Archive for April, 2007

Pomegranate Juice Reduces Atherosclerosis

It is amazing sometimes what research goes undiscovered for diseases that kill so many people. To a large degree, that is the sole reason that I started this blog. I wanted to create a place where people can see the actual research. Too many supplements and herbs are over hyped on the Internet with the [...]

Study on Exercise and Glucose Tolerance

The Scientific American has an interesting article about exercise and glucose tolerance. The study demonstrated a 25-30% improvement in glucose tolerance after just 3 months of strength training. Type 1 diabetics that regularly work out such as myself probably inherently know this because you can see such a noticeable difference in sugars after a good [...]

Tiny Disposable Insulin Pump

Debiotech has recently announced that they have found a manufacturing partner for their disposable, tiny insulin pump. The pump itself is great- about one quarter the size of the standard Minimed pump that is on the market now. This new one uses MEM’s technology and can deliver very precise amounts of insulin. I am pretty [...]

Stem Cell Transplantation

It looks like there was a study in Brazil where they took some newly diagnosed Type 1 Diabetics and then reintroduced stem cells from their bone marrow. It was successful in that these kids were allowed to live insulin free for up to 36 months which was the length of the trial. Medical News Today [...]