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Welcome to “Diabetes in the News”. This feature has links to diabetes related news stories, blogs, or websites. If you come upon a story, blog or website that I haven’t mentioned, e-mail me at joscafe.com at gmail.com. I will check it out and if posted, give credit where credit is due.

(HT: Chuck @ Redneckin)
CSPAN does show on diabetes
N.R. Kleinfield and Marc Santora, New York Times Metropolitan reporters, discuss diabetes and public health policy. The guys are monotone to the point of sleeping, but the information is good. This show aired on 01/17/06 and is in video format here.

FDA Warning for 2 Diabetes Drugs
The FDA and drug company GlaxoSmithKline are alerting doctors about reports of new or worsening diabetic eye complications in patients with diabetes taking the drugs Avandia or Avandamet. more…

Anti-diabetes drugs may have a down side
People with type 2 diabetes are often prescribed drugs to boost their production of insulin. The controversial belief that these so-called sulfonylurea drugs increase mortality in patients with diabetes now gets support from a new study by researchers in Canada. more…

Cell transplant may cure diabetes
Doctors at Oxford’s Churchill Hospital are trying to perfect the transplant of insulin-producing clusters of pancreas cells (islets) into patients’ livers. The cells then enable the patient to make their own insulin, which regulates blood sugar levels, like non-diabetics. more…

How B.B. King Avoids the Diabetes Blues
He grew up among country folks in Mississippi. As a child, he performed on street corners for dimes, sometimes in four towns each night. That was only the beginning for the man who ended up being perhaps the most successful blues musician of all time. Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 25 years ago, King has used the same work ethic to stay in the best possible health while maintaining a tour schedule that would be considered grueling for a musician one-quarter his age. more…

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Linked to Basil’s Picnic 01-23-06.