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Since 2007 in Germany is going a combined therapy of the drug pioglitazone with insulin. First interim analysis was recently published. These indicate that the combination in the future is both effective and safe.

The type 2 diabetes
Type-2 diabetes have a resistance of body cells to the biological effects of insulin. Once this so-called insulin resistance is too strong, does the injected insulin in a diabetes therapy is not effective enough. Be increased in these cases, the insulin sensitivity by insulin sensitizers. These sensitizers are firstly used for type-2 diabetes with marked insulin resistance, ie, in patients in whom insulin alone is insufficient. On the other hand in diabetic patients who are not the standard combination of insulin and metformin because of contraindications or intolerance can take.

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In Germany, a type-2 diabetes is often treated with tablets. These are relatively easy to handle and do not require intensive training as they are common for insulin users. Nevertheless, type-2 diabetes have a relatively high risk for atherosclerosis and heart disease. A new study has dealt with the question of which treatment option for type 2 diabetes cheap.

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If diet and exercise do not help to maintain normal or near normal blood glucose, your doctor may prescribe medication. Because these drugs help to lower blood sugar levels in different ways, the doctor might take more than one. These drugs can be used in conjunction with insulin, if necessary.

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Are diabetes drugs can kill? This may be the lesson of a study presented at the recent convention of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in San Francisco. In the ACCORD study, more than 10,000 diabetic patients were randomly divided into two groups, one with intent to moderately reduce glucose levels in blood and another with intent to reduce them aggressively.

Aggressively treated patients had a much lower level of blood glucose (but still slightly above normal) than patients less medicated. After 3 years and 6 months, there were no differences between the two groups in the development of cardiovascular disease (one of the major complications of diabetes). Incredibly, those in the aggressively treated group had a 22 percent increase in risk of mortality.

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A flu is very tiring for everyone. And if you have diabetes type 1 or type 2, is not only annoying, but until it can be complicated. When you have diabetes and flu, need special care.

For people with diabetes, type 1 or type 2, having a cold or flu is something that can be much more complicated than for other people. The flu and colds include symptoms that can interfere with your diabetes management, and medications to treat these diseases, too.

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It is normal for a person who diagnosed a serious illness of any kind experience some depression, but diabetics are much more likely.

The reasons are very simple, when you’re diagnosed with diabetes will automatically change your life, exercise, diet, medical examinations. The fact of having to control every aspect of your life is stressful, what you eat, the hours, how the exercise you should do, travel, what to do when you’re dining out, etc.. Also, you should check your calendar the dates for your visits with your doctor. The words diet, blood sugar, glucose, carbohydrates, complications, weight, make a permanent echo in your head. That, not counting the times you’ll wonder why. Definitely, having diabetes is not easy to assimilate.

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Diabetes drugs can apparently boost the immune system. Moreover, the material in diabetes pills can be used as a vaccine and treatment of cancer.

These findings are the result of research Canadian and American scientists. In this study, they tested it on mice.

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