possible cause FRIDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin K slows the development of insulin resistance in older men, but not women, a new study found. Insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes, occurs when the body cannot u...

Vitamin K linked to insulin resistance in older men

BOSTON - (November 26, 2008) Vitamin K slowed the development of insulin resistance in elderly men in a study of 355 non-diabetic men and women ages 60 to 80 who completed a three-year clinical trial at the Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA). "...

Lilly Announces Major Donation of Insulin to International Diabetes Federation's Life for a Child Program; Initial Focus Will Be on Sub-Saharan Africa

Donation of more than 800,000 insulin vials to provide free life-saving medicine to an estimated 24,000 children over four years INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eli Lilly and Company today announced it intends to donate more than 800,000 vials of insulin to the Internati...

Completely novel action of insulin unveiled

A PhD student at Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research has uncovered an important piece in the puzzle of how insulin works, a problem that has plagued researchers for more than 50 years. This finding brings us one step closer to explaining exactly how insulin prompts fat and muscle cells t...

Impact of insulin pump under study

AUGUSTA, Ga. Using an insulin pump to manage diabetes is more convenient than managing the disease with daily insulin injections. That much, physicians already know. But the pump's impact on the lives of diabetics and their primary caregivers is an important question that hasn't been answered...

New survey explores the impact of insulin injections on people with diabetes

CHICAGO, August 7, 2008The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) today announced results from a survey conducted by Harris Interactive highlighting communication between people with diabetes that require insulin injections and their healthcare providers. According to the survey results...

Inheritance of hormonal disorder marked by excessive insulin in daughters

Elevated levels of insulin could be an early sign that girls whose mothers suffer from polycystic ovary syndrome -- or PCOS -- may also be susceptible to the disease, according to gynecologists who have found evidence of insulin resistance in young children. The findings could help determine wh...

Overweight, insulin resistant women at greater risk of advanced breast cancer diagnosis, says study

Women who have risk factors commonly associated with Type 2 diabetes also have much greater odds of being diagnosed with an advanced breast cancer, according to research to be presented today (Tuesday 8 July 2008). University of Melbourne researcher Dr Anne Cust was a key collaborator on an int...

STMicroelectronics and Debiotech Announce First Prototypes of Disposable Insulin Nanopump

LAUSANNE, Switzerland and GENEVA, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Debiotech and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM ) today introduced first evaluation prototypes of a unique miniaturized insulin-delivery pump. The tiny device can be mounted on a disposable skin patch to provide continuous insuli...

Lifestyle can alter gene activity, lead to insulin resistance

BETHESDA, Md. (June 18, 2008) A Finnish study of identical twins has found that physical inactivity and acquired obesity can impair expression of the genes which help the cells produce energy. The findings suggest that lifestyle, more than heredity, contributes to insulin resistance in people who ...