http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:35:40 -0700 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:09:42 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Byetta-increases-blood-sugar-during-exericse?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner Byetta is a drug which stimulates insulin secretion while suppressing glucagon secretion. It works by stimulating a receptor found on cells of the pancreas. During exercise insulin levels fall and glucagon levels rise as the need for mobilizing st... Treatment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:09:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Byetta-increases-blood-sugar-during-exericse?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m11d3-FDA-warns-that-Byetta-can-lead-to-kidney-problems?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner Today the FDA indicated that the safety label of Byetta would be modified to include potential kidney problems including possible kidney failure. According to the FDA website "From April 2005 through October 2008, the FDA received 78 reports ... Treatment Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:43:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m11d3-FDA-warns-that-Byetta-can-lead-to-kidney-problems?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Prediabetic-exercise-improves-insulin-secretion?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner Exercise improves insulin resistance. We’ve known this for some time. Somehow, exercise strengthens the connection between the insulin receptor and the factory floor of metabolism. However, there is another factor to consider, namely the abi... Disease Mechanism Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:27:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Prediabetic-exercise-improves-insulin-secretion?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Prediabetes-and-the-maintenance-of-beta-cell-mass?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner Insulin resistance is the hallmark of prediabetes. The disease has not yet set in because the pancreas can compensate for this by increasing the amount of insulin it secretes. This can go on for many years but eventually the pancreas poops out. Th... Disease Mechanism Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:34:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Prediabetes-and-the-maintenance-of-beta-cell-mass?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Research-on-insulin-resistance-points-to-the-mitochondria?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner Prediabetes is almost always associated with a decreased ability to respond to insulin: a state we call insulin resistance. What causes insulin resistance? Much work has gone towards understanding this and recently another important piece of the puzz... Disease Mechanism Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:04:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Research-on-insulin-resistance-points-to-the-mitochondria?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Type-1-diabetes-is-antigen-driven?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease. If a doctor takes a biopsy of pancreatic tissue from a child who has been identified as having type 1 diabetes one sees that the islets of Langerhans (which contain the insulin secreting beta cells) are in... Disease Mechanism Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:24:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Type-1-diabetes-is-antigen-driven?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m10d8-Should-insulin-shots-be-administered-immediately-upon-diagnosis-of-type-2-diabetes?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner A Journal of the ADAThe treatment goal for anyone with diabetes is to control blood sugar. Insulin is one of the most powerful drugs in our arsenal for this purpose. Despite this, insulin is used as the drug of last resort. There is hesitance from do... Treatment Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:01:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m10d8-Should-insulin-shots-be-administered-immediately-upon-diagnosis-of-type-2-diabetes?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m10d6-As-easy-as-riding-a-bicycle?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit hereIt is easy to say to a person with diabetes “you should get more exercise” but if you are not already exercising, how do you get started? How do you keep from injuring yourself? How can you make it fun?... Diabetes Lifestyle Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:21:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m10d6-As-easy-as-riding-a-bicycle?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m9d18-The-diagnosis-gap?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner American Heart JournalFor most people with type 2 diabetes, diagnosis comes late. How late? Estimates based on epidemiological studies in the United States indicate that on average diagnosis comes about 7 years after onset of detectable hyperglycemi... Diagnosis Health Care Reform Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:18:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m9d18-The-diagnosis-gap?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m9d11-The-Childrens-Diabetes-Foundation-High-Hopes-Carousel-Ball-to-be-held-in-Denver-this-year?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner Reach for the ringOn September 26, 2009 the Children’s Diabetes Foundation will host the High Hopes Carousel Ball. The event will take place at the Sheraton Denver Downtown at 1550 Court Place. Proceeds from the Carousel Ball go to suppor... Event Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:07:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m9d11-The-Childrens-Diabetes-Foundation-High-Hopes-Carousel-Ball-to-be-held-in-Denver-this-year?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m9d4-Discovery-of-a-master-switch-for-obesity-may-lead-to-new-weight-loss-therapies?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner The Sept 4 issue of Cell, a Cell Press journalWe have known for quite some time that obesity and type 2 diabetes is associated with a state of chronic inflammation. One of the ways we study this association is one by one, to delete genes that are par... Disease Mechanism Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:34:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m9d4-Discovery-of-a-master-switch-for-obesity-may-lead-to-new-weight-loss-therapies?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Diabetes-101-What-are-rapid-acting-insulins-and-how-are-they-different-from-regular-insulin?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner The insulin hexamerRapid acting insulins are mutant forms of insulin that have been engineered to work faster upon injection than regular human insulins. The need for a rapid acting insulin can be illustrated from an all too common scenario: You hav... Treatment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:18:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Diabetes-101-What-are-rapid-acting-insulins-and-how-are-they-different-from-regular-insulin?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m8d27-Living-with-diabetes-Amys-story-continued?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner  Amy, the underground diabetic, had experimented both with dieting and with denial. Indeed she had been “dancing with the carbs” for years with minimal results. An occasional partner to this dance was cardio exercise. She used a trea... Health Care Reform Diabetes Lifestyle Living with diabetes Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:42:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m8d27-Living-with-diabetes-Amys-story-continued?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m8d22-Living-with-diabetes-Amys-story?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner “My mom had diabetes so I knew my risk was high. I had a glucose tolerance test and although the doctor did not even call me about it, I felt rotten for 2 days.” So began the battle over 10 years ago.  Amy was fighting on several fr... Health Care Reform Living with diabetes Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:11:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m8d22-Living-with-diabetes-Amys-story?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Carnitine-therapy-for-insulin-resistance-and-diabetes-part-2?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner An inexpensive supplement: image from Anabol NaturalsCarnitine has been of interest to diabetes doctors and researchers for some time. Indeed a search of the National Library of Medicine using the terms “carnitine” and “diabetes&rd... Treatment Disease Mechanism Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:16:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Carnitine-therapy-for-insulin-resistance-and-diabetes-part-2?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m8d15-Carnitine-therapy-for-insulin-resistance-and-diabetes?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner The Journal of Biological ChemistryWe are focused these days on decreasing our environmental carbon footprint as a means to stabilize our planetary ecosystem. Similarly, our cells also are concerned about minimizing their internal carbon footprint a... Treatment Disease Mechanism Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:25:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m8d15-Carnitine-therapy-for-insulin-resistance-and-diabetes?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m8d12-The-risk-is-lower-for-diabetes-complications-when-diabetes-is-treated-intensively?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner It helps to know what you are up against. Unfortunately, to study the lifetime effects of a chronic disease like diabetes takes…well it takes a lifetime. Diabetes doctors have kept close track of who gets complications and who does not and ha... Treatment Epidemiology Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:33:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m8d12-The-risk-is-lower-for-diabetes-complications-when-diabetes-is-treated-intensively?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m8d4-Diabetes-101-What-are-incretin-based-therapies?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner  Treatments for diabetes have one goal: to get sugar out of the blood and into tissues. Insulin plays a critical role in this process by promoting the uptake and storage of glucose and indeed most therapies focus on increasing insulin levels.Inc... Fundamental Concepts Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:50:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m8d4-Diabetes-101-What-are-incretin-based-therapies?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m7d31-Diabetes-101-How-do-I-begin-to-exercise-safely?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner Insert photo caption or credit hereDiet and exercise are the two most crucial and most hated pathways to health. Both require at minimum some discomfort and more often, bouts of intense hunger (for dieting) and pain (for exercising). Is this really ... Diabetes Lifestyle Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:05:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m7d31-Diabetes-101-How-do-I-begin-to-exercise-safely?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Scientists-move-one-step-closer-on-the-path-to-building-a-pancreas?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner from Cell PressThe cure for diabetes will involve replacing lost pancreatic function and what better source than your own stem cells. Getting from the stem cell to the pancreas in a directed fashion in the laboratory is not a simple task however. Th... Treatment Fundamental Concepts Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:11:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-10874-Diabetes-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Scientists-move-one-step-closer-on-the-path-to-building-a-pancreas?cid=exrss-Diabetes-Examiner