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Insulin, Leptin, Diabetes, and Aging: Not So Strange Bedfellows

Ron Rosedale, M.D., is an internationally renowned expert in nutritional and metabolic medicine and a specialist in the biology of aging. Dr. Rosedale has helped thousands suffering from so-called incurable diseases regain their health.He is the author of the recent books, The Rosedale Diet, and Insulin and its Metabolic Effects. He is currently chief medical officer at Advanced Metabolic Laboratories in collaboration with the University of Colorado and lives in Denver, CO.

To successfully treat any disease, one must know what disease to treat. Treating only a symptom of the disease will leave the underlying disease unchecked and possibly worse. For example, we evolved the "runny" nose to help us clean out upper respiratory infections.

 
Statins, Diabetes & Strokes; Obesity, GERD & Esophageal Cancer
It is difficult to write about the class of drugs known as statins without affecting an almost religious fervor for them amid the growing list of beneficial effects associated with the most commonly prescribed drugs in the United States.  The statins were originally developed for their ability to block an enzyme required by the body for the synthesis of cholesterol. 
 
Statins good for diabetes patients
CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING drugs called statins should be automatically considered for nearly all patients with diabetes, after a study showed the drugs cut heart attacks and strokes even in people with no prior signs of heart disease.
 
Carrot cake study on sugar in type 2 diabetes

New study adds to new thinking on sugar in the diabetes diet, says eurekalert press release.

Patients with type 2 diabetes are often advised to cut out sucrose (table sugar) all together. However, in recent years this traditional advice has been questioned by some researchers who suggest that moderate amounts of sugar can be safely consumed as part of the diet of patients with diabetes. Now a new study has been published that is consistent with this revised approach. It showed that patients who increased their daily sugar intake (in the form of carrot cake) but maintained a stable body weight, showed no adverse changes in their blood glucose.

 
Diabetes drug gives new tool
With diabetes numbers "increasing dramatically" in Manitoba, a new medication provides an important means to control it, says a local specialist.
 
Oral insulin could take needle out of diabetes
HUNDREDS of thousands of diabetes sufferers may soon be able to inhale their insulin, doing away with the pain of injections.
 
Bayer's diabetes test strips overrate glucose level

By Margarita Snegireva. Bayer AG recalls Contour diabetes test strips from the markets of seven countries as a manufacturing problem occurred. These test show higher level of blood sugar that actually it is, FDA Website states.

 
Diabetes Energy Drink wins award as best new product
B Clear Diabetes Energy Drink is the winner of the 2007 editor's choice for best new product by Progressive Grocer magazine.
 
Depression treatment reduces diabetes death risk
   LOS ANGELES, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Treating depression can help extend the lives of people with diabetes, U.S. media quoted a new study as saying Tuesday.
 
Yeast derived substance may make for effective oral diabetes medication
Washington, Dec 25(ANI): Researchers at University of Haifa have discovered a substance derived from yeast, called Glucose Tolerance Factor (GTF), that may develop into an oral treatment for diabetes and its complications.