Garlic-based Drug can treat Diabetes Types I and II

A tablet-form garlic-based drug can treat diabetes types I and II, according to a new study.The drug is based on vanadium and allaxin, a compound found in garlic. The study has been published in the new Royal Society of Chemistry journal Metallomics. When Hiromu Sakurai and colleagues from the Suzuka University of Medical Science, Japan, gave the drug orally to type I diabetic mice, they found it reduced blood glucose levels .

In previous work they had discovered the vanadium-allaxin compound treated both diabetes types when injected, but this new study shows the drug has promise as an oral treatment for the disease. Type I diabetes (insulin dependent) is currently treated with daily injections of insulin, while type II (non-insulin dependent) is treated with drugs bearing undesirable side-effects - however - the researchers believe neither treatment is ideal. The researchers aim to test the drug in humans in future work.

Source- Medindia.com

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In many developing countries, children with diabetes suffer because insulin and other diabetes supplies are not affordable or sometimes not even available.
The International Diabetes Federation's Life for a Child Program supports the care of close to 1000 children in the following countries: Tanzania, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Uzbekistan, Bolivia, Mali, Ecuador, Sudan and Cameroon.

Participants in the Life for a Child Program partially-sponsor the neediest children at diabetes centers in these countries. This sponsorship enables the children to receive the clinical care and diabetes education they need to stay alive. The centers provide thorough clinical and financial feedback.

The goals of the Program are to provide:
* Sufficient insulin and syringes
* Blood glucose monitoring facilities
* Appropriate clinical care
* HbA1c testing
* Diabetes education
* Technical support for health professionals (if requested)

Some centers need support for all these areas; others need support for some components.
Many children with diabetes in developing countries die soon after diagnosis. Many others face the burden of complications while still young. Life for a Child encourages governments to establish appropriate care to safeguard the future of children with diabetes.

Funds are donated by the International Diabetes Federation through sale of World Diabetes Day merchandizing, individuals, associations, Rotary International, and companies working in diabetes. Most individual donors contribute a dollar a day. Support is provided to recognized diabetes centers to purchase insulin and syringes, and provide monitoring and education. Financial trails and the health outcomes of the children are carefully monitored.
Our goal is to double the number of children supported by the end of 2008. Help us save children with diabetes. Donate online at http://www.lifeforachild.org/ or through the purchase of World Diabetes Day merchandize.
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Vaccum Assisted Closure (VAC)

The latest in Diabetic foot wound healing ……..now at M.V. Hospital

Diabetic foot ulcer is a cause for enormous suffering, loss in economic productivity and mortality. The outcome is poor because of the severity of the disease. Management is often sub optimal because of poor understanding of the subject and it is unfashionable and generally omitted from professional training and largely neglected in research. The result is that ignorance is endemic; management is guided by belief and habits more than by evidence and research allocation is minimal. The technology has been revolutionized and recent advances are a boon to man-kind. One such example is VACCUM ASSISTED CLOSURE device which works on the principle of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). It involves the delivery of intermittent or continuous sub-atmospheric pressure through a specialized pump connected to the wound surface maintaining a closed environment. The pump is connected to a canister, which serves to collect wound discharge and exudates. Studies have shown that VAC therapy system yielded a higher proportion of healed wounds, faster time to wound closure, a more rapid and robust granulation tissue response and reduced risk for a second amputation. Keeping pace with time and technology, the VAC system has been introduced recently at our centre. We at M.V. Hospital are using this technology in treating diabetic foot ulcers and have achieved good results. VAC therapy is indicated in larger, deeper and partial foot amputation wounds. However, they are contraindicated in small wounds responding to debridement.

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