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Getting Your Diabetes Toolkit In Order  -  25 Mar 2008
Medical News Today (press release),Whether you can expertly recite the distinction between hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, or you've just started using a glucose meter, Diabetes Forecast's

Dangerous Psych Drugs and Pregnancy: Help Stop the Mothers Act  -  25 Mar 2008
Natural News.com,...confirms much of this information, again pointing out the high rates of respiratory distress, convulsions, hypoglycemia, and overall poor health (low Apgar

DiObex licenses drug delivery technology from Swedish company  -  Mar 21, 2008
Bizjournals.com,DiObex Inc. will use technology from Swedish company Camurus AB to develop an extended release form of a drug for hypoglycemia. San Francisco-based DiObex

FDA Approves NovoLog(R) for Use in Insulin Pumps by Children and ...  -  Mar 18, 2008
CNNMoney.comNovoLog® is contraindicated during episodes of hypoglycemia and in patients hypersensitive to NovoLog® or one of its excipients. Hypoglycemia is the most

Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) Praises Congress for ...  -  Mar 22, 2008
PR Web (press release),Patients with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), hypoglycemia and other conditions who use HGH as a recognized and valued treatment for their conditions urged the

MannKind Corporation Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript  -  Mar 24, 2008
Seeking Alpha,The second endpoint looking at postprandial glycemic excursion [7.03] profile is well within the assessments of hypoglycemia.

EMS takes on innovative program; Plan promises to reduce patient ...  -  Mar 22, 2008
Sault Star,This will allow paramedics to treat patients with issues such as hypoglycemia in the field without necessarily transporting them to the hospital emergency

Chocolate Is Not Good for Hypoglycemia!  -  Mar 1, 2008
Diabetes Health (press release),Chocolate should not be used for treating hypoglycemia. There is too much fat in it for it to be effective. I would not have included that cartoon in your

Glucomannan - Uses and Side Effects  -  Mar 19, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,Adverse reactions associated with glucomannan include esophageal obstruction, flatulence, diarrhea, and hypoglycemia. Glucomannan may cause significant

DiObex and Camurus Sign License Agreement for the Development of ...  -  Mar 18, 2008
Earthtimes,The development candidate is an extended release formulation of low dose glucagon for the prevention of insulin-induced hypoglycemia in patients with

Lawsuit says 2006 inmate death caused by inadequate medical care  -  Mar 17, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,The suit alleges that prison officials knew of Fitzgerald's medical history of seizures and hypoglycemia but did not monitor his condition adequately.

WE NEED A HERO, Part 3  -  Mar 20, 2008
The Common Voice,The third layer of the protocol is diet, although this part does not apply to everyone, only to those who have hypoglycemia (estimated to be 40%).

Blood Sugar – Symptoms of Blood Sugar  -  Mar 19, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,A number of medical conditions can cause symptoms similar to those of hypoglycemia. Your doctor will use blood tests and other measures to make sure another

Legal and Illegal Drugs: What Every Person With Diabetes Should ...  -  Mar 14, 2008
Diabetes Health (press release),For example, users might not recognize symptoms of low blood glucose (hypoglycemia) or might mistake such symptoms for the effects of the drug.

A humane endeavor  -  Mar 20, 2008
San Bernardino Sun,Students had the chance to meet Pilot, a registered service and therapy dog who alerts his owner, who suffers from hypoglycemia, if her blood sugar is low,

Parents often miss low blood sugar in diabetic kids  -  Mar 7, 2008
TamilStar.com,In a 7-month study, researchers found that parents missed 54 percent of instances when a child had moderate "hypoglycemia," or low blood sugar,

Diabetes Prevention and Treatment  -  Mar 16, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,Try not to over treat hypoglycemia. Because the symptoms of hypoglycemia can be frightening, your child may want to keep eating until she feels better.

Insulin Restriction in Women With Type 1 Diabetes May Increase ...  -  Feb 29, 2008
Medscape (subscription)Baseline measures evaluated diabetes self-care behaviors, diabetes-specific distress, fear of hypoglycemia, psychologic distress, and eating disorder

Doctor sued after man dies of overdose  -  Mar 5, 2008
The Daily Yomiuri,The overdose caused hypoglycemia--an abnormal decrease of sugar in the blood--and low blood pressure, and the man died after 10 days, the complaint said.

Forearm Test Not Good for Checking Blood Sugar  -  Mar 5, 2008
Online - International News Network,The testing produced similar a reading from the three sites, except during periods of low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia. When fingertip testing showed levels

Jambolan - Uses and Side Effects  -  Mar 10, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,The use of jambolan is associated with hypoglycemia The seed may enhance hypoglycemic effects when used with insulin or oral hypoglycemics.

Intensive insulin therapy did not reduce hospital mortality in ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
Endocrine Today,Hypoglycemia incidence increased about fourfold from periods 1 to 3. The researchers concluded that future research is necessary before implementing an

Substitutes for sugar are more plentiful than ever, but don't ...  -  Mar 12, 2008
Ventura County Star,The opposite problem — low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia — is caused when "the body uses up glucose too rapidly, releases it into the bloodstream too slowly

Man found dead near river had been living under pedestrian bridge  -  Mar 6, 2008
Rome News-Tribune,Cooper said EMS was familiar with Brown and had treated him Monday for hypoglycemia near the scene where he died, but he refused to be taken to the hospital

No foul play suspected in death of man pulled from river  -  Mar 6, 2008
Rome News-Tribune,On Monday, he was treated for hypoglycemia by EMS personnel but refused to be taken to the hospital. On Wednesday, prison supervisor Clifton Cabell saw

Market Spotlight: Inhaled Insulin  -  Mar 20, 2008
Houston Chronicle,...in a note to investors Tuesday. The company has said TechnoSphere, in several studies, has shown a lower risk of hypoglycemia and a lack of weight gain.

"Christian" Home Endangers Seizure Victims  -  Mar 3, 2008
Best Syndication,...neurotransmitter concentrations within the brain (especially serotonin and norepinephrine), the effects of methyl alcohol, and exaggerated hypoglycemia.

Skipping Insulin Doses to Manage Weight Risks Death  -  Feb 27, 2008
MedPage Today,The patients had all originally participated in a trial that evaluated diabetes self-care behaviors, diabetes-related distress, fear of hypoglycemia,

Epigenetics at the Epicenter of Modern Medicine  -  Mar 18, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),...ear creases or pits, neonatal hypoglycemia, and a high frequency of Wilms and other embryonal tumors, such as rhabdomyosarcoma and hepatoblastoma.

Diabetes: Bay Area companies fighting epidemic  -  Mar 16, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,It is working on a treatment for hypoglycemia, an abnormally low concentration of blood sugar, which can cause cold sweats, headaches and death.

Diabetic children hit hard by viral outbreak  -  Mar 21, 2008
Albany Times Union,A diabetic can suffer hypoglycemia or diabetic ketoacidosis, in which the body's metabolism is so out of whack that the blood becomes acidic.

MOTHERS Act Seeks to Drug Expectant Mothers with Antidepressants ...  -  Mar 6, 2008
Natural News.com,Everyone knows how many young moms experience gestational diabetes, but who is addressing the even higher rate of gestational hypoglycemia,

University Events  -  Mar 20, 2008
Washington University Record,..."Hypoglycemia: The Limiting Factor in Diabetes Management." Ana Maria Arbelaez, asst. prof. of pediatrics. Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 454-6006.

Lawyer: Dad accused of microwaving baby heard voices  -  Mar 13, 2008
Houston Chronicle,On top of his mental health problems, Mauldin has hypoglycemia, a condition that causes mood changes when the blood-sugar level drops, Cammack said.

Dr. Carol Rossetti: ADD and ADHD: There are alternatives other ...  -  Mar 4, 2008
Noblesville Daily Times,Since hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) is a large part of the problem, lets look at some of the symptoms relating to hypoglycemia. These include high birth

Dandelion - Uses and Side Effects  -  Mar 20, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,When dandelion is used with antidiabetics, there is a possibility for potentiated effects, leading to hypoglycemia. Additive effects are possible when used

ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM NEWS  -  Mar 6, 2008
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,ACCORD researchers point out that the causes of death did not appear to be related to hypoglycemia or any of the medications used to treat diabetes,

Gene Therapy Could Save Kids From A Lifetime Of Eating Cornstarch  -  Mar 12, 2008
Science Daily (press release)Other problems associated with the disease include growth restriction, high blood pressure, pancreatitis and persistent hypoglycemia.

Intensive Insulin Therapy in ICU Lacks Real-World Benefit  -  Feb 29, 2008
MedPage Today,Hypoglycemia episodes quadrupled over the same period, they said. The findings add to growing skepticism among intensivists about intensive insulin therapy,

MannKind vows to press on with insulin inhaler  -  Mar 10, 2008
Los Angeles Times,Trials suggest that MannKind's insulin can mimic the insulin response of a healthy individual within 15 minutes, without a high risk of hypoglycemia or the

EucreasÂ®, A Single-tablet Combination Of GalvusÂ® And Metformin ...  -  Feb 24, 2008
ABN Newswire (press release),In clinical trials, the addition of Galvus to metformin provided robust blood sugar control without weight gain and with fewer cases of hypoglycemia (ie

MannKind To Continue Developing Technosphere Insulin  -  Mar 10, 2008
CNNMoney.comStudies also show comparable levels of overall glucose control compared with other top treatments, lower risk of hypoglycemia, no weight gain and no adverse

Praising the (insulin) pump  -  Mar 18, 2008
Quad City Times,The pump’s great usefulness is that it almost completely ends hypoglycemia-induced problems. The sharp drop in blood sugar means some diabetics get confused

DiObex and Camurus Join Forces for Diabetes Treatment  -  Mar 18, 2008
Genetic Engineering News (press release),The license agreement will couple DIO-901, an extended-release formulation of low-dose glucagon for the prevention of insulin-induced hypoglycemia in

Cardiac stem cells in the real world  -  Mar 18, 2008
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryIsl-1–positive nuclei in Langerhans islet cells obtained from a pancreas removed for neonatal hypoglycemia; tryptase-positive mast cells in an

Carmel biotech firm inks Merck deal  -  Mar 6, 2008
Indianapolis Star,It is developing a synthetic hormone that will be supplied in an injector pen, making it ready for quick use in emergency treatment of hypoglycemia,

Diabetes May Be Disorder of Upper Intestine: Surgery May Correct It  -  Mar 5, 2008
Science Daily (press release)Because an excess of insulin can determine hypoglycemia (extremely low levels of blood sugar) — a life-threatening condition — Dr. Rubino speculates that

Pill ke side effects!  -  Mar 17, 2008
Mid-Day Mumbai,Even something as simple as a cough syrup could increase sugar levels and leads to hypoglycemia, strokes, and blackouts if the dose it too much or has an

Black tea could help combat diabetes: study  -  Mar 5, 2008
Hindu,Acute complications (hypoglycemia, ketoacidosis or nonketotic hyperosmolar coma) may occur if the disease is not adequately controlled.

New Guidelines for Management of Urinary Tract Infection in ...  -  Mar 17, 2008
Medscape (subscription)Adverse effects may include rash, confusion, seizures, restlessness, headache, severe hypersensitivity, hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, and Achilles tendon

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