MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'dia'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:10:44 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4097938&cid=t_126222_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fjuvenile-diabetes-the-walk-for-the-cure%2F2010.10.22 This weekend is the Western Carolina Walk for the Cure for Juvenile Diabetes. Our son Seth is 13, and has been diabetic since age five. The Walk is one of our favorite yearly events. More than that, the idea of a cure is one of our favorite dreams! Seth has come a long way. He wears an insulin pump, and is now wearing a continuous glucose monitoring system. His chances of long-term complications, such as blindness or renal failure, are remarkably low compared to what kids faced in past decades. His physician, Dr. James Amrhein of the Greenville Hospital System, is outstanding. He and his outstanding nurse practitioners brought us through the shock and trials of diabetes with great compassion and understanding. He offered us that precious commodity: Hope. (more…) *This b... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4097938 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:00:22 +0100 4097938 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4055716&cid=t_126222_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-relative-unimportance-of-diagnosis-in-psychiatry%2F2010.10.11 Look, he came back! Guest blogger Mitchell Newmark, M.D., put on his armor and came to blog with us again. The Relative Unimportance of Diagnosis In Psychiatry As we will soon be witness to the emergence of DSM-V, the new rule book for psychiatric diagnosis, I am reminded of all the pitfalls of diagnosis in psychiatry. In other fields of medicine, diagnosis is based primarily on etiology, with objective findings, rather than on symptoms alone, as it is in psychiatry. When you go to your internist with stomach pain, there’s an endoscopy to look for ulcers, a sonogram to look for gall stones, a blood test to look for hepatitis. But in psychiatry, there is no CT scan to check for bipolar disorder, no blood test to assess if the patient has schizophrenia, no spinal tap to check for major de... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4055716 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:00:00 +0100 4055716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3635862&cid=t_126222_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F06%2F07%2Fdsm-5-sleep-disorders-overhaul%2F The DSM-5 Sleep Disorders workgroup has been especially busy. They are calling for a nearly complete overhaul of the sleep disorders category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (“DSM”). According to a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in May, Charles Reynolds, MD, suggested that the reworking of this category will make sleep problems easier for professionals to diagnose and discriminate between different sleep disorders. He stated that the current DSM-IV puts too much emphasis on presumed causes of symptoms, something that the rest of the DSM-IV does not do. Bringing the sleep disorder section more in line with the other sections in the DSM should make it less confusing. Primary and commonly diagnosed sleep diso... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3635862 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:35:07 +0100 3635862 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318604&cid=t_126222_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fannouncing-the-2010-diabetesmine-design-challenge-open-for-entries-now.html After months of preparation, today I am indescribably excited and proud to kick off the 2010 DiabetesMine™ Design Challenge, an online competition to encourage creative new tools for improving life with diabetes! You know the drill: Do you have an idea for an innovative new diabetes device or web application? This is your chance to win [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318604 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:00:24 +0100 3318604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1729819&cid=t_126222_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F08%2F23%2Flost-in-translation-fda-believes-that-labcorps-ovarian-cancer-early-detection-test-ovasure-lacks-adequate-clinical-validation%2F The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a letter to the Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) on August 7, 2008, stating that it believes the Yale ovarian cancer early detection test (marketed by LabCorp under the name OvaSure™) ” … has not received adequate clinical validation, and may harm the public health.” In that [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1729819 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:17:19 +0100 1729819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1551904&cid=t_126222_150_f&fid=35779&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pharmamanufacturing.com%2Fonpharma%2F%3Fp%3D2241 George Laszlo has been keeping tabs on the technology offerings in his blog.  For access to this very handy list, a work-in-progress, read on.  Also note posts on open-source code (technology is ready, but is the industry ready for it, he asks) and the changing role of the Pharma CIO. (Source: On Pharma) On Pharma blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1551904 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:24:44 +0100 1551904 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1546988&cid=t_126222_150_f&fid=35779&url=http%3A%2F%2Fa4.g.akamai.net%2F7%2F4%2F33930%2Fv1%2Fsmb2.download.akamai.com%2F33930%2FPM%2FDW_D0013.mp3 A storm, complete with hail, thunder and generous amounts of lightning, appeared to follow me through Connecticut and Rhode Island as I drove to Boston on Wednesday for the DIA meeting.  Didn’t make it until almost 4 PM, only to have the storm break out in Boston at 6 PM in all its glory.  Although I’d missed the [...] (Source: On Pharma) On Pharma blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1546988 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:30:28 +0100 1546988 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1543936&cid=t_126222_150_f&fid=35779&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pharmamanufacturing.com%2Fonpharma%2F%3Fp%3D2201 Microsoft’s Life Sciences Group has certainly grown, from 5 people when it was established seven years ago to 800 people today. The SharePoint platform, which allows users to customize solutions without having to play programmer is finding increased acceptance. Among new developments: At the DIA conference in Boston this week, TranSenda International LLC launched the beta [...] (Source: On Pharma) On Pharma blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1543936 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:29:27 +0100 1543936 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=832653&cid=t_126222_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F150317128%2F Scientists have revisited the fact that certain neurons in the brain are activated by glucose. And this time they have identified that defects in the brain’s ability to respond to glucose can play a role in the development of type 2 diabetes. How is this research of clinical use you ask… “By identifying glucose-sensing neurons in the brain as important players in regulating glucose, our findings may open a new avenue of research,” Dr. Coppari said. “Because these neurons play a role in maintaining glucose homeostasis throughout the body, an impairment in their glucose-sensing ability could play a pathogenic role in type 2 diabetes, where homeostasis is altered.” In a nut shell, curb the glucose-sensing neurons into reacting appropriately and there is a d... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=832653 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:42:21 +0100 832653 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=823013&cid=t_126222_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F26%2Fscientists-to-discuss-epidemic-at-seattle-meetup%2F Filed under: Type 2, Research, Events, CareScientists from all over the world will meet up in Seattle October 22-23 to attend the Warren G. Magnuson Congress for a Global Diabetes Alliance. The initiative is intended to help fight the rapid rise of type 2 diabetes worldwide. International Diabetes Federation past president Pierre Lefebvre, who will be a speaker at the conference, says the need for such an alliance to fight the T2 global epidemic "could not be more urgent."More than one hundred diabetes experts hailing from over twenty countries will attend the congress. There's one main goal: the discussion of how to help under-served populations, such as indigenous peoples. However, the more general problems - prevention, treatment and the possibility of a cure - will also be on the table... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=823013 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 823013 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=716533&cid=t_126222_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F05%2Fhomeopathy-and-diabetes%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Lifestyle, Products, SupportI was excited to see my friend, Lissa Coffey, appearing on The Today Show this morning. Lissa is a PhD, a relationship expert and sociologist. Lissa shares her ancient wisdom and modern style through her site, Coffey Talk, and her newsletters. A recent newsletter addressed homeopathic medicine and I share with you how this applies to the treatment of diabetes. Homeopathic medicine is a natural pharmaceutical science developed in the early 1800s. It uses small doses of natural substances (animal, vegetable, and mineral) to stimulate the body's own defenses. Homeopathy is a word derived from the Greek words for similar and disease. It is medicine based on the law of similars that says a substance will help to he... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=716533 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 716533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=693271&cid=t_126222_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F127582394%2F At the recent DIA Annual Meeting the top subject, or so it appeared, on everyone’s minds was safety. Adverse event reporting, pharmacovigilance, etc were buzzwords that one didn’t have to look far to hear. If someone asked you, as a life scientist, what the top priorities in healthcare should be, what would you say? In my opinion, we need to be thinking seriously about how we can change drug development paradigms in the context of all the information that we have to try and make sure that attrition rates are decreased dramatically. Current efforts are just extensions of what we’ve been doing for years, and they are not working. Safety would be right up there, along with trying to rebuild public trust. Technorati Tags: Healthcare, Adverse Events, DIA, Drug Development (Sou... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=693271 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:11:37 +0100 693271 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=683258&cid=t_126222_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F125792241%2F Interested in following me at DIA. Won’t always have computer access, but when I do, I am microblogging stuff at Twitter Technorati Tags: DIA, Twitter (Source: business|bytes|genes|molecules) business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=683258 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:24:25 +0100 683258