Empowered Doctor | Local Doctor Directory, Latest Breaking Health & Medical News

Find a Doctor Medical Board Noticians De Salud Medical Library

Conditions

Endocrinology » Diabetes Type1 Current Stories

Your Local Doctors

Endocrinology

Find Endocrinology Doctors

New York

- New York City

- Westchester

Americans VS Brits:

Its been, 230 years to be exact since we declared our independence from Britain, and subsequently won that war.

But in the long run, we may not be better off than the British, at least, when it comes to our health.

Talk about the good stuff: Fish and chips and Shepard’s pie--a delicious heart attack waiting to happen!!

But those are British food…not American! Not that we don’t like it…

Still, when comparing our health status to that of the Brits, new research in the Journal of the American Medical Association isn’t favorable for Americans. (Read more about Americans VS Brits:)

Type 2 Diabetes and Teens

You’ve almost certainly heard about the obesity trends in America, how we’re all getting fatter--including kids!

Now, a disturbing set of data shows how that problem is playing out in terms of very real disease in our young people.

It’s one of the worst diseases to have, and ironically, for most of us, it’s truly preventable. Diabetes is increasing in American kids—specifically, Type Two Diabetes--and it’s directly related to the fattening of our children. (Read more about Type 2 Diabetes and Teens)

Inhaled Insulin

It’s been a long awaited, much talked-about treatment: The first inhaled insulin—Exubera-- is now given the green light to hit the market in the United States.

Exubera is designed to keep blood sugars under control around mealtime: it’s taken ten minutes before eating. When inhaled, it passes quickly into the blood stream.

The big payoff: it’s a relief for those who fear the needle.

Dr. Holly Schachner, Medical Director of Exubera for Pfizer, says, “It was an incredible innovation in order to take the insulin molecule, and actually the insulin that you take from Exubera is exactly the molecule that your body makes and what we needed to do was get it into a dry form so that it’s stable at room temperature, it does not need to be refrigerated and we needed to get it into a device that we knew would work reliably and effectively.” (Read more about Inhaled Insulin)

Deadly Diabetes Drug

Pargluva, a new diabetes drug just approved by the FDA has been shown to, in fact, increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and death in patients taking it.

For patients with Type Two diabetes, which makes up 90 percent of all diabetes cases, new treatments are met with great excitement. The drug muraglitazar, which goes by the trade name Pargluva, and developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb, has been one of them--endorsed last month by an FDA advisory panel by a count of 8-1.

Two days ago, the company received an approvable letter from the FDA, meaning, with some additional information, including safety medication, Pargluva is soon to be given the green light to be marketed in the U.S. as a monotherapy--to be used alone in treating diabetes. (Read more about Deadly Diabetes Drug)

New Diabetes Medicines

News of a new medicine for diabetes is always encouraging for diabetes patients. Currently there are two major advances in diabetes treatment that are in the final stages of research.

There’s no question, the final cure for diabetes will most likely come with gene therapy. But while that’s still in the future, new medicines for diabetes continue to be developed.

The latest development in the battle against diabetes, are two new forms of insulin- Exenatide and Glargine. (Read more about New Diabetes Medicines)

OBESITY AND DIABETES RISK

Scientists have been warning that diabetes will be the next medical crisis in this country. Now – a new study may give us a better warning of who its next victims will be, showing that diabetes, particularly Type 2 diabetes and obesity may be linked.
For years, doctors have been weighing patients, and then determining their likelihood of developing type-2 diabetes. They did so by calculating their “body mass index”—a ratio of their weight to their height. (Read more about OBESITY AND DIABETES RISK)

DIABETES BREATHALYZER

A new diabetes breathalyzer allows people to have an early indication of whether they are at risk of developing diabetes.
Two years ago, 13 year old Lauren Barbiero barely weighed 70 pounds.
“I was kind of scared of myself. I wanted myself to look a little more like a living person, not like a dead ghost.” (Read more about DIABETES BREATHALYZER)

POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME STUDY

Polycystic ovarian syndrome can be a source of much distress to premenopausal women.
Ellen Bender loves the role of being mom. At 43, she considers herself fortunate. After multiple rounds of infertility treatments she now has two beautiful girls. Her infertility was just one battle she has fought with her lifelong disease known as polycystic ovary syndrome. “I was in my teens I had gotten my first period but they were irregular,” says Ellen. “I couldn’t get excused from gym class as regularly as my friends.” (Read more about POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME STUDY)