Diabetes: It's Connection to Oral Health
...bin (HgA1C) level to determine how well your diabetes is controlled. A good value should be under 7 percent. Inform your dentist of any recent hypo or hyperglycemic episodes. Uncontrolled diabetics are at higher risk for complications from local anesthetics (lidocaine) as well as complications with oral surgery an...Type-1 diabetes not so much bad genes as good genes behaving badly, Stanford research shows
...This finding may provide an early warning for pre-diabetics, Fathman said. "We need to know that people are on their way to diabetes before they get hyperglycemic or, better, even before their insulin-producing pancreas cells have taken a hit." Plus, the newly identified genes in these clusters with orchestrat...Painkiller May Prevent Diabetes-Related Retinal Damage
...nsulin levels in the diabetic mice. "(The drug) does not solve that problem of diabetes; however, our findings do suggest that just because you are hyperglycemic does not mean you will have diabetic retinopathy," Smith said. She and her team are collaborating with other MCG researchers to breed mice without...Dr. Michael Brownlee receives JDRF Rumbough Award for Scientific Excellence
...And, his research of benfotiamine, a synthetic derivative of the dietary supplement thiamine (vitamin B1), found that it blocked all major pathways of hyperglycemic damage, and that it blocked formation of structural lesions in the retinas of long-term diabetic animals. His current studies include clini...FDA Approves AstraZeneca's Seroquel(R) for Maintenance Treatment in Bipolar Disorder
... short term, placebo-controlled trials for SEROQUEL. In the pooled data of the two clinical studies, a greater incidence of blood glucose increases to hyperglycemic levels (Greater Than or Equal to 126mg/dL) was observed in patients randomized to SEROQUEL plus lithium-or-divalproex than in patients randomized to p...FDA Approves Abbott's FreeStyle Navigator(R) Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
...lues were visible to the user. In addition, participants using a FreeStyle Navigator system who had type 2 diabetes spent significantly less time in a hyperglycemic state. Hyperglycemia (i.e., high blood sugar) is a serious problem, particularly for people with type 2 diabetes. About the FreeStyle Navigator Syst...FDA Clears MDN-CGS(R) Intravenous Insulin Dosing Software
...50% decrease in mortality in our hyperglycemic ICU patients." Currently, hospitals rely on printed procedures to calculate IV insulin dosage based on hyperglycemic patients' varying glucose levels. More frequent glucose tests - as many as one or more per hour for tightly controlled ICU patients - burden the alrea...Isis Highlights Robust Drug Portfolio for Diabetes and Obesity at ADA Conference
... reduced target mRNA levels in several animal species, increased urinary glucose excretion and consequently lowered blood glucose levels and HbA1c (in hyperglycemic animals) without causing dangerously low levels of blood sugar known as hypoglycemia. These data are consistent with expectations based on human subje...Gentium's Defibrotide Highlighted in Poster Presentation at World Congress of Nephrology
... a major cause of end-stage renal failure. Heparanase plays a key role in this aberrant remodeling of the GBM and has been shown to be up-regulated by hyperglycemic conditions such as found in diabetic patients. Discussing the results, Dr. Echart said, "Our data suggests that Defibrotide not only has an effect o...Monitoring Patient Glucose Levels: New Advances in software make it easier
...cose profiles and provides enhanced patient information to the physician. The software records patient statistics in several formats, including noting hyperglycemic and hypoglycemia and a standard day format, as well as providing a correlation between insulin doses and glucose readings. It also includes a diabetes...StatStrip Glucose Monitoring System
Features:...acetaminophen, ascorbic acid, and uric acid Fast, 6 second results Small, 1.2 microliter sample Excellent precision and accuracy at hypo- and hyperglycemic levels Simple, color touchscreen operation No calibration codes required Comprehensive point-of-care connectivity and control FDA cleared ...High blood sugar's impact on immune system holds clues to improving islet cell transplants
... and other diseases. "Basically, your guard is down," Dr. Pacholczyk said. Seventy percent of mice that got transplants two days after they became hyperglycemic did not need immunosuppression, the Canadian researchers found; after nine days, the acceptance rate was reduced to about 10 percent. "The question is...JDRF announces 2008 Scholar Award recipients
...to live longer, healthier lives. Current JDRF Scholars Include: Dr. Michael Brownlee Albert Einstein College of Medicine Project: Solving hyperglycemic Memory: A Critical Obstacle to Curing Type 1 Diabetes Dr. Michael German Diabetes Center at the University of California San Francisco Project:...