]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/insulin Blog Articles Tagged with 'insulin' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/923959?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin November 20, 2008 (EurekAlert) - The body's immune system hates strangers. When its security patrol spots a foreign cell, it annihilates it.This is the problem when people with type 1 diabetes undergo human islet cell transplantation. The islet cells... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/923959?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:02:25 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/923840?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin There is an interesting list of facts and figures related to diabetes from the Associated Press, including this one: Total direct and indirect U.S. costs of diabetes are estimated at $218 billion a year. Amazing. When non-diabetics hear this fig... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/923840?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:23:15 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-butterys/924031?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin The AP reports that a study, conducted by the Lewin Group consultants, puts the total financial costs for diabetes at $218 billion last year -- the first comprehensive estimate of the financial toll diabetes takes. The Lewin Group figure include... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-butterys/924031?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:06:42 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dbs-medical-rants/923658?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin The rift between ER docs and hospitalistsThis rift does not just involve hospitalists. Rather, I see problems between the ER and everyone else.Back in the old days, when I was a resident, we had no specialty of ER medicine. We had this same pro... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dbs-medical-rants/923658?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:45:31 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/923961?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin November 19, 2008 (EurekAlert) - A drug based on a chemical found in garlic can treat diabetes types I and II when taken as a tablet, a study in the new Royal Society of Chemistry journal Metallomics says.When Hiromu Sakurai and colleagues from the S... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/923961?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:48:53 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/923962?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin November 19, 2008 (EurekAlert) - One of the most reliable indicators to predict that a person will develop type 2 diabetes is the presence of insulin resistance. Insulin is produced in the pancreas and is the hormone responsible for ensuring that glu... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/923962?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:41:47 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diet-blog/923956?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Control calories or control insulin... or both? Which is more important when it comes to battling extra pounds? Hint... there's no simple answer.If you've read any diet book released in the past 5-10 years, you are probably convinced that excess ca... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diet-blog/923956?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:13:39 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/923642?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin November 13, 2008 (EurekAlert) - Diabetes appears to be linked with an increased risk of pelvic girdle syndrome. This is shown in a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and Akershus University Hospital.The study showed that five pe... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/923642?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:50:05 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/923134?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin We re continuing our series in talking to people that have diabetes. I think it s important to see all these great folks who deal with diabetes and learn about how they live a full and happy life despite having this disease.For this episode of P... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/923134?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:36:18 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/923019?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin I always like studies directed especially towards Type 1 diabetics. I know the majority of people are Type 2 diabetics and so many studies need to be directed towards them. But, as someone that is a Type 1, it s nice to see some research directed... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/923019?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:31:35 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/lancet-blog/923123?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin The following will appear in the Nov 15 issue of The Lancet: Heart failure In the USA, the number of people aged 65 years or older admitted to hospital for heart failure has more than doubled over the past 27 years, according to figures presented at... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/lancet-blog/923123?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:29:20 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-zs-medical-report/922976?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Diabetes is common and increasing in prevalence. About 24 million Americans already have diabetes, and millions more are at risk. Moreover, if current trends continue, one in three Americans (one in two for minorities) born in 2000 will develop diab... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-zs-medical-report/922976?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:45:38 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/922885?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Check out this facinating discovery from Diabetes Health:A 55-year-old woman whose pancreas was removed due to chronic pancreatitis is not without a pancreas, thanks to the ingenuity of surgeons at the Methodist Hospital in Houston. After they remove... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/922885?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:35:41 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/922856?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Halle Berry caused all kinds of hoopla not too long ago when she stated that she had weaned herself off of insulin. She said she had Type 1 diabetes and now had Type 2 diabetes.Well, we know that you cannot change the type of diabetes you have... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/922856?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:43:06 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/922806?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Associated PressIndiana Gov. Mitch Daniels on a tour of Pfizer s Exubera plant in happier times: 2006 In perhaps another symbol of Pfizer s belt-tightening, the drugmaker is putting up for sale a 580,000-square foot factory where it made its now-... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/922806?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:43:13 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/922614?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin As I mentioned in a previous post, we re starting up a new feature here at Diabetes Notes. I d like to highlight all the terrific people who deal with diabetes on a regular basis so we can get a glimpse into what it s like to have the disease.... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/922614?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:33:52 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/daily-diabetic/922555?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin There are 23.6 million people in the U.S. who have diabetes and yet 5.7 million of those individuals are unaware that they have the disease. November is Diabetes Awareness Month and NutritionData.com is doing its part to increase awareness about Type... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/daily-diabetic/922555?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:21:35 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/922543?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Here s an important recall warning for diabetics: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert that 471,000 mislabeled syringes for diabetics being recalled from Wal-Mart and Sam s Clubs stores pose risk of insulin overdose.T... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-notes/922543?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:04:14 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-self-management/922527?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin The company Tyco Healthcare Group (Covidien) is recalling one lot of ReliOn insulin syringes, so if...... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-self-management/922527?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:56:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-self-management/922443?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin For those of you who don t use an a...... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-self-management/922443?rsstype=tag&tag=insulin Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:25:00 -0500