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Tuesday, October, 14, 2008

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Dr. Bill Quick

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posted 02/24/2008, comments (0)

Stem cell success for diabetes

Let me start by pointing out that I am easily frustrated by rat and other rodent-research. It's all too common that a story gets planted in the media by pharmaceutical manufacturers or biotech companies, extolling some exciting premise that turns out in retrospect to have been only a quirky finding in animal models.But a news story this past... Read moreChevron
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posted 02/16/2008, comments (0)

ADVANCE and ACCORD and A1C

Last week, I commented on the ACCORD diabetes trial (ACCORD AND A1C), which surprised experts when there were an unexpected finding that trying to lower A1C below 6 in people with T2DM and cardiovascular disease resulted in a higher death rate. The reason for the increased death rate is not clear: see my earlier story for more details.Since then... Read moreChevron
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Kim Benjet

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posted 02/11/2008, comments (0)

Thank You Helene Whitlock Alley

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation announced the largest bequest in the foundation's history this week.  Mrs. Helene Whitlock Alley left the JDRF a remarkable $7.3 million. What came from tragedy could have an extraordinary effect on diabetes research in the coming years.  Both the JDRF website and today's Washington... Read moreChevron
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Gretchen Becker

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posted 02/07/2008, comments (5)

Avandia, Vytorin, and now the ACCORD diabetes study: What's going on here?

  I've recently seen stories reporting that   1. Avandia, used to lower blood glucose (BG) levels, which should reduce cardiac risk, increases cardiac risk.   2. Vytorin, used to lower cholesterol levels, which should reduce cardiac risk, increases cardiac risk.   3. Increased HDL levels in "diabetics" (not... Read moreChevron
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posted 02/07/2008, comments (4)

ACCORD and A1C

The NIH recently announced that it has been decided to stop one part of a major North American clinical trial of diabetes and cardiovascular disease called ACCORD (an acronym for "Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes"). The announcement is available on-line at For Safety, NHLBI Changes Intensive Blood Sugar... Read moreChevron
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