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When considering bariatric surgery think about bones
(Research Australia) Bariatric surgery, which significantly curtails the amount of food a person can eat, is the most effective treatment against obesity and is being recognized as a potentially valuable tool in the fight against diabetes related to obesity. It is being performed on increasing numbers of people worldwide, including teenagers.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 2, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Missed Opportunities for Providing Low-Fat Dietary Advice to People With Diabetes
Source: CDC Preventing Chronic Disease - November 1, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

With Diabetes, Boosting Exercise Should Be Done Safely
Certain precautions can help reduce risk of dangerously low blood sugar, experts say Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Diabetes Type 1, Diabetes Type 2, Exercise and Physical Fitness
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 1, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Diabetes Mortality in Youth Has Dropped, but Concern RemainsDiabetes Mortality in Youth Has Dropped, but Concern Remains
The overall death rate dropped over the course of 4 decades, but recent trends show a slowed decline and an increase in older youth. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 1, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news

Drug Eases Stem Cell Calcium Complication
(MedPage Today) -- Denosumab (Prolia) may help get calcium levels under control when stem cell transplant for osteopetrosis overstimulates receptor activation, a case series suggested.
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - November 1, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Long-Term Survival Better After Bypass Surgery Than Angioplasty in Diabetic Patients
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - November 1, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news

Secret to Losing Weight? Look in the Freezer, Says Loyola Physician
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - November 1, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news

Gen X Overtaking Baby Boomers on Obesity
November 1, 2012 (Newswise) — New research from the University of Adelaide shows that Australia's Generation X is already on the path to becoming more obese than their baby boomer predecessors. read more
Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - November 1, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news

Use of SSRIs in Pregnancy Puts Baby at Risk (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Pregnant women who took antidepressants were at risk for miscarriage and preterm delivery, and their babies were at risk for a number of developmental and health complications, researchers found.
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - November 1, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Pediatrics Endocrinology Latinoamerican Society (SLEP)
23rd Annual Meeting, Montevideo, November 2012 (ISBN: 978-3-318-02276–6)
Source: Karger Publishers - November 1, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Impaired Glucose Metabolism Predominant After Renal TransplantImpaired Glucose Metabolism Predominant After Renal Transplant
Impaired glucose metabolism is a major feature after renal transplantation despite decreased insulin resistance. Impaired insulin secretion may underlie new-onset diabetes after renal transplantation. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 1, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news

Fewer U.S. Kids Dying of Diabetes
More than 60 percent decline over 4 decades is likely due to better treatment, awareness Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Children's Health, Diabetes, Teen Health
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 1, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Bilirubin Protects Against Diabetic Nephropathy ProgressionBilirubin Protects Against Diabetic Nephropathy Progression
Using data from trials of angiotensin receptor blockers, researchers found an inverse relationship between baseline serum bilirubin levels and progression of diabetic nephropathy. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 1, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news

Diabetes Death Rates Among Youths Aged ≤19 Years — United States, 1968–2009
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 1, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

National Diabetes Month — November 2012
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 1, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Lilly to Expand Indianapolis Insulin Manufacturing Operations
$140 million investment will address growing U.S. diabetes demand INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Local and state government officials joined representatives from Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today to announce a $140 million...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowships in Endocrinology and Diabetes, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital and University of East Anglia
Applications are invited for two NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowships (ACFs) based at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, in collaboration with partners across the Norwich Research Park and the East of England Deanery. These posts are part of the NIHR Trainees Coordinating Centre programme of Integrated Academic Training (IAT) and offer candidates the resources and support necessary to develop excellent academic skills while working with internationally renowned clinicians and researchers. We have an established track record in successfully obtaining research training fellowship funding for a previous ACF. The Norw...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 1, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

MHRA reminder about risk of hepatotoxicity with Black Cohosh remedies (NeLM News Service, 31 October 2012)
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a reminder about a potential adverse effect of liver problems when using Black Cohosh to relieve symptoms of the menopause. Full article
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 1, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Will elephant contraception work in South Africa? (BBC News Online, 31 October 2012)
Results from a trial of a non-hormonal contraceptive to control elephant numbers in a South Africa national park are now emerging. Full article
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 1, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Men who do exercise produce better quality semen (AlphaGalileo, 31 October 2012)
A study from Spain published in European Journal of Applied Physiology compares hormone profiles and semen quality in 15 sedentary vs. 16 physically active men. Full article
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 1, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Health Tip: Exercising with Diabetes
First, get a doctor's okSource: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Diabetes, Exercise and Physical Fitness
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 1, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NeuroMetrix Announces Distribution Agreement With OneSource Medical Group For SENSUS Pain Management Device
NeuroMetrix, Inc., a medical device company focused on the diagnosis and treatment of the neurological complications of diabetes, today announced the signing of a distribution agreement with OneSource Medical Group, LLC (OSMG) of Clearwater, Florida for its SENSUS pain management device. OneSource Medical Group concentrates its sales efforts in the south east and south central United States
Source: Medical Design Online News - November 1, 2012 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

Health Tip: Exercising With Diabetes
Title: Health Tip: Exercising With DiabetesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/1/2012 8:05:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: MedicineNet Diabetes General - November 1, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Nabilone Offers Hope To Diabetics With Neuropathic Pain
A study from the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute shows there is evidence to support a new drug therapy called nabilone to treat diabetic neuropathy, or nerve pain. Researchers enrolled 60 patients with diabetic neuropathy in a 12-week placebo controlled clinical study. At the end of the study, patients reported less pain and an improvement in sleep and anxiety when taking nabilone as compared to the placebo. "This is a good option to help treat nerve pain due to diabetes, with very few side effects," says Dr. Cory Toth, a neurologist and the study's lead researcher...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 1, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news

Ignorant, abusive cop tases diabetic teen suffering a medical emergency - caught on video
When they were first being introduced for public acceptance, as many readers will recall, tasers were billed as a law enforcement alternative to actually having to shoot threatening individuals with real firearms. Today; however, tasers are being abusively used by cops...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 1, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Meeting glycemic goals: Options beyond metformin
Metformin is one of the most important pharmacologic agents for diabetes, but patients need more to maintain optimal HbA1c levels.
Source: Drug Topics - Clinical News - November 1, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

CDTM ideal for managing chronic disease like diabetes
While MTM is proving to be effective, a different version, collaborative drug therapy management could be the best model for diseases like diabetes.
Source: Drug Topics - Clinical News - November 1, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Next steps in patient care: Diabetes management
Blood glucose control is the focus of diabetes care, but a holistic approach is needed to meet all of a patient's needs.
Source: Drug Topics - Top News - November 1, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Meeting glycemic goals: Options beyond metformin
Metformin is one of the most important pharmacologic agents for diabetes, but patients need more to maintain optimal HbA1c levels.
Source: Drug Topics - Top News - November 1, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Oral antidiabetes agents and noninsulin injectables for diabetes care
To discuss current guidelines, clinical evidence, and available oral and noninsulin injectable medications used for the treatment of diabetes.
Source: Drug Topics - Top News - November 1, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

CDTM ideal for managing chronic disease like diabetes
While MTM is proving to be effective, a different version, collaborative drug therapy management could be the best model for diseases like diabetes.
Source: Drug Topics - Top News - November 1, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

User-Friendly Technology
A look at how technology is changing the treatment of diabetes.
Source: Drug Topics - Pharmacy News - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Next steps in patient care: Diabetes management
Blood glucose control is the focus of diabetes care, but a holistic approach is needed to meet all of a patient's needs.
Source: Drug Topics - Pharmacy News - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Meeting glycemic goals: Options beyond metformin
Metformin is one of the most important pharmacologic agents for diabetes, but patients need more to maintain optimal HbA1c levels.
Source: Drug Topics - Pharmacy News - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Oral antidiabetes agents and noninsulin injectables for diabetes care
To discuss current guidelines, clinical evidence, and available oral and noninsulin injectable medications used for the treatment of diabetes.
Source: Drug Topics - Pharmacy News - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Diabetes initiatives
A look at how both chain pharmacies and independents are working on providing better diabetes care.
Source: Drug Topics - Pharmacy News - November 1, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Diabetes transition processes for young people
This report published by NHS Diabetes summarises the work by a number of small groups looking at transition in diabetes care and includes examples of good practice as well as principles for future consideration.
Source: NHS Networks - November 1, 2012 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

NHS Diabetes report on transition to adult services for young people with diabetes
This report describes an NHS Diabetes project to assess best practice and develop a practical work programme to improve the transition process to adult services for young people with diabetes, which can be applied nationally. It is aimed at providers, commissioners and clinicians involved in the delivery of transition services in this area and may also be of use to service users to support involvement in service improvement.
Source: NeLM - News - November 1, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Retrospective evaluation of outcome of second-line, glucose-lowering therapies after metformin in people with type 2 diabetes
Source: J Clin Endocrinol Metab Area: News After failure of metformin monotherapy, many second-line glucose-lowering therapies are available to treat people with type 2 diabetes. This retrospective cohort study using data from the U.K.-based General Practice Research Database compared clinical outcomes using common alternative regimens. The study population comprised 27,457 primary care patients with type 2 diabetes who had metformin monotherapy as their first treatment and who then initiated second-line, glucose-lowering regimens during the study period 2000-2010. A total of 26,278 (95.7%) patients were presc...
Source: NeLM - News - November 1, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

NHS Diabetes report: Optimal prescribing of glucose lowering therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes
This report by NHS Diabetes is based on analysis of data from the General Practice Research Database (GPRD) and from previously published trials to study questions of relevance to people with type 2 diabetes and their GPs such as the effect of the most widely prescribed drugs and the prevalence of prescriptions for blood glucose monitoring. The following topics are addressed: . Monitoring HbA1c for prescribing decisions . Monotherapy and combination therapy in UK general practice . Metformin and HbA1c: systematic review . Sulfonylureas and HbA1c: systematic review . Prescripti...
Source: NeLM - News - November 1, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Malaysia to battle 'nutrition transition' problem emerging worldwide: More income, poorer diet choices
(Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology) With health problems like obesity and diabetes on the rise due to changing diets in emerging economies, Malaysia announces new linkages with international scientists and institutions in hopes of mitigating the problem. It will also team with world experts to further secure its domestic food supply from anticipated shocks due to climate change and global supply chain disruptions.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 1, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

World experts enlist to help Malaysia mitigate problem of poorer nutrition as incomes rise
(Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology) With health problems like obesity and diabetes on the rise due to changing diets in emerging economies, Malaysia announces new linkages with international scientists and institutions in hopes of mitigating the problem. It will also team with world experts to further secure its domestic food supply from anticipated shocks due to climate change and global supply chain disruptions.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 1, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Everyday drugs could combat dementia, according to major study
Medications used to treat hypertension, diabetes and skin conditions could be doubling as treatments for Alzheimer’s within 10 years according to researchers.
Source: Alzheimers Society - October 31, 2012 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news

High-Quality, High-Touch Care Produces Significant Outcomes in Patients With Diabetes
According to collaborative studies from the AAFP Robert Graham Center and the AAFP National Research Network (AAFP NRN), high-touch health care can work wonders in patients with diabetes. In back-to-back presentations at the 2012 AAFP Assembly in Philadelphia, Robert Phillips Jr., M.D., M.S.P.H.; and Wilson Pace, M.D., showed how a for-profit primary care network of 23 practices in San Antonio used the PCMH model and peer mentors to achieve a large percentage of patients with hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels of less than 7 percent.
Source: AAFP Health of the Public - October 31, 2012 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Common Drugs Could Provide A New Way To Combat Dementia
Medications that are used to treat conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and skin conditions could also be used for Alzheimer's within the next 10 years. An unprecedented new study has recognized four existing drugs and one group of drugs that could potentially decrease risk, or impede symptoms of the disease. This groundbreaking study, published in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, is a critical component of ongoing drug discovery work which targets to speed up the process of searching for a cure or medications for dementia by specifically looking at existing treatments...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 31, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alzheimer's / Dementia Source Type: news

GlaxoSmithKline warns on European drug prices
Boss Sir Andrew Witty appeals to governments to rethink the sharp cuts that have seen prices fall by an average of 7-8% across the continentGlaxoSmithKline boss Sir Andrew Witty said on Wednesday that pharmaceutical companies could scale back on innovation and decamp to Asia or the US if European governments continued to impose drug pricing cuts as part of austerity programmes.Speaking as he announced a review of the drugmaker's European business he appealed to governments to rethink the sharp cuts that have seen prices fall by an average of 7-8% across the continent. The fall was twice as big as GSK had assumed at the beg...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 31, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Julia Kollewe Tags: World news Pharmaceuticals industry Health guardian.co.uk Society Europe Drugs UK news GlaxoSmithKline Business Science Source Type: news

Top medical innovations treat headaches, diabetes
(Reuters) - The best medical innovations for next year include an almond-size device implanted in the mouth to relieve severe headaches and a handheld scanner resembling a blow dryer that detects skin cancer, the Cleveland Clinic said on Wednesday.
Source: Reuters: Health - October 31, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Genomes project publishes inventory of human genetic variation
This study is an important contribution to our understanding of human genetic variation in health and disease and the DNA sequences are freely available for analysis and use by researchers."GeneticsHuman biologyBiologyMedical researchHealthAlok Jhaguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 31, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha Tags: Genetics Biology World news Health guardian.co.uk Medical research Human biology Society UK news Science Source Type: news

Landmark Medicare Settlement Could Change LivesLandmark Medicare Settlement Could Change Lives
Glenda Jimmo has had a challenging life. Blind since the age of 19, the 76-year-old Bristol, Vermont, resident is confined to a wheelchair due to disabling conditions that include a below-the-knee amputation stemming from her diabetes. Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - October 31, 2012 Category: Cardiology Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news