Daily non-political popular news in brief.

Duke researchers find physician resistance hinders diabetics use of cutting edge technology

10-13-2006 · EurekAlert!

Diabetic patients who use newer technologies such as insulin pumps and blood glucose monitoring devices are better able to manage their disease and adhere to treatment regimens, with less daily pain, than with conventional treatments, according to Duke University researchers. Yet researchers have found that the newer methods to manage diabetes are not being widely used because physicians may be reluctant to prescribe them, and even patients who are using them may not be deriving their full benefits.

Keywords: duke, researchers, physician, resistance, hinders, diabetics, cutting, edge, technology, researcher, hinder, diabetic

« Previous | Next »

Similar news on "Duke researchers find physician resistance hinders diabetics use of cutting edge technology":

Home computers to help researchers better understand universe
10-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
Want to help unravel the mysteries of the universe? A new distributed computing project designed by a University of Illinois researcher allows people around the world to participate in cutting-edge cosmology research by donating their unused computing cycles.
Similar news · Read more »
Chemotherapy may enhance the effectiveness of brain tumor vaccines
06-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
Chemotherapy temporarily hinders the body's immune response, creating a concern that it may interfere with the promising new cancer vaccines being used against brain tumors. But a new study led by researchers at the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has found that the opposite is true: chemotherapy may actually enhance the effectiveness of the vaccines.
Similar news · Read more »
Scientific American names Belcher top researcher
11-06-2006 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Professor Angela Belcher has been named Research Leader of the Year by Scientific American. Three other MIT researchers are also among the magazine's annual list of the nation's top 50 technology leaders.
Similar news · Read more »
Cancer stem cells linked to radiation resistance
10-18-2006 · EurekAlert!
Certain types of brain cancer cells, called cancer stem cells, help brain tumors to buffer themselves against radiation treatment by activating a "repair switch" that enables them to continue to grow unchecked, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found.
Similar news · Read more »
Despite overeating, morbidly obese mice gain protection against diabetes
08-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
The "world's fattest mice" can overeat without developing insulin resistance or diabetes thanks to a glut of a key hormone, a dichotomy that helps explain why not all obese people are diabetic, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found.
Similar news · Read more »
New imaging technique reveals fatty hearts in pre-diabetics
09-04-2007 · UT Southwestern Medical Center
A simple imaging technique developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has revealed fat buildup in the hearts of pre-diabetic people long before symptoms of heart disease or diabetes appear.
Similar news · Read more »
Computer scientist plans bach over broadband
07-19-2007 · EurekAlert!
A singing computer scientist wants to use cutting-edge technology to create Europe's first successful Internet choir.
Similar news · Read more »
'Howtoons': MIT's do-it-yourself for kids
12-05-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Splurt! Urgghh! Ping! Thump! Boom boom bap! It's not exactly cutting-edge technology, but those could be the sounds of future scientists and engineers in the making.
Similar news · Read more »
Glucose levels trigger compensation for type 2 diabetics
01-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
Many individuals with type 2 diabetes are diabetic because their body no longer responds to the hormone insulin. Before they become clinically diabetic their body tries to compensate for the lack of insulin responsiveness by increasing the mass of insulin-secreting cells (beta cells) in the pancreas. A new study shows that in mice with high-fat diet-induced insulin resistance, changes in glucose concentration are likely to be the main trigger of increased beta-cell mass.
Similar news · Read more »
Support for chromosomal theory of cancer found in cancers' development of drug resistance
06-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
Most cancer researchers are convinced that cancer results from a handful of genetic mutations that kick a cell into uncontrolled growth. UC Berkeley genetics researcher Peter Duesberg disagrees, and finds support for his "chromosomal" theory of cancer in the development of drug resistance by many cancers. While his theory implies their is no magic bullet against cancer, it does provide ways to detect cancer at an early stage.
Similar news · Read more »