Diseases: Diabetes

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10/30/2007

Nutrition and health

In Europe, more than ten million people suffer from diabetes mellitus, 90 percent of whom have diabetes type II. …

10/30/2007

Wireless blood glucose testing arrives

The first wireless POC (Point of care) blood glucose and bedside testing solution for hospitals was launched by Bayer Healthcare during the 43rd Annual Meeting of the European …

10/30/2007

Glucose monitoring

Professor Oliver Schnell, of the Diabetes Research Institute, Munich, reports on discussions and findings of a panel of diabetes experts who met this summer in Switzerland …

10/30/2007

ADVANCE - Blood Pressure Lowering in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

The results of the blood pressure lowering arm of the ADVANCE (Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease) study, the largest ever trial conducted in people with type 2 diabetes, …

10/30/2007

The Image project

Michael Hall outlines the work and aims of IMAGE - the Development and Implementation of a European Guideline and Training Standards for Diabetes Prevention …

10/30/2007

World Diabetes Day

Born in 1891, Canadian Sir Frederick Banting was destined to become a medical scientist and Nobel Prize winner for work that led to the discovery of insulin. World Diabetes Day, …

08/31/2007

Saving diabetics' feet

Diabetic foot syndrome (DFS) is one of the most serious sequela of diabetes mellitus - Disease management programmes (DMP) yield first results …

06/26/2007

New insights, algorithms and debates

For the first time in 33 years, wound healing was the focus of a dedicated session at the 33rd annual VEITHsymposium for vascular surgeons in New York (11/06). This underscores …

03/08/2007

Nutrition and health

According to figures released in 2006 by the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF), around 14 million children, aged 7-11 years, are overweight - and three million of these are …

02/15/2007

Diabetes study does not confirm increased risk of death reported by US trial

Preliminary findings from the largest-ever study of treatments for diabetes provide no evidence that intensive treatment to lower blood glucose (sugar) increases risk of death. …

11/14/2006

Eye software firm focuses on the US market

Marc Winchester is new President, North America of Digital Healthcare Inc. …

08/02/2006

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment

Rationale and effectiveness in the non-healing diabetic foot ulcer patient. By Peter HJ Mueller and Robert A Warriner III …

07/01/2006

Diabetes-Nanni

Germany - About 25,000 German children are diabetic, and numbers are increasing rapidly. Specialists in childhood diabetes gathered at a meeting held by the Dianino Foundation …

03/01/2006

Telemed screening for diabetic retinopathy

The United Kingdom's Diabetes Retinal Screening Service …

03/01/2005

Quick change lancets

Although taking a tiny blood sample for self-monitoring should be as easy as possible for the diabetic patient, this has not been an easy task because changing a used lancet has …

07/01/2004

The ESC Congress

25,000 visitors and medical professionals from 47 National Cardiac Societies across central and greater Europe, will attend the 2004 ESC Congress, where 'Diabetes and heart …

07/01/2003

Telemed for ophthalmology

O-PACS, the first integrated Digital PACS solution and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) developed specifically for ophthalmology, heralds a new era of tele-ophthalmology and could …

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