The Sweet Diabetic

Will Avandia Be Pulled from the Market? - CBS Evening News - CBS News

(CBS)  The contentious meeting began with what can only be called an understatement from the FDA.

Skin Color Gives Clues To Health ...

Researchers from the universities of Bristol and St. Andrews in the United Kingdom have found that the color of a person's skin affects how healthy and therefore attractive they appear;  They've found that diet may be crucial to achieving the most desirable complexion.

Regular Coffee Drinking May Reduce Diabetes ...

Regular coffee drinking may
reduce levels of inflammatory
markers linked to diabetes,
according to new findings.

A New Diet Plan? Brown Fat and Cold Temperatures

 

Three newly released studies were published in the April 9th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine detailing research that has determined that brown fat still exists in adults and can actually burn calories when activated through cold temperatures.

Nighttime Hypoglycemia :: Diabetes Self-Management

Could this be the cause your nightmares and mine? 

Eating Some Crow About Simvastatin (Zocor)

Today I am eating a little crow about Simvastatin, the generic of Zocor prescribed by physicians for lowering  cholesterol.    I had panicked a few weeks ago when I heard a doctor on the radio and read a study that said it would cause or worsen diabetes.

My doctor straightened me out today.

Diabetes - Inflammation – Not Obesity – Leads to Diabetes

I am the type of person that likes to find root causes.  I have the attitude that if you chop off the head of the snake, you've ended your problem with the snake.  Diabetes is the same for me.  I really would like to discover the root cause. Treating symptoms feels like I'm on a never ending merry-go-round that not so merry.

Do you think that obesity  is the root cause?  Hmm.  I don't really buy that.  There are lots of thin Type 2 diabetics.  I think it is a contributing factor but perhaps not the root cause.

Here I would like to share with you an article that talks about how inflammation may be a part of the root of cause of diabetes.    I hope you'll read it and then share it with your doctor.  I know that is what I'm going to do.

Statins, Diabetes, and Metabolic Syndrome - Do Statins Cause Diabetes?

Statins, Diabetes - and Metabolic SyndromeBy Richard N. Fogoros, M.D., About.com GuideCreated February 20, 2010About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by our Medical Review Board

via heartdisease.about.com

From the article:

You may have read reports in the press that statin drugs have been linked to the development of type II diabetes. Do statin drugs really make diabetes more likely? And if they do, how big is this risk?

These questions seem particularly important in view of the fact that, recently, FDA-approved indications for using statin drugs have been greatly expanded. Statins are now recommended not only in people with elevated cholesterol levels whether or not they have known heart disease, but also in certain people who don't even have an elevation in cholesterol levels. This broadened usage of statin drugs is based on well-conducted, randomized clinical trials showing that, in appropriately selected patients, statins can produce a significant reduction in heart attacks, strokes, and the need for coronary artery revascularization procedures (i.e., stents or bypass surgery).

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The article goes on to say that in some patients who are not already diabetic, that the statins did seem to increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

It's important to note that the purpose of the study was not for the correlation of statins and diabetes.

It's worth reading the whole article here.

I hope you find the information helpful.

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Diabetes Drug Avandia Targeted by FDA Reviewers on Safety - ABC News

The end could be drawing near for GlaxoSmithKline's multi-billion dollar diabetes drug Avandia, if two U.S. Food and Drug Administration reviewers are successful in their bid to have the drug pulled from the market because of its link to heart problems.

Dolphins May Offer Clues to Treating Diabetes - US News and World Report

SAN DIEGO—Fish might be brain food, but it doesn’t supply the high levels of fuel needed to keep a dolphin brain functioning. New research adds to evidence suggesting that bottlenose dolphins go into a harmless diabetic state during overnight fasting, thereby maintaining high levels of glucose in the blood. The research, presented at a news briefing February 18 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, suggests that dolphins may be a good model for studying diabetes and could offer insights into treating the disease in people.