ModernMedicine Leptin Shows Advantages Over Insulin in Type 1 Diabetes Study in mice finds ... ModernMedicine The researchers showed that both leptin and insulin prevented ketoacidosis and death in the mice. Leptin also lowered hemoglobin A1c to a level similar to ...

KolkataObserver.com The Way the Body Anticipates Food Could be a Risk for Diabetes BETTER Health Research When individuals anticipate a meal, the parasympathetic nervous systems sets off salivation and increases the production of insulin in anticipation of ... Body's Response to Foods' Smell, Taste Could Be Diabetes Risk Factor 'A diabetes risk factor' Smell and taste response could be diabetes risk

Kalil bottling company in Tucson settles discrimination suit KOLD-TV Lawyers arguing for Nez said that when the medical exam showed the Kalil employee required insulin because of his diabetic condition, the company fired him. ... Kalil to pay $33000 to settle discrimination suit

Medical journalist Dan Hurley tackles myths about diabetes in new book Fort Worth Star Telegram Insulin (produced by the pancreas) moves the glucose sugar from the blood into the cells. If you have diabetes, however, your pancreas produces less or no ... Diabetes: A stealth disease

Diabetes Myths Just Keep Coming Huffington Post (blog) Type 1 is an autoimmune disorder and people have to live on insulin as their life support and we want to find a cure so they no longer have to live on that ...

Updated: Driver in fatal school-bus crash suspended over speeding ticket Tallahassee Democrat Diabetics requiring insulin are not allowed to drive school buses, according to state law. The condition can "result in a loss of consciousness or ... Driver in fatal Fla. bus crash once unfit for job

Insulin pump errors, injuries causing growing concern with FDA Newsome Law (blog) The US Food and Drug Administration reported last week that there is a growing concern with insulin pumps that are becoming quite popular among people with ...

Amylin's Byetta Plant Faulted Over Quality Control Bloomberg Almost 24 million Americans have diabetes, caused by a lack of insulin needed to convert blood sugar into energy, according to the National Institutes of ...

XOMA 052 Phase 2 Trial Initiated in Type 1 Diabetes Patients CNNMoney.com (press release) "The study is based on the recent observations of ongoing destruction of the insulin producing beta-cells even after decades of disease duration," said Dr. ... Type 2 Diabetes Drug XOMA 052 Takes Anti-Inflammatory Approach XOMA Begins Phase 2 Clinical Trial Of XOMA 052 In Type 1 Diabetes Patients

Halozyme Therapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2009 Financial Results PR Newswire (press release) Halozyme's Ultrafast Insulin program advanced during the fourth quarter. Presentations of the results from three of our insulin studies at medical meetings ...