Diabetes drug costs could soar 70 pct by ‘09: report
“While prevention of type 2 diabetes needs to be a national priority, drug treatments can help prevent the onset of complications from diabetes that lead to hospitalizations, more complex treatment and dramatically higher costs” <<<<< More >>>>> »
The number of adolescent girls taking drugs for Type 2 diabetes nearly tripled in just five years, while use of chronic medicines for psychotic behavior and insomnia roughly doubled among boys and girls aged 10 to 19, a study shows.
Meanwhile, adolescents’ use of drugs for depression and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, leveled off or dropped in the last two years, after widespread new warnings about safety concerns.
The study, an analysis of prescription drug use from 2001 to 2006 among 370,000 insured children aged 10 to 19, was conducted by Medco Health Inc. of Franklin Lakes, N.J., the country’s biggest prescription benefit manager, and released exclusively to The Associated Press. <<<<< More >>>>> »
cientists have found that diabetes damages DNA in men’s sperm and may affect fertility.
The researchers from Belfast, Northern Ireland showed that the DNA in the nuclei of the sperm cells had greater levels of fragmentation in diabetic men (52%, versus 32% in non-diabetic men), and that there were more deletions of DNA in the tiny, energy-generating structures in the cells called mitochondria (4 versus 3).
“As far as we know, this is the first report of the quality of DNA in the nucleus and mitochondria of sperm in diabetes. Our study identifies important evidence of increased DNA fragmentation of nuclear DNA and mitochondrial DNA deletions in sperm from diabetic men. These findings cause concern, as they may have implications for fertility,” said Dr Ishola Agbaje who undertook the research
Dr Agbaje and his colleagues examined sperm from 27 diabetic men, with an average age of 34, and 29 non-diabetic men with an average age of 33.
They found that although semen volume was significantly less in diabetic men (2.6 versus 3.3 ml), there were no significant differences in sperm concentration, total sperm output, form and structure of the sperm or their ability to move. <<<<< More >>>>> »
diabetes, study, control, patients, cognitive, intensive, dcct, therapy, episodes, complications, type, tight, disease, blood, type 1, type 1 diabetes, 1 diabetes, blood glucose, 1, intensive therapy, events, news, research While it is most gratifying to find little evidence of a direct effect of moderately severe hypoglycemia on intelligence, diabetic patients still need to avoid hypoglycemia because very low blood sugar levels can trigger a temporary reduction in their ability to pay attention and react quickly, which may, in turn, lead to serious injuries,” said Christopher Ryan, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Health & Community Systems at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. <<<<< More >>>>> »