MIT: Carbon Nanotube Sensor Detects Glucose in Saliva
Painful finger-prick blood tests for diabetics could become a thing of the past, say physicists who have built a sensor that measures glucose in saliva
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Glucose & Insulin
Medical News Today – Saxagliptin/Metformin Combo: Added Benefit Not Proven for TII
The fixed combination of the drugs saxagliptin and metformin (Komboglyze®) has been approved in Germany since November 2011 for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Diabetes Daily – How We May Restore Insulin Production in Type 1 Diabetes
At last week’s Capital Hill summit on Insulin Independence, researchers from around the world shared a vision of using a combination of therapies built on these same principles to bring perfect blood sugars to those living with type 1 diabetes.
Research: Will Green Tea Help You Regulate Glucose Levels?
Evidence has shown that green tea extract may be an effective herbal remedy useful for weight control and helping to regulate glucose in type 2 diabetes.
Hormone Dramatically Increases Insulin Production, Possible Diabetes Breakthrough
A hormone, called betatrophin, that may significantly improve type 2 diabetes treatment has been discovered by scientists at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), according to a report published in Cell.
Report updates impact of hypoglycemia in diabetes
An update of the current state of knowledge about the impact of hypoglycemia on patients with diabetes reviews outcomes, strategies to prevent hypoglycemia, and current knowledge gaps, and has been published in the May issue of Diabetes Care.
Scientific American: Liver Hormone Offers Hope for Diabetes Treatment
Biologists have found a hormone in the liver that spurs the growth of insulin-secreting cells in the pancreas, a discovery they hope will lead to new treatments for diabetes.
Diabetes Self-Management: Partially Disposable Insulin Pump Hits the Market
The Asante Snap, a new style of partially disposable insulin pump, has hit the market in certain states in the Northeast and will be available throughout the United States later this year.
CBS: Diabetes hormone discovery may one day eliminate need for insulin injections
The discovery may someday lead to a treatment for Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease. People have their own version of this hormone, and the new work suggests that giving diabetics more of it might one remove the need to be treated with insulin injections
Diabetes Mine: The World’s Funnest Clinical Trial (Artificial Pancreas!)
Two weeks ago today for Spring Break I was in gorgeous, palm-studded Santa Barbara, CA. And what does a diabetes technology geek like me do on vacation? Visit the local research clinic, of course!
Food Consumer: Alpha-lipoic acid improves insulin sensitivity
Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA), a dietary supplement available over the Internet, helps improve insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes melitus, according to a placebo-controlled pilot trial reported in 1999 in Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Research: Reducing Carbs in GDM Doesn’t Prevent the Need for Insulin
Randomized control trial looked at patients with gestational diabetes who followed a low carb diet and those who ate a normal diet, comparing the need for insulin
DiabetesHealth: Smaller, Lighter OmniPod Earns FDA Approval
The FDA recently approved the next-generation OmniPod from Insulet, giving people with insulin-dependent diabetes an even less invasive way to manage their diabetes.
Diabetes Self-Management: Another Blood Glucose Meter Recalled
On April 15, 2013, Abbott voluntarily issued a recall of all FreeStyle Insulinx blood glucose meters in the United States because the meter malfunctions at extremely high blood glucose levels.
DiabetesMine: Animas Vibe Insulin Pump Finally Submitted to FDA
Almost two years after the Animas Vibe hit the market in Europe, this Monday Johnson & Johnson submitted the pump to the U.S. regulatory agency. The company publicly announced the submission during their first quarter earnings call early this morning.
DiabetesHealth: Is it dangerous to continually have low-grade ketone levels in your blood?
Ketones in your blood shows that you are metabolizing your own fats. One of the purposes of fat is for survival, to help you out in a pinch. Your body converts fat to ketones, and the ketones help keep the brain alive. Ketones also provide energy to your heart.
Abbott Laboratories recalls blood glucose meters
Abbott Laboratories is recalling its FreeStyle InsuLinx Blood Glucose Meters after finding that they display and store incorrect test results for dangerously high blood sugar levels.
DiabetesInControl: Better Metrics than A1C?
Ambulatory Glucose Profiles includes four key metrics to improving glycemic control
WSJ: For Diabetics, a Longtime Goal Is Within Reach
Now a new generation of medical research and engineering has brought health care closer to a long-sought goal: small implantable devices that continuously monitor blood-sugar levels
BBC: Warning over faulty One Touch diabetes meters
People with diabetes are being urged to check their blood glucose meters after a potentially dangerous fault was identified in two models.