Health News - Diabetes

Alarming rise in diabetes among children (The Peninsula) DOHA • Studies in Qatar have revealed that 40 percent of the children in the country are suffering from different kinds of diabetes, according to an expert.

CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent Comparable To Bypass Surgery In Key Safety Measures In Patients With Diabetes And Multi-Vessel Disease Data from the largest randomized trial of its kind performed to date indicate that the use of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with the CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent was comparable to bypass surgery (coronary artery bypass grafting or CABG) in key safety endpoints in patients with multi-vessel disease and diabetes. These data were presented here recently at the European Society of Cardiology meeting.

Mildly Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers - Oculus Innovative Sciences Holds Successful End-of-Phase II Meeting With FDA For Microcyn(R) Technology Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCLS) announced that the company held a successful End-of-Phase II meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on August 29, 2008. Following a review of the Phase II data on Microcyn® Technology for the treatment of mildly infected diabetic foot ulcers, the FDA agreed: - Oculus may move forward into the pivotal phase of its U.S. clinical program for Microcyn Technology.

Diabetes and Exercise
Diabetes and Exercise There are two main types of diabetes, type I and type II. Type I diabetes is characterized by the pancreas making too little or no insulin.

Guide to Diabetes
It is estimated that more than 2000 new cases of diabetes are diagnosed everyday in the United States alone. While symptoms of Type 1 diabetes are usually obvious, Type 2 often shows few or no symptoms. After a meal, food is broken down into a sugar called glucose, which is carried by the blood to cells through out the body. Cells use the hormone insulin, made in the pancreas, to process blood glucose into energy.