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Diabetes Notes

Archive for December 2006

December 25th, 2006

Ho3

Okay, so Christmas.
There’s food and sweets and overindulgence and sloth and all the things that make us both happy Americans and sad diabetics. Let’s touch on some basics to remember.
Remember that the very very best thing you can do to avoid becoming a Type 2 diabetic (or to control your diabetes if you’ve already […]

By Rob Rummel-Hudson -- 0 comments

December 18th, 2006

Vision Loss Drug Shows Promise for Diabetic Blindness

A drug currently used to slow vision loss also shows promise for treating blindness in diabetics, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute in a study published in the December issue of American Journal of Ophthalmology.
Subjects suffering from vision loss due to macular edema, one the complications of diabetes and a first […]

By Rob Rummel-Hudson -- 0 comments

December 15th, 2006

UPDATE: I am not dead.

Hi, all. I just wanted to let you know that I just got back from a media event in New York City and have not been just lying on the floor in a diabetic coma. I had a good time and walked about a million miles without my poor tired diabetic feet giving […]

By Rob Rummel-Hudson -- 0 comments

December 5th, 2006

I am not a smart man.

Okay, so here’s the deal. I was going to post something about a study done at the Ottawa Health Research Institute. (Note to ugly Americans: That’s in Canada.) This study suggested there may be a link between Creutzfeld-Jakob disease (”mad cow disease”) and type 1 diabetes.
Here’s my problem. I’ve read it like […]

By Rob Rummel-Hudson -- 3 comments

December 1st, 2006

Actos may help fatty liver problems

Researchers in San Antonio, Texas, have discovered that Actos, a drug used by diabetics to control blood glucose and improve inulin management, may also help prevent fatty liver disease with inflammation, a condition that causes fat pockets and scarring of the liver.
The study by Audie Murphy Veterans Hospital’s General Clinical Research Center showed a reduction […]

By Rob Rummel-Hudson -- 1 comment