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Mincer, A 7-year-old dog, has developed a white haze in her eyes. She seems to see all right, but her eyes look really weird. She also has this huge appetite, and she eats all her food and tries to steal food from our cats. She even went to the neighbor’s garage and ate their dog’s [...]

Insulet Corporation, located in Bedford, Massachusetts, is an innovative, privately held, diabetes management company dedicated to providing superior treatment options and lifelong health benefits to people with diabetes.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is examining data that may put China ahead of India to becoming the `Diabetes Capital of the World,’with an estimated 30 million diabetics, said Gojka Roglic, Technical Officer, Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion.

Children and infants with a rare neurodegenerative disorder, will undergo a Phase I clinical trial using stem cells at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Oregon Health & Science University.

Little Sarah Kuhl is helping cancer victims and other critically ill patients, when her parents had donated her umbilical cord so that its blood, which is rich in stem cells can be used for transplantation.

Senesco Technologies announced that a preclinical animal study has shown that its proprietary gene technology increases the survivability of islets isolated for transplantation.

A recent study found that contraception with depot medroxyprogesterone acetate might increase the risk of diabetes in some Latino women with prior pregnancy related or gestational diabetes.

Scientists at University of Wisconsin suggest that liquid crystals, which are used to display information on various electronic devices may help in stem cell research.

Getting too little or too much sleep may increase a person’s risk of developing type2 diabetes.

Diabetic patients can look forward to lower chance of developing foot pain or other nerve damage in the future, if they keep their blood sugar today in control.