News tagged with hypoglycaemia

Treating diabetes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Uncontrolled high blood glucose levels in patients with diabetes (hyperglycaemia) is known to increase mortality, but new research led by the University shows that intensive treatment to control ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Joint research into an enzyme that causes genetic diseases

Researchers from CIC bioGUNE's Structural Biology Unit and Columbia University (New York) have conducted a joint research project, published in the prestigious scientific journal Structure, to gain in-depth knowledge of the ...

Biology / Other

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Diamond X-rays used to discover tooth decay enzymes

Scientists using Diamond Light Source have made a breakthrough in the battle against tooth decay, with research published in the leading Journal of Molecular Biology (JMB) on 29 April 2011.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Artificial pancreas in pregnancy promises fewer diabetes deaths

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cambridge research funded by the health charity Diabetes UK has for the first time successfully demonstrated the potential of an artificial pancreas in pregnant women with Type 1 diabetes. ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Novo Nordisk says to market improved insulin in 2013

Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk said Thursday it planned to put a new insulin product on the market by 2013 after tests showed advantages to the widely sold diabetes drug Lantus.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Major clinical trial prompts call for change to treatment guidelines for severe malaria worldwide

The largest ever clinical trial in patients hospitalised with severe malaria has concluded that the drug artesunate should now be the preferred treatment for the disease in both children and adults everywhere in the world. ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breast milk transmits drugs and medicines to the baby

There is great confusion among the scientific community about whether women who are drug abusers should breast feed their babies. In order to shed some light on this issue, scientists from various Spanish ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Long-acting insulin analogues in type 1 diabetes: No proof of additional benefit

It has so far not been proven that the long-acting insulin analogues (LAIAs) insulin detemir (trade name: Levemir) and insulin glargine (trade name: Lantus), which are approved for the treatment of type 1 diabetes, offer ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 12, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Injected liraglutide is better than oral sitagliptin for blood glucose control in type 2 diabetes

Injections of liraglutide are better than oral sitagliptin at controlling blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes who have inadequate control on the standard treatment metformin. The findings appear in an Article ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Artificial pancreas' a step nearer for children with type 1 diabetes

Use of 'artificial pancreas' closed-loop insulin delivery systems, in which insulin is delivered in response to changing blood sugar levels, can improve blood sugar control in patients with type 1 diabetes. This is the conclusion ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blood glucose self-monitoring: No benefit for non-insulin-dependent patients with type 2 diabetes

Contrary to the widely-held belief, there is no proof that non-insulin-dependent patients with type 2 diabetes benefit from glucose self-monitoring. Moreover, it remains unclear whether an additional benefit is displayed ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 07, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Long-acting insulin analogues in type 2 diabetes: advantage over human insulin not proven

It has so far not been proven that long-acting insulin analogues (LAIAs) have an advantage over conventional human insulin in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes. Even though the results of a 5-year study are available ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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