I guess we’re on a roll with all these cure… No but seriously, it seems like over the past few years I can’t even count how many different promising drugs or vaccines I’ve heard about that never went anywhere. But it is progress, there is always something to be learned… What do you all think?

With all that aside, I came across some more news regarding a large study done on Type-2 Diabetes. They say this is the largest Diabetes prevention study every conducted. Here are some quotes:

“The drug, rosiglitazone or Avandia, taken for three years, reduced the risk of getting diabetes by 62 percent, according to a report published Friday. Rosiglitazone is a drug from the thiazolidinediones family and is currently used to treat diabetes once it is diagnosed.”

and

“The study enrolled 5,269 participants aged 30 or older, recruited from 191 sites in 21 countries. All had “pre-diabetes” or blood sugar abnormalities that indicated half of them would develop Type 2 diabetes within three years.”

and

“Participants took rosiglitazone while taking lifestyle advice. Over a period of three years, only 12 percent of those taking rosiglitazone developed diabetes, compared with 26 percent who became diabetic while taking the placebo. Rosiglitazone was also found to return glucose levels to normal in 51 percent of participants versus 30 percent of those taking a placebo.”

The Questions

Interesting results, I’m wondering though what exactly their “lifestyle advice” to the patients was and how these peoples diets and lifestyles were standardized or regulated. Its shown that, especially with Type 2 Diabetics, one of the main causes is by prolonged abuse of the body with poor diets and dangerous lifestyle habits. Were these people just given the pill and left to go eat at McDonalds every night? Or maybe they said “Take two of these and don’t eat McDonalds in the morning.”?

The “Placebo” Effect

Even though they make it look like the “placebo” was a failure, it still shows it worked in some capacity. At least working with the variables and lifestyles for those people. I think personally it just goes to show that we should never underestimate the natural power of the body to heal itself. I will be keeping an eye on this as well. You can find the article about a pill to cure type 2 diabetes here

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This entry was posted on Saturday, September 16th, 2006 at 10:27 am and is filed under Diabetes Medication, Diabetes News, Diabetic Health, Treatment.
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