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Thousands support month-long fundraiser which benefits the Diabetes Research Institute HOLLYWOOD, Fla., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Brenda Novak, a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author, has raised more than $1.6 million with her annual Online Auction for Diabetes Research, in honor of her son, Thad, 16, who has lived with type 1 diabetes for over a decade. Now in its ninth year, the 2013 auction, which benefits the Diabetes Research Institute and takes place...

And boosts risks of diabetes, potentially fatal blood clots, and heart attacks Young men who are obese in their early 20s are significantly more likely to develop serious ill health by the time they reach middle age, or not even make it that far, suggests research published in the online journal BMJ Open. It's well known that obesity in adulthood poses a risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease, but it's not been clear whether obesity in early adulthood strengthens that risk. The...

Orders from BRIC Countries Demonstrate Cost, Durable Therapeutic Advantages of Laser-Based Treatments for Ophthalmologic Diseases MOUNTAIN VIEW Calif., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IRIDEX Corporation (Nasdaq:IRIX) today announced that it has recently received two significant orders for its proprietary laser-based medical systems for the treatment of eye diseases. The orders, totaling more than $500,000, are indicative of the burgeoning growth of the ophthalmology market in the...

TORONTO, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Transition Therapeutics Inc. ("Transition" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: TTHI, TSX: TTH) announced the results of a five-week proof of concept clinical study of TT-401 in type 2 diabetic and obese non-diabetic subjects.  In the study, TT-401 a once-weekly administered peptide, demonstrated significant improvements in glycemic control and reductions in body weight. The study enrolled diabetic patients at five dosing levels and non-diabetic...

Custom Publications Will be Delivered to Families Affected by Type 1 Diabetes Throughout the World INDIANAPOLIS, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- News Highlights: Lilly Diabetes expands collaboration with Disney Publishing Worldwide globally. New educational resources will be available soon for families of children with type 1 diabetes. Lilly Diabetes today announced the global expansion of its innovative collaboration with Disney Publishing Worldwide (DPW), which expands the...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Researchers from the Keimyung University School of Medicine in South Korea have found new evidence supporting green tea’s role as a weight-loss aid, as well as an herbal remedy useful for glucose regulation in patients suffering from type 2 diabetes. Writing in the most recent edition of the journal Naunyn-Schmedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology, Jae-Hyung Park and his colleagues describe how they tested the impact of green tea...

JERUSALEM, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQCM: ORMP) (http://www.oramed.com), a developer of oral delivery systems of drugs currently administered by injection, announced today that its abstract, entitled "Oral insulin capsules toward management of Type 1 diabetes mellitus," will be presented at the Global Technology Community Diabetes Summit 2013. The poster will be presented today, April 29(th), by Dr. Miriam Kidron, Oramed's Chief Scientific Officer,...

Nurses with the highest melatonin production have about half the type 2 diabetes of those with the lowest melatonin, according to the Harvard study. Orange eyeglasses that eliminate blue light, (available from Photonic Developments LLC) help maximize melatonin production. University Heights, OH (PRWEB) April 27, 2013 In the April 3, 2013 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health describe the results of a 13 year study of...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online A hormone known as betatrophin could be the key to new, more effective treatments for type 2 diabetes, researchers from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) have discovered. Writing in the journal Cell, HSCI co-director Doug Melton and postdoctoral fellow Peng Yi report betatrophin causes the production rate of insulin-secreting pancreatic beta cells to increase by as much as 30 times normal levels. According to the study,...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Proponents of New York mayor Michael Bloomberg’s soda ban have more evidence to support their case, as a recently published European study found that a daily 12-ounce serving of soda can raise an individual’s risk of diabetes by 22 percent. “It’s alarming,” lead author Dora Romaguera of Imperial College, London told Bloomberg News. “Most people are not really aware of the dangers of these drinks.” In the study, a...