Psychotherapy may help with diabetes control (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Integrating motivational enhancement therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy may help people with type 1 diabetes better manage their disease, British researchers report.

Gene test adds little to diabetes risk analysis (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Gene tests may be no better for predicting diabetes risk than having a doctor ask some old-fashioned questions about weight, smoking status and family history, according to two studies published on Wednesday.

Genetic Testing No Real Help in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Testing for 18 different gene variations associated with type 2 diabetes was no better at predicting a person's risk for the blood sugar disease than a doctor's assessment, researchers report.

Depression linked to poorer diabetes control (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Depression may make it harder for people with diabetes to keep their blood sugar levels in check, researchers have found.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Genotype Score in Addition to Common Risk Factors for Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes (New England Journal of Medicine)
The authors of this study genotyped single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at 18 diabetes-associated loci in participants of the Framingham Offspring Study. A genotype score based on these risk alleles predicted new cases of diabetes but resulted in only a slightly better prediction of risk than knowledge of common risk factors alone.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Clinical Risk Factors, DNA Variants, and the Development of Type 2 Diabetes (New England Journal of Medicine)
Sixteen SNPs were determined and clinical factors examined in two Scandinavian cohorts that were followed for a median of 23.5 years. Type 2 diabetes developed in 11.7% of the subjects. The inclusion of common genetic risk factors, many of which impair the capacity of beta cells to increase insulin secretion, in risk models modestly improved the prediction of future type 2 diabetes.

SINGAPORE RESEARCHERS DISCOVER PURE INSULIN CELLS THAT TREAT DIABETES (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
SINGAPORE, Nov 20 (Bernama) –- A team of Singapore researchers has made a breakthrough in developing an unlimited number of pure insulin-producing cells from mouse embryonic stem cells that are highly effective in treating diabetes.

Genetic Screening May ID Diabetes Risk (WebMD)
Genetic screening can help identify people at risk for type 2 diabetes, but it adds little to traditional methods for determining risk, two new studies show.

Cost of diabetes in US exceeds $217 billion: Study (PharmaBiz)
According to findings from a National Diabetes Economic Barometer study, undiagnosed, pre-diabetes and diabetes cost the United States an estimated $217.5 billion in 2007 due to higher medical expenditures and lost productivity.

Cancer Drugs May Treat Type 1 Diabetes (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Cancer Drugs May Treat Type 1 Diabetes Category: Health News Created: 11/19/2008 8:54:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 11/19/2008