- May 28, 2007
Saudi Arabia, where diabetes affects nearly a quarter of the population, is one of 10 countries having the highest number of diabetics in the world, according to a report issued by an international diabetes conference.
A recent study conducted of 7,000 Saudi men and women has shown that the rate of diabetes and heart disease is very high in the Kingdom.
[Story at Arab News:
Al-Manie Says Diabetes Reaching Epidemic Proportions.]
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- May 21, 2007
Safety data from controlled clinical trials have shown that
there is a potentially significant increase in the risk of heart attack
and heart-related deaths in patients taking
Avandia.
The FDA went on to say "However, other published
and unpublished data from long-term clinical trials of Avandia…
provide contradictory evidence about the risks."
[Story at FDA News:
FDA Issues Safety Alert on Avandia.]
- May 13, 2007
New research shows that the effect of diabetes on the severity of illness and risk of death for patients with heart failure is much worse in women than men. The effect is even more pronounced in older patients…
A propensity matched study of the effect of diabetes on the natural history of heart failure: variations by sex and age.
Heart Published Online First: 8 May 2007. doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.113522
[Story at Medical News TODAY:
Abstract at
Heart;
full text at
Heart, requires subscription.]
- May 6, 2007
Researchers are ridding diabetic patients of the superbug MRSA — by treating their foot ulcers with maggots.
Larval Therapy: A Novel Treatment in Eliminating Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus From Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Diabetes Care 30:370-371, 2007.
[Story at Biology News Net:
Abstract at
DCare;
full text at
DCare.]
- May 3, 2007
May 3 is the 12-year anniversary of the first publication of the
DiabetesMonitor.
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