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Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: ORMP.OB) (http://www.oramed.com), a developer of proprietary drug delivery systems, presented the results of its exploratory study entitled "Enteral Administration of Exenatide-4; Proof of Concept Pharmacodynamic Study in Dogs" at the diabetes Technology Society's Conference in Bethesda, Maryland.

A new study presented at the Annual Meeting of the diabetes Technology Society showed that changes in the position of a conventional insulin pump, relative to its infusion set, can significantly impact expected insulin delivery rates. Such changes may occur during routine daily activities such as getting dressed, sleeping or showering.

Data from a new global survey released on World diabetes Day finds that many teens and young adults with type 1 diabetes are optimistic about their future, but report a lack of support from School staff. The poll highlights the importance of family and peer-to-peer support.

If the current best practice interventions were implemented in both high and low income groups, most socioeconomic differences in coronary heart disease mortality could be reduced, according to an article released on November 7, 2008 in The Lancet.   Heart disease is a major source of mortality and morbidity in many populations, but heart disease has been noted to have different magnitudes of effect on different types of populations.

Children and adolescents like to spend their leisure time with friends, going to the cinema, doing sport and trying out all sorts of things as they grow up. Jessica Gagnoux from Geneva was no different. But then the young girl's world was turned upside down when her doctor diagnosed type 1 diabetes. The eleven-year-old's pancreas had stopped producing the vital hormone insulin. "Within a short space of time, I had lost ten kilos. I felt ill all the time and dizzy," Jessica recalls today.

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