Archive for the ‘Diabetes’ Category

Intensive Control of Blood Sugar in Diabetics Is Questioned

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

                           The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped one treatment within a large, ongoing North American clinical trial of diabetes and cardiovascular disease 18 months early due to concerns about a higher risk of death seen in a trial called the ...

Where you Live can Affect your Chances of Developing Type 2 Diabetes

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

A recent study published in the journal, Epidemiology, suggests that people who live in certain neighbourhoods have an increased chance of developing insulin resistance and subsequent type 2 Diabetes. People who lived in neighbourhoods "more conducive" to exercise and healthy diet had less insulin resistance. These ...

A Promising Start to a New, Wearable, Artificial Kidney

Monday, December 17th, 2007

A newly developled articial kidney (which performs haemodialysis) which can be worn by patients with end stage kidney disease shows promise according to a recent study published in the journal, Lancet.  The device, developed by a physician in California, was tested in 8 patients in the UK for a brief ...