Diabetes Mellitus

• Harry's Home BG Testing - How to test blood glucose at home in a diabetic cat or dog. Includes methods, test interpretation, comparison of meters, and links.
• Pet Diabetes Support Group - Includes health and nutrition articles, success stories, and a mailing list.
• Pets With Diabetes - Includes information about the disease, resources including support groups, personal experiences, and diabetic dogs in need of adoption.

• Canine Diabetes - Information for owners of canines with diabetes mellitus. Featuring Dr. Peter Graham and Dr. Jennifer Fry and the Rainbow Pet Diabetes Email List
• Diabetes Mellitus - Comprehensive information and illustrations for owners of a dog diagnosed with this ailment courtesy of Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
• Management of Molly's Canine Diabetes - Brief personal regimen of a young, diabetic, Old English Sheepdog (bobtail). Explains her diet, insulin and blood glucose monitoring.

Interim Study Results Presented At ADA 2009: Exenatide Not Associated With Increased Rate Of Acute Pancreatitis ... (Medical News Today)
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced interim results from a retrospective study including nearly 260,000 patients that showed the risk of acute pancreatitis among patients initiating therapy with BYETTA(R) (exenatide) injection was not increased compared to patients initiating other antidiabetic therapies.

Study Redefines Roles Of Alcohol, Smoking In Risk For Pancreatitis (Medical News Today)
Although alcohol consumption is known to be associated with chronic pancreatitis, new evidence indicates that a threshold of five or more drinks per day is required to significantly raise risk; however, most patients with chronic pancreatitis do not drink this amount, according to a report in the June 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Clinical Trials Update: June 9, 2009 (Forbes)
If you are an adult with type 2 diabetes and are not taking insulin, you may qualify for this study. The research site is in Milwaukee, Wisc.

International Diabetes Study Establishes GlycoMark As Definitive Test For Blood Sugar Swings In Seemingly ... (Medical News Today)
A team of researchers sponsored by three major international diabetes organizations has definitively established that the GlycoMark® test (1,5-AG), a simple blood test used to measure glucose control in patients with diabetes, accurately reveals potentially dangerous fluctuations in blood sugar that are undetectable by other means.