The UK Children with Diabetes mailing list forum and the UK Children with Diabetes Advocacy Group are patient led support groups for families of children with diabetes living in the UK and Ireland/Scotland. It is run by families of children with diabetes. The UK mailing list was founded in 2002 and the UK CWD Advocacy [...]
Chris will be cycling in the American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure fund-raising event. Please support him with a donation by selecting the “Click Here to Sponsor Me” link on his tour page with American Diabetes Association. All of our efforts will help set the pace in the fight against diabetes. Each mile Chris rides, each [...]
An estimated 300 000 Georgians, or nearly one in twelve, suffer from diabetes. Now, the government is taking measures to combat the incurable metabolic disorder. On August 22, deputy Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs Davit Meskhishvili, joined by director of the National Diabetes Center Ramaz Kurashvili, held a press conference to announce the [...]
A Missouri man who took the antibiotic Tequin is suing Bristol-Meyers Squibb and Schering Corporation for blood sugar problems he developed while taking the drug. Patrick Bills alleges that he developed both hyperglycemia and new onset diabetes while taking Tequin for a skin infection. Tequin, a once-popular antibiotic, was introduced by Bristol Myers Squibb in 1999 [...]
June 20, 2007 NEW YORK (Reuters) – The widow and son of a Texas man who was taking a GlaxoSmithKline Plc diabetes drug at the time of his fatal heart attack has sued the drugmaker, claiming that it failed to warn of the drug’s heart risks, according to court papers. The claim involves rosiglitazon?, which [...]
The rate of premature death among American men with diabetes has dropped dramatically over the last few decades, but the same can’t be said for women with the disease, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found. The proportion of early deaths among diabetic women remained unchanged between 1971 and 2000, [...]
Members of Congress plotted a campaign against diabetes yesterday, introducing legislation that would allot $120 million to research and projects in the upcoming year to discover possible ways to prevent the spread of the disease and its complications. “We know that diabetes can either be prevented or effectively managed through proper diet and exercise in [...]
The reigning Mr. Universe was sprayed with Mace and wrestled to the ground by police officers, who mistakenly believed he was intoxicated when the diabetic bodybuilder actually was going through insulin shock. Despite the misunderstanding, Doug Burns was arrested for misdemeanor assault and resisting arrest for the incident at a downtown movie theater Sunday night. [...]
Less than a week after a study documented a startling rise in diabetes rates, the Health Council of Canada has issued recommendations aimed at promoting a “prevent it, find it, manage it” approach to primary health care. The council, formed in the aftermath of the Romanow commission, says Canada needs to speed up changes in [...]
