- May 24, 2008
Andy Mandell has already hiked more than 9,400 miles of "The Mr. Diabetes Wake Up and Walk Tour," which begins and ends in Madeira Beach, and is aimed at raising diabetes awareness.
Walking around 8 to 10 miles a day, he is hoping to wrap up his 10,000-mile-plus hike in December.
[Story at East Volusia News:
Man takes long walk to support diabetes awareness.]
- May 17, 2008
Diabetes treatments are now the leading driver of prescription drug spending growth, displacing lipid-lowering drugs which fell precipitously after a decade of reigning in the top position.
[Story at PRNewswire:
Diabetes Drugs Emerge as Top Force in Drug Spending Growth.]
- May 10, 2008
Use of metformin
to treat
gestational diabetes
does not increase the risk of pregnancy complications and most women prefer it to insulin, according to a recent study.
Metformin versus Insulin for the Treatment of Gestational Diabetes.
NEJM, Volume 358:2003-2015 May 8, 2008 Number 19.
[Story at MyDiabetesCentral.com, from Reuters.
Abstract at
NEJM;
full text at
NEJM, requires subscription.]
- May 1, 2008
Diabetic individuals have a significantly higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease but the molecular connection between the two remains unexplained. Now, researchers may have identified the molecular basis for the diabetes-Alzheimer's interaction.
The pathological interaction between diabetes and presymptomatic Alzheimer's disease.
Neurobiol Aging. 2008 Mar 25 [Epub ahead of print]
[Story at ScienceDaily.
Abstract at
PubMed.]
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