CHICAGO, June 24, 2007 - A sensor-augmented insulin delivery system is a highly accurate method for self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in type 1 diabetics, researchers announced at the 67th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA). [click link for full article]

Leire García Navarro, a researcher at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Navarra, has developed a new treatment which slows the growth of colon and liver cancers.This discovery is the principal result of her doctoral dissertation, entitled “Lipo-Polymeric Vectors for the Transfer of DNA in Cancer Cells of the Colon”, which was subsidized by the Basque Government. [click link for full article]

The term “cancer” (from the Greek karkinos, which means sea crab) was used for the first time by Greek doctor Hippocrates five hundred years B.C. to define the tumours that he observed in his patients. Nowadays it is still difficult to diagnose, and prognosis is bad. Cancer is already the main cause of death in many countries, ranking even above cardiovascular diseases. [click link for full article]

Children in families with low incomes, who attend schools where the minority population exceeds 75 percent of the student enrollment, under-perform in reading, even after accounting for the quality of the literacy instruction, literary experiences at home, gender, race and other variables, according to a new study.The majority of black and Hispanic children in the United States attend such “minority segregated” schools, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. [click link for full article]

A strong work ethic and sense of place appear to influence how elderly rural Albertans with congestive heart failure manage their illness, in that these values may delay them from seeking help at critical times, a University of Alberta study shows. [click link for full article]

Results from a new study presented at the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) 67th Annual Scientific Sessions show that adding Apidra® (insulin glulisine [rDNA origin] injection) to a Basal insulin and Oral antidiabetic drug Therapy (BOT+ or Basal plus) may provide an effective treatment option for people with type 2 diabetes unable to control their blood sugar (A1C 6.5%), despite good titration (fasting blood glucose [FBG] [click link for full article]

A continuing education article in Anesthesia Progress reviewed critical aspects of patient management of respiratory and cardiovascular complications during dental surgery. Preoperative and intraoperative assessment of cardiovascular and respiratory status emphasizing the airway, breathing and circulation need to be performed to effectively manage patient care and to prevent untoward events during sedation. [click link for full article]

Childhood cancers are fortunately rare, but among them, neuroblastoma is a special case, accounting for 7 percent of all childhood cancers, but 15 percent of childhood cancer deaths. It typically occurs as a solid tumor in the abdomen, but also in the neck, chest, and pelvis, developing in the network of the body’s sympathetic nervous system. Neuroblastoma is what physicians call a heterogeneous disease; its name includes subtypes of disease that behave very differently. [click link for full article]

Patients with radiation retinopathy who were destined to go blind within five years now can keep their sight longer through localized treatment with Avastin, a well-known cancer drug, according to a two-year study published in the June, 2007 Archives of Ophthalmology. “This is a major breakthrough for eye cancer patients who are treated with radiation therapy and commonly develop radiation retinopathy,” said Paul T. [click link for full article]

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced results from a study that showed BYETTA® (exenatide) injection sustained improvements in blood sugar levels and progressive weight loss through three and a half years of therapy. BYETTA treatment was also associated with improvements in cardiovascular risk factors in people with type 2 diabetes. [click link for full article]