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Leading authority on Prediabetes kicks off guest blogger series. Austin, TX (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 PreDiabetes Centers, the national leader in cutting-edge prediabetes treatment, is proud to unveil its new blogger series “Spotlight on Diabetes” on the Company’s popular diabetes prevention blog, The PreD Blog. “Spotlight on Diabetes” will feature top bloggers sharing their insight and personal stories about coping with type 2 diabetes or its related problems, including...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A new study today from the Tel Aviv University's (TAU) Faculty of Management has found that social support and improved work conditions can reduce the risk of diabetes in employees. Additionally, this study holds that they can use work conditions to predict the development of diabetes in healthy employees. Obesity, high blood pressure and stress are all known causes for Type 2 diabetes. Therefore, it makes sense to look to the...
The Obesity Society Unveils Tools and Resources to Educate Policymakers and Support Healthcare Providers SILVER SPRING, Md., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With two out of three adults in the United States considered obese or overweight[i] obesity scientists and clinicians are asking that obesity be treated as a serious health condition, such as heart disease and cancer, to bring us closer to combatting the epidemic. The Obesity Society (TOS), the leading professional society...
The new position will oversee JDRF's efforts to bridge research and development of life-changing therapies for type 1 diabetes NEW YORK, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- JDRF announced today its new executive vice president of research and advocacy, David E. Wheadon, M.D. Dr. Wheadon brings 26 years of experience as a highly effective leader in drug development and translational research, regulatory and medical affairs, and patient advocacy. In this new position, he will work...
Continuing Education Company Inc. has released the faculty lineup for the three day intensive 17th Annual Conference on Hypertension, Diabetes and Dyslipidemia. This conference was designed in collaboration with the Carolina's, Georgia, Florida Chapters of the American Society of Hypertension and will be held in Charleston, SC June 28-30, 2013. Palm Coast, FL (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 In collaboration with the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida Chapter of the American Society of Hypertension,...
PreDiabetes Centers debuts new treatment facility in Houston. Houston, TX (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 PreDiabetes Centers, the nationwide leader in customized prediabetes treatment, today announced the opening of a new location in Houston and the appointment of Dr. Meg Qayum to lead the treatment center. Dr. Qayum is a board-certified physician with many years of experience in treating chronic disease. As a prediabetes physician, she will direct medical care for patients enrolled in the...
ILUVIEN now available in Germany as a new treatment for chronic diabetic macular edema ATLANTA, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/-- Alimera Sciences, Inc., (NASDAQ: ALIM) (Alimera), a biopharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development and commercialization of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, today announced that ILUVIEN(®), the first sustained release pharmaceutical product for the treatment of chronic diabetic macular edema (DME), is now commercially available...
Diabetes testing supply company demonstrates quality assurance through comparative research study CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Prodigy Diabetes Care (Prodigy) announced today that a recent study conducted by the Duke University revealed that the Prodigy AutoCode(®) blood glucose meter and test strip system is better than, or equivalent to, the leading brands in accuracy and reliability. The comparative clinical study examined the accuracy and reliability of blood...
Some of the earliest results from The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in The Young (TEDDY) study - a major Europe-USA consortium exploring the causes of type 1 diabetes in children – has found no evidence for viral infection as a cause of the rapid-onset form of the condition. The research appears in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and is by Professor Anette-Gabriele Ziegler of the German Research Centre for Environmental Health...
Taking Diabetes to Heart Program Helps People Make Small but Important Lifestyle Changes WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced its partnership with celebrity chef Art Smith on Taking Diabetes to Heart, an educational program to help people living with type 2 diabetes better manage the disease. Smith, who lives with type 2 diabetes, will be traveling the country "cooking up" some of...
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Diabetes is a peer-reviewed medical journal published since 1952 by the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes is a separate journal from the journal Diabetes Care, which is also published by the ADA. Diabetes covers research about the physiology and pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus, including any aspect of laboratory, animal or human research. Emphasis is on investigative reports focusing on areas such as the pathogenesis of diabetes and its complications, normal and pathologic...
Diabetes Care is a peer-reviewed medical journal established in 1978 and published monthly by the American Diabetes Association. It covers research in the following five categories: clinical care/education/nutrition/psychosocial research; epidemiology/health services research; emerging treatments and technologies; pathophysiology/complications; and cardiovascular and metabolic risk. The journal also publishes clinically relevant review articles, letters to the editor, and commentaries....
Insulin, a hormone, is used to regulate carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells to take up glucose from the blood and store it as glycogen in the liver and muscle. This hormone stops the body from using fat as an energy source by inhibiting the release of glucagons. Without insulin the body fails to take glucose into the bodies cells and in turns uses fat as an energy source. It also has several other anabolic effects throughout the body. Diabetes mellitus results...
