http://www.asiandiabetes.org Diabetes Mellitus Research by the Asian Diabetes Association Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:48:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is hoping for dramatically increased sales and profits in Asia. The increasing demand in China for diabetes drugs is fueling a significant portion of this growth. Specifically, Eli Lilly anticipates that revenues in China will grow 500% by the year 2015, to nearly $1 billion. The company hopes ... http://www.asiandiabetes.org/hello-world/ Pharmaceutical companies are now looking to test their upcoming blockbuster drugs in Asia. According to drug industry experts, this will shorten the time it takes for new pharmaceutical drugs to be available for sale in the U.S. market. Because of dramatically lower costs in Asia, and because there are much larger ... http://www.asiandiabetes.org/asian-diabetes-drug-tests/ The United Nations estimates the number of people globally affected by diabetes to be 246 million… and approximately half of those are in India, China, Nepal and other Asian countries. Globally, Diabetes is ranked as the fourth leading cause of death, in terms of disease. Each year, an estimated 3.8 million ... http://www.asiandiabetes.org/asian-diabetes-statistics/ Today is the United Nations World Diabetes Day (UN WDD). According to the official World Diabetes Day (WDD) website, “Diabetes is a chronic, potentially debilitating and often fatal disease. The disease occurs as a result of problems with the production and supply of insulin in the body. Either the body produces no ... http://www.asiandiabetes.org/asian-diabetes-association-observes-world-diabetes-day/ Actress Halle Berry, who is pregnant, has enraged diabetes experts, after publicly stating that she has successfully improved her diabetes with a healthy diet. Diabetes specialists are accusing her of “confusing” other diabetics with her comments. It appears that these diabetes “experts” believe that if they cannot successfully reverse diabetes, then it ... http://www.asiandiabetes.org/halle-berry-angers-diabetes-experts/ Major manufacturers of diabetes drugs faced major market setbacks as a result of diabetes drugs that were discontinued (Avandia, Actos, Exubera, etc.). The inhaled insulin product, Exubera, was discontinued in the third quarter of 2007 as a result of lacklustre sales… and Pfizer took a $2.8 billion charge. During the same ... http://www.asiandiabetes.org/diabetes-drug-failures/ The Asian Diabetes Association has revealed research about a natural product that has been used in China for many years to treat Type II Diabetes: the Goji berry. Its polysaccharides have been shown to help balance blood sugar and insulin response. In his first clinical trials, Dr. Victor Marcial-Vega, M.D., researcher ... http://www.asiandiabetes.org/asian-diabetes-association-%e2%80%9cmiracle%e2%80%9d/ The Indian Diabetes Prevention Programme recently published a study in Diabetes Care, which promotes lifestyle modifications and long-term treatment with metformin, alone or in combination, as cost-effective measures for preventing Type II Diabetes in individuals who are at risk for this disease. According to Dr. Ambady Ramachandran of the India Diabetes ... http://www.asiandiabetes.org/asian-diabetes-%e2%80%9cprevention%e2%80%9d-in-india/ The firm Frost & Sullivan (which researches and analyzes new market opportunities for corporate growth), has some “happy news” about the diabetes epidemic: this escalating health crisis is creating a huge demand for glucose meters and strips in Asia. Isn’t that exciting news… Companies that sell glucose meters and diabetic strips ... http://www.asiandiabetes.org/%e2%80%9chappy-news%e2%80%9d-about-asian-diabetes-epidemic/ Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis recently reported a “major development” in the search for a cure for diabetes. The research doctors report they have successfully transplanted embryonic pig pancreas into diabetic monkeys, and within weeks the monkeys showed dramatic improvement in insulin production. Dr. Marc Hammerman ... http://www.asiandiabetes.org/diabetes-cure-research/