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Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Drugs, Research, Opinion, Blogs, Services, Allie Beatty, Support, Care, Complications, Personalities  Why is diabetes an imperfect science? The last 22 years of my life with diabetes have disproved as much (or more) than it has confirmed in conventional diabetes wisdom. The facts were in the studies - but researchers didn't know what to do with them, at...
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Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Drugs, Opinion, Allie Beatty, Retro Review, Personalities  I don't mind high sugars as much as I loathe lows. Personally I'm not so ruffled by shots either (but my liver begs to differ). However, in a message posted on The Islet Foundation, Pfizer reported that insulin-dependent diabetics declared they most hate taking shots. Was this the warm-up for the Exubera campaign? Here's a fact I support! A close second to...
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Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Drugs, Events, Opinion, Allie Beatty, Support, Care, Complications, Personalities  Dr. Bernstein, a world leading authority in diabetes, is hosting a live internet broadcasts to answer your questions on diabetes. Diabetes 911 is setup to stop the complications of diabetes before it's an emergency. Here's a link to the page where you can submit your questions, to be answered on...
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Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Drugs, Opinion, Allie Beatty, Retro Review, Personalities  How did we allow insulin to evolve into a genetically modified hormone?
It all boils down to propaganda. If you're confident your current insulin surpasses former natural insulin in: purity, availability, allergy response, similarity and safety - I encourage you to review the following facts that were conveniently neglected or not available, due to restraints of time travel. Purity: In the...
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Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Drugs, Allie Beatty, Support, Personalities  A recent study found that 87% of patients who experienced an adverse symptom from a prescribed drug spoke to their doctor. However less than half of the doctors went through with filing the adverse event paperwork to notify the drug manufacturer. Why is this?
The research was published in the latest issue of Drug Safety. Doctors dismissed patients' complaints, and told them...
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Filed under: Drugs, Products, Care  Ever heard of MedCo Health Solutions? It's not a household name like the big pharmaceutical companies Novo, Glaxo etc. However, MedCo, which happens to be in the prescription benefit management business, is a large and powerful company. Now it's about to become even larger: the company is poised to pay $1.5 billion for PolyMedica Corporation, the nation's biggest supplier of diabetes-related products.
According to a Forbes report on the deal, PolyMedica has nearly one million patients using its products....
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Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Drugs, Research, Care  Aaaahh ... fall will soon deliver golden trees, crisp autumn air, piles of fallen leaves begging to be jumped in, and the stick of the flu vaccine.
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) recently issued a report calling for greater influenza vaccination rates among Americans with diabetes. Turns out more than 50 percent of the 21 million people with diabetes do not receive an...
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Filed under: Type 1, Adult Onset, Lifestyle, Drugs, Personalities  You've heard about the sports stars and the rock stars who succeed in life despite suffering from diabetes. Now, here's something a little more unusual: a circus acrobat! Dolly Jacobs is Circus Sarasota's "Queen of the Air." She recently gave an interview to the Bradenton Herald about her life in the circus.
Trim and petite like a dancer, Jacobs was diagnosed ten years ago. How did it happen? She had...
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Filed under: Drugs, Research, Daily News  Participants are being sought for a new study on the possible benefits of an aspirin-like medication for people with type 2 diabetes. The research, which is being funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, is aimed at determining if Salsalate, a drug that has been used for more than 40 years to treat pain associated with arthritis, can also be used to help manage diabetes.
Recent studies have linked chronic inflammation to the development...
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Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Drugs, Research, Opinion, Allie Beatty, Support  Bev did a great job covering the study of obese mice having protection from elevated blood sugar due to a plethora of adiponectin. Adiponectin was shown to enhance insulin signaling which transported the excess glucose to less harmful areas of the body, rather than the cells which would endure diabetes complications. The results of this study created a...
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Filed under: Type 1, Drugs, Research, Products  Drug War '07: drug giants Novo Nordisk and Sanofi-Aventis have been sparring recently over their insulin pen designs. Novo alleges Sanofi has stolen its design ideas, basically. Check out Bev's post on this to learn more.
The reason it's such a big deal to them is money. The insulin pen could be super-lucrative for investors. Meanwhile, here's some news that's bound to get big pharma even more excited: a new study reports that insulin pens are...
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Filed under: Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Drugs  Autism is a bio-neurological disorder typically appearing in children before the age of 3. Individuals with autism usually have difficulties in verbal and non-verbal communication, social interaction, play and cognitive function, as well as certain physical ailments. Severity of autism can vary widely. One in 150 now have autism, and boys are diagnosed four times more often than girls.
Alternative treatments for autism are growing (chelation and dietary therapies), but I've never heard of this one...
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Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Drugs, Research, Opinion, Products, Allie Beatty, Form and Function  Oramed is developing a soft gel insulin capsule for the treatment of diabetes. The company has recently announced it the successful completion of its clinical trial demonstrating the safety and efficacy of the oral insulin gel capsule.
The pills were shown to reduce blood sugar, with no significant adverse effects. The insulin used in the...
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Filed under: Type 2, Drugs, Research  Just like I know you have, I too have heard all the buzz surrounding chromium and its supposed ability to help manage type 2 diabetes. I've come across evidence that supports this claim, just as I've found research that debunks the chromium benefit in one fell swoop. So, I decided to dig a little deeper -- staring with how chromium is supposed to work.
Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes occurs when your body stops using insulin effectively. Insulin itself is used...
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Filed under: Type 1, Childhood, Drugs, Research, Opinion, Allie Beatty, Retro Review, Personalities, Form and Function  I contacted Novo Nordisk back in March to tell them about the remarkable effects C-peptide had on reversing complications of Type 1 diabetes. I asked if they would bring the drug to market. A mass of excitement overwhelmed me when I learned about C-peptide missing from insulin all these years. The response from Novo? No thanks, it's...
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Filed under: Drugs, Opinion, Blogs, Allie Beatty, Support, Personalities  Ever wonder how Eli Lilly was able to get away with the Zyprexa scandal? A former member of the Lilly neuroscience team put it simply: statistics are like prisoners -- torture them long enough and they'll tell you what you want to hear. This YouTube video gives 6 jaw-dropping minutes of priceless pharmaceutical rep training on how to overcome sales resistance.
Quite remarkable is the coaching Lilly provided their pharmaceutical reps...
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Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Diet, Lifestyle, Drugs, Research, Exercise, Daily News, Support, Care, Complications  Do not miss this recent NY Timesarticle by Gina Kolata, Looking Past Blood Sugar to Survive With Diabetes. It is a must read for anyone associated with type 2 diabetes, including patients, family caregivers and doctors. I am very encouraged to see a feature on...
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Filed under: Type 2, Drugs, Research  Shhh. Big Pharma scientists hard at work. On what, you ask? Why, on Novo's new "baby" - a drug designed to treat type 2 diabetes. Liraglutide, a hormone analogue, is supposed to improve blood sugar control. It's also supposed to get you that coveted magic bullet (a la Byetta): weight loss. Ooh, baby. Now that's medication!
Novo Nordisk has been working on Liraglutide for a while now. Here's the latest: Novo announced Monday that two Phase III studies were...
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Filed under: Drugs, Daily News, Care  This is sad: an elderly British man was the victim of an accidental insulin overdose. Leslie Avenell, who was 82, had diabetes. He was living in a care home where he had the assistance of a nurse. Turns out, the nurse injected Mr. Avenell with 84 units of insulin - ten times the correct dose. The death has been ruled an accidental mishap caused by neglect. The awful mistake took place after the nurse misread discharge papers for Mr....
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Filed under: Type 1, Drugs, Daily News  A man en route to Sydney, Australia, collapsed mid-flight during a 25-hour trip from Norway to Australia. The man, an engineer whose home is in Sydney, has diabetes and was prevented from bringing his medical supplies on board the plane. Can you believe it? It was all due to new airline security rules requiring that people with diabetes carry documentation along with their medications. The passenger arrived at the airport with a supply of insulin, but was forced to...
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