Breakthrough research identifies how cells from pigs may cure diabetes December 12, 2009
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Within three years, insulin-producing islet cells from pigs may be used in clinical trials on a path to finally cure insulin dependant diabetes.
This key finding was the discovery of Dr. Bernhard Hering, Scientific Director of the Diabetes Institute for Immunology & Transplantation at the University of Minnesota and his team, who documented their medical breakthrough in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Medicine in March of 2006.
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On Thursday, September 20, at 10:00 a.m. CDT, Hering will present the latest research on pig islet xenotransplantation at the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation Symposium at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis in Minneapolis, MN.
The symposium will be part of The Transplantation Society’s 2007 Joint Conference (www.cts-ipita-ixa-2007.org), an international event that will unite the greatest innovators from three sections of the Transplantation Society – the Cell Transplant Society (CTS), the International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association (IPITA) and the International Xenotransplantation Association (IXA) – for the first time in history. Hering also serves as the Joint Conference president.
Research has shown that the transplantation of islet cells, harvested from the pancreas of a pig, yields a long-term reversal of diabetes in monkeys, opening the path to unprecedented new opportunities for human patients with the disease. To oversee immunosuppression issues, researchers are now working to transplant porcine islets in an engineered pre-vascularized, cytoprotective and immune-privileged implantation site. This procedure has a number of advantages including: Read More…
Naturopathic Physicians: Up and Coming Partners in Diabetes Care August 2, 2009
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After experiencing blurry vision and excessive thirst, Mr. R visits his primary care doctor, who tests him and diagnoses diabetes and high lipid levels. Mr. R is placed on hypoglycemic and statin medications and sent to a dietitian for nutritional advice, but he is confused about to how to shop and cook according to the new recommendations. In the next weeks, he experiences dangerous blood glucose swings and inadequate improvement in his LDL level. His primary care doctor refers him to an endocrinologist, but the next available appointment is three months away. What now? Read More…
The Power in Onion July 23, 2009
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Regular consumption of onion can protect against diseases including cancer and diabetes
Those who want to look and feel healthy are advised to eat onion everyday. Anselm Adodo, a reverend father, founder and director of Pax Herbal Clinic, Ewu, Edo State, who gave the advice, said apart from strengthening the immune system, warding off a variety of bacteria, lowering noxious cholesterol level in the blood system, onion also protects the body against viral infections. Onion contains substances that also lower blood sugar and destroys cancerous cells in the body. It purifies and strengthens the liver and the kidney as well as cleanses the blood. Read More…
Study links diabetes drug to heart failure September 12, 2007
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diabetes drug prescribed to Canadians nearly 1.3 million times over the past year more than doubles the risk of heart failure, a new analysis shows.Researchers estimate there would be one additional case of heart failure — where the heart cannot pump enough blood through the body — for every 30 diabetic patients taking GlaxoSmithKline’s Avandia for one year.
As well, for every 220 diabetics treated with the drug for at least 12 months, one additional person would suffer a heart attack, according to the study published in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association. Read More…
New Review Adds More Reasons To Avoid Diabetes Drug Avandia July 20, 2007
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Little evidence supports using rosiglitazone (Avandia) to improve the quality or length of life among adults with diabetes, according to a systematic review of data by German researchers.Furthermore, data suggest that the drug might worsen complications of the disease such as weight gain, swelling, bone fractures and heart disease. The new review supports findings from an analysis of studies, published in May, which reported an increased risk of death from cardiovascular causes in patients taking the medication.
On May 21, the Food and Drug Administration issued a safety alert saying, “Patients who are taking Avandia, especially those who are known to have underlying heart disease or who are at high risk of heart attack, should talk to their doctor about this new information.” Read More….
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