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Two Treatments For Diabetes

'Double diabetes' is growing more common

October 02, 2008

Patients who have Type 1 diabetes and are overweight are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes as well. This problem--called 'double diabetes'--is becoming more common. Doctors say it is difficult to treat both types of the disease at once, since drugs that treat Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes work differently. Read more »

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Expert & Community Posts

Type one-and-a-half diabetes

By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

For years, we have had terminology dividing diabetes into subgroups: there's "type 1" and "type 2"... Read more »

Straight from the Womb: Are we dooming our children?

By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert

...risk of obesity in childhood was just published in Diabetes Care by the American Diabetes... Read more »

Flatbush diabetes

By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

Most of us who have had diabetes for at least a few years are likely to be familiar with the main... Read more »

Beta Cell Regeneration: The Latest Update from the University of Pittsburgh

By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert

...offered my vision for a potential treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus. I proposed that a... Read more »

I is for Insulin

By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...yet, in 1995.The current (June-July 2007) issue of Diabetes Health covers the question in Linda... Read more »

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Health Guide

What do I need to know about diabetes?"

Diabetes is called a disorder of metabolism. More simply put, diabetes keeps your body from properly utilizing the sugar obtained from food. Your body changes most of the food you eat into a form of... Read more »

Pre-Diabetes Risks, Symptoms & Prevention

Pre-diabetes is a health condition that carries no symptoms. Commonly referred to as "impaired glucose tolerance," approximately 54 million people in the United States twenty years and... Read more »

Link Between Diabetes and Alzheimer's Deepens

Monday's New York Times article Link Between Diabetes and Alzheimer's Deepens provides alarming statistics indicating that increases in diabetes may contribute to the rising toll from Alzheimer's.... Read more »

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

What is gestational diabetes mellitus?Pregnancy has typically been viewed as a statement of health, as it should be. In the midst of morning sickness, heartburn, exhaustion, and the excitement of... Read more »

Type 1 Diabetes: Highlights

...2006. It is the first non-injected type of insulin. It is approved for adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.Pramlintide (Symlin), a new injectable drug, was approved in 2005. It is used in... Read more »

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Medications

Amaryl Oral Uses and How to Use

...high blood sugar. It is used in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »

Byetta SubQ Uses and How to Use

...(ex-EN-a-tide) Uses Exenatide is used along with other oral diabetes medications (e.g.,... Read more »

Diabinese Oral Uses and How to Use

...to control high blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »

Actos Oral Uses and How to Use

...control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes). It... Read more »

Avandia Oral Uses and How to Use

...control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes).... Read more »

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Related News

Diabetes Treatment Ups Depression Risk

July 09, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) The treatment used to help people with type 2 diabetes may cause some patients to develop depression. Johns Hopkins researchers... Read summary »

Diabetes Linked to Sleep Apnea

June 18, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) Scientists need to spend more time studying the possible connection between type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea. The International... Read summary »

Predicting Type 1 Diabetes Better

March 18, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers have uncovered a fourth antibody that can better predict who is at risk for type 1 diabetes. Type-1 diabetes is an... Read summary »

Genes and Diabetes Increase Heart Problems

December 03, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Type 2 diabetes is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease. It increases a person's risk of having a major cardiac event... Read summary »

Type 2 Diabetes Often Follows Gestational Diabetes

August 12, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women who experience diabetes while they're pregnant are significantly more likely to develop type 2 diabetes following the... Read summary »

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