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Vitamin K Slows Insulin Resistance.

matinadi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:27:27 GMT

Older men who are worried about insulin resistance can take heart from a Tufts University study which shows that higher than normal doses of vitamin K slow development of the condition. (Insulin resistance is a condition in which the body increasingly cannot use insulin properly and blood glucose levels rise. It is a major precursor to type 2 diabetes.)

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Insulin spray finally on the market in India.

matinadi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:27:27 GMT

Diabetes patients on insulin, suffering from acute injection phobia, have an alternative with the launch of Oral-Recosulin , a recombinant DNA human insulin buccal spray. The spray, which is on phase-3 trial and yet to be launched in the US, has been approved for marketing in India.

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SmartInsulin: It Knows What You’ve Been Eating

matinadi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:27:27 GMT

SmartInsulin that could sense high glucose levels and automatically dispense insulin on demand.

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FDA Approves Rapid-Acting Insulin Apidra for Treatment of Children with Diabetes

matinadi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:27:27 GMT

Sanofi-aventis announced last week, that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Apidra(R) (insulin glulisine [rDNA origin] injection) to improve glycemic control in children (4 years and older) with diabetes.

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Impact of insulin pump for managing diabetes under study

matinadi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:27:27 GMT

Using an insulin pump to manage diabetes is more convenient than managing the disease with daily insulin injections.

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Insulin News That's Easy To Swallow

matinadi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:27:27 GMT

Good news for the millions of Americans who suffer from diabetes. A new method for taking insulin orally has been developed that mimics the way the body naturally processes this crucial hormone. As opposed to insulin taken by injection, the Oramed capsule mimics the ways in which the body naturally produces, regulates, and distributes the hormone.

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Insulin First Used Successfully 86 Years Ago

matinadi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:27:27 GMT

Eighty-six years ago Canadian Frederick Banting administered the first insulin injection. In 1922 Banting's work came to a head as he injected a man called Leonard Thompson with insulin. Thompson lived for another 13 years

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