Diabetes drugs to include new warnings The diabetes drugs Avandia and Actos will be labeled with severe warnings about a risk of heart failure to some patients, health officials said Tuesday.

Herbal Cure for Diabetes Found Effective An Indian medical company claims that it has developed an effective herbal cure for diabetes.

India, China to develop herbal cure for diabetes NEW DELHI: The world will soon have a herbal drug for diabetes, discovered, tested and manufactured jointly by Indian and Chinese scientists.

Foot care for diabetics My mom is diabetic and says her feet burn sometimes. She hasn't found anything that will help. Is there anything that she can do?

Cinnamon great for Type 2 diabetes patients The aromatic bark can lower blood sugar, triglycerides and cholesterol levels, as well as improve insulin functioning, particularly in Type 2 diabetics, researchers have found. Richard Anderson, lead scientist at the Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Md. (USA), calls its medicinal properties the most significant nutritional discovery in 25 years.

Cinnamon for diabetes CINNAMON, a common household ingredient used in food recipes and an important constituent of eastern medicinal recipes, has now been found effective against type 2 diabetes as well.

Cinnamon Helps Type 2 Diabetes Also Helps Cholesterol -- But More Than A Sprinkle Required

Herbs, vitamins appear to be safe for diabetes control The efficacy of individual herbs and supplements to help glucose control in diabetics is still unproven, suggest researchers compiling a review of all published studies.

She works wonders with diet A cancer patient, who was virtually written off by doctors, has miraculously recovered. The doctors who had treated him little realized that diet can work wonders on the patient. They realized that more than their treatment, it was the efforts of the dietitian which helped in bringing back the patient to normality.

How to keep damage from diabetes at bay I have been diagnosed with mild diabetes which is currently controlled by diet. Are there any supplements I should consider taking?

Gymnema Treatment for Type I and II Diabetes. Compositions for treating and preventing diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance and related symptoms, and methods for preparing and using such compositions. Invented by Edayatimangalam Raja Bhavani Shanmugasundaram and Kalathinkal Radha Shanmugasundaram (Chennai, India); and Rolland Hebert, Sohail Malik and Michael Baker (Seattle, WA). Assigned to Pharma Terra, Inc. (Bellevue, WA). U.S. Patent 5,980,902. Issued November 9, 1999.

NATURAL APPROACHES TO DIABETES MELLITUS Diabetes mellitus affects approximately 6% of the US population and its occurrence is increasing in incidence at an alarming rate. Many of the 16 million Americans who have diabetes are unaware of its presence and even more individuals lack sufficient education to deal with the lifestyle adjustments that are required to manage or prevent this disease. Diabetes mellitus is a common cause of premature death or disability and its progression results in accelerated aging of the body. More than 90% of all cases of diabetes mellitus are of the Type 2 form (maturity onset diabetes). The economic burden of diabetes mellitus, together with some disenchantment about allopathic treatments for this disorder, has led to a growing interest in potentially safer and gentler management options that are presented by alternative medicine. The objective of this short article is to review non-allopathic options for the potential management of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, accepting that research in this area is emerging, but it is incomplete.

Herbal approaches to diabetes and hyperglycemia Ayurvedic botanicals often succeed where conventional medicine fails. Helping improve indicators associated with hyperglycemia and diabetes is one such area. Three herbals important in this effort are plants which seem to grow most happily when climbing: Gymnema sylvestre, Momordica charantia, and Tinospora cordifolia.