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FDA warns potentially dangerous stolen insulin is still on the market
By admin on August 26th, 2009

FDA warns potentially dangerous stolen insulin is still on the market

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned today that potenially dangerous stolen vials of insulin are still on the market.
Last June, 129,000 vials of the long-acting insulin Levemir made by Novo Nordisk, Inc. were stolen in North Carolina.
Only 2 percent of the stolen vials have been recovered.
The FDA said it has received multiple reports [...]

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By admin on July 20th, 2009

FDA may require glucose monitors to be more accurate
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may soon require glucose monitors used by more than 11 million diabetics in the U.S. to be more accurate, Gardiner Harris reports in the New York Times.
Under current standards, these monitors can be off by as much as 20 percent putting [...]

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By admin on July 13th, 2009

Medtronic recalls some Quick-set infusion sets used with its MiniMed Paradigm insulin pumps

Medtronic, Inc. is recalling some of its Paradigm Quick-set infusion sets used with its MiniMed Paradigm insulin pumps.
In a press release announcing the recall, the company said it recently discovered that approximately 2 percent of “Lot 8” Quick-set infusion sets may not work properly.
“The affected infusion sets may not allow the insulin pump to vent air [...]

Diabetes • Drugs & Medicines • Product Recall
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By admin on July 13th, 2009

Health in the news – July 13

Money and medicine
KUOW looks at the salaries of Seattle’s top docs and charity care Washington non-profit hospitals give
John Ryan, a reporter for Seattle’s Public Radio affiliate KUOW, looked at how much Seattle-area hospitals, most of which enjoy the tax benefits of non-profit status, pay their top officials and how much charity care they provide.
Salaries, Ryan [...]

Diabetes • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center • Group Health Cooperative • Harborview • Hospital News • Seattle Cancer Care Alliance • Seattle Children's • Swedish Hospital • University of Washington • VA Puget Sound • Valley Medical Center • Virginia Mason
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FDA issues warning on Levemir insulin
By admin on June 13th, 2009

FDA issues warning on Levemir insulin

Stolen vials of the long-acting insulin Levemir made by Novo Nordisk have reappeared and are now being sold in the U.S.. the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has learned.
The insulin may be dangerous because the vials may not have been stored and handled properly, the FDA warns.
Three lots or a total of 129,000 vials of [...]

Diabetes • Drugs & Medicines • Product Recall
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Adolescents using insulin pumps achieve better blood sugar levels, but diabetes control still poor
By admin on May 02nd, 2009

Adolescents using insulin pumps achieve better blood sugar levels, but diabetes control still poor

Adolescents with type 1 diabetes who use insulin pumps achieve better blood-sugar levels than do adolescents who use other methods, according to a new study.
Those using insulin pumps also required fewer hospitalizations and emergency room visits, the study found.
But even with the pump many children and teens still fail to achieve good blood-sugar control, the [...]

Child & Youth Health • Diabetes • Seattle Children's • University of Washington
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Cookbook offers healthy, traditional recipes to help Hispanics avoid diabetes
By admin on January 12th, 2009

Cookbook offers healthy, traditional recipes to help Hispanics avoid diabetes

Today, more than one in ten Hispanics age 20 years and older has diabetes. The reasons for this are unknown. Diabetes can run in families, so heredity might play a role. Some researchers believe that certain ethnic groups carry  a “thrifty gene”.
People with this gene would be better at storing up food as fat during [...]

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By admin on December 08th, 2008

Videos to help Native American children avoid diabetes

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention has produced an animated video series to encourage Native American children to be active and eat right to reduce their risk of developing diabetes.
 
The series of four videos are based on the four Eagle Books written by Georgia Peres of Nambe Pueblo and illustrated by Partick [...]

Child & Youth Health • Diabetes • Diet & Nutrition • Fitness & Exercise • Prevention
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By admin on November 21st, 2008

Insulin pump battery cap recalled

Animas Corporation has issued an urgent recall of battery caps used with the following insulin pump products:

All Animas® 2020 Insulin Pumps shipped between June 16, 2008 through July 19, 2008 
All Animas® IR 1200 and IR 1250 Insulin Pumps shipped between June 16, 2008 through August 1, 2008 
All OneTouch® PingTM Glucose Management Systems shipped prior to August [...]

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By admin on November 18th, 2008

Gastric Bypass Support Group: VM Federal Way

[ November 26, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ]  

WHAT:

This free support group is open to all patients who have had gastric bypass surgery at Virginia Mason. We will cover information on healthy eating and exercise and special topics.

Patients interested in gastric bypass that have not yet had surgery are welcome, but be reminded that this group is meant to primarily support patients that have [...]

Diet & Nutrition • Digestive System • Metabolic Health • Surgery • Upcoming Events • Virginia Mason
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By admin on November 06th, 2008

ReliOn insulin syringe recall

The maker of ReliOn insulin syringes is recalling one lot of its sterile, single-use, disposable, hypodermic syringes with permanently affixed needles due to possible mislabeling that may lead to patients receiving an overdose of as much as 2.5 times the intended dose, the U.S. Food and Drug Agency reports.
Here is the FDA alert:
FDA Reports Nationwide [...]

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When are genetic tests on infants ethical? - webcast
By admin on November 04th, 2008

When are genetic tests on infants ethical? – webcast

A conference held this July in Seattle on the ethics of genetic testing of newborns and children is now available online at UWTV’s website.
The 2008 Pediatric Bioethics Conference brought together some of the nation’s top ethicists to talk about the controversies involved in testing newborns and children for genetic conditions even when there might be [...]

Diabetes • Ethics • Genetics & Birth Defects • Newborn and Infant Health • Seattle Children's
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By admin on November 04th, 2008

How best to reduce complications of type 2 diabetes?

In patients with type 1 diabetes, sometimes called juvenile-onset diabetes, tight control of blood sugars with insulin has been shown in clinical trials to reduce the risk of blindness, vascular disease and kidney problems that commonly develop with diabetes.
These findings have led scientists to think that tight control of blood sugars would also reduce the [...]

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More children on prescription drugs, study
By admin on November 03rd, 2008

More children on prescription drugs, study

More U.S. children are taking prescription drugs for the treatment of asthma, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and other chronic diseases, according to a new study.
The study, which appears in the November issue of the journal Pediatrics, looked at data from Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefits management company that supplies prescription drugs to more [...]

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By admin on November 01st, 2008

Learn about diabetes research in the Seattle area

Hoping to encourage patients to participate in clinical trials, the American Diabetes Association, the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association and the Northwest Association for Biomedical Research are holding a conference about research being conducted in the Seattle area.
The conference will include talks by local scientists as well as patients who have volunteered for research studies.
The [...]

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By admin on November 01st, 2008

Experts advise against using diabetes drug Avandia

A panel of experts convened by the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes  has “unanimously advised against using” the diabetes drug Avandia.
The recommendation appears in updated guidelines which have been published online and will be appear in print in the journal Diabetes Care in its January 2009 issue.
Avandia, whose [...]

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Researchers from Seattle and Sweden team up to fight diabetes
By admin on October 25th, 2008

Researchers from Seattle and Sweden team up to fight diabetes

Researchers from Seattle and Sweden met in Seattle last weekend to discuss the latest diabetes research
The annual Seattle-Sweden conferences are designed to highlight a number of collaborative projects between diabetes researchers working here and in Sweden.
This year’s conference, the 3rd Annual Seattle-Sweden Diabetes Awareness Day, was organized by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in collaboration with [...]

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