Diabetes News Hound

Once Type 1 diabetes begins to develop, there is no stopping it. While the process can take years, the end result is predictably the same. The patient’s beta cells die off, leaving the patient to take multiple daily insulin injections in order to survive (more…)

The National Institutes of Health announced earlier this month a new strategic plan to guide diabetes-related research over the next decade (more…)

As the world stopped for a moment of silence on Friday to recognize the one-week anniversary of the devastating earthquake that rocked Japan and the subsequent tsunami and nuclear disasters, many diabetics in the country are trying to manage their disease in extreme conditions. (more…)

Music legend B.B. King and American Idol runner-up Crystal Bowersox are appearing together in a new OneTouch LifeFirst ad campaign aimed at providing tools and products to help encourage and inspire people living with diabetes to successfully manage their disease. OneTouch, of course, is best known for its blood sugar testing monitors and test strips. (more…)

With the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent devastation in Japan, I thought it would be a good time to revisit a pair of past posts we’ve had on Diabetes News Hound about emergency preparedness. (more…)

GlaxoSmithKline says that Otelixizumab, a Type 1 drug currently under development, has failed in a phase III clinical trial (more…)

New research reported in the Journal of Dental Research suggests that stem cells from teeth can be transformed into cells that produce insulin. (more…)

Alini Brito, a former Brooklyn high school Spanish teacher who was fired for an alleged lesbian sex romp with a fellow teacher in an empty classroom, has filed a wrongful termination suit. She and the other teacher involved in the incident are seeking $2 million from the city for tarnishing their reputations, (more…)