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Pramlintide Continues Trials for Weight Loss

Posted: Thursday, November 02, 2006

Results of a Phase 2 study show a 8% reduction in weight. Pramlintide shows weight loss for those even without diabetes.

Postchallenge Glucose Rises with Age Even When Glucose Tolerance is Normal

Posted: Thursday, November 02, 2006

One-hour OGTT glucose concentrations rise significantly with age even in subjects with NGT.

Can Providing Free Strips to Self-Monitor Type 2 Diabetes Improve Control?

Posted: Thursday, November 02, 2006

According to one study it does not. But the study was flawed in that they did not educate the patient as what to do with the information.

FDA Issues Nationwide Alert on Counterfeit One Touch Basic/Profile and One Touch Ultra Blood Glucose Test Strips

Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

The counterfeit test strips potentially could give incorrect blood glucose values--either too high or too low--which might result in a patient taking either too much or too little insulin and lead to serious injury or death. No injuries have been reported to FDA to date.

Obesity Linked to Lack of Childhood Sleep

Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Dr Taheri does not claim that poor sleep is the only cause of obesity, but he says that its effects should be taken seriously, on the basis both of experiments and epidemiological evidence.

New Magic Weight-Loss Pill rimonabant (Acomplia) Offers Modest Results, Blocks 'Munchies'

Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

A new drug billed as a magic bullet for obesity — rimonabant (Acomplia) — does help people lose weight, although not that much weight, and also helps lower cardiac risk factors, according to a review of studies.

Study: Leptin Has Powerful Effect on Reward Center in the Brain

Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Leptin, a hormone critical for normal food intake and metabolism, exerts a strong effect on appetite by acting in the mid-brain region as well as in the hypothalamus, according to a Yale School of Medicine study in Neuron.

Pomegranate Juice Can Protect Diabetics from Heart Disease

Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Drinking 6 ounces of pomegranate juice daily may protect diabetics from developing heart disease, according to a new study.

Preoperative Hyperglycemia Imperils Orthopedic Surgery Outcome

Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Study finds a sixfold higher threat of pulmonary embolism after hip or knee replacements.

Study: Food or its Expectation Sparks Brain's Hunger Centers

Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

The concept of whetting the appetite by serving hors d'oeuvres before a meal may have a solid scientific basis, according to a new report in the October issue of the journal Cell Metabolism.