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Cheap Fructose May Exact High Metabolic Price

Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

Fructose in sodas and other beverages -- but not glucose -- can set patients on the fast track to atherosclerosis, investigators here reported.

Patients Beat Physicians at Insulin Dose Adjustment

Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

Type 2 diabetes patients taught to titrate their own insulin detemir (Levemir) dose may equal or exceed the results that physicians achieve, researchers reported.

Blood Glucose Monitoring for Non-Insulin Users Shows No Benefits

Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

Regular self-monitoring of blood glucose, at least by people with type 2 diabetes who do not use insulin injections, did not result in a clinically significant reduction in blood glucose control in a year-long study.

Risk of Subsequent Hypoglycemia is Low When Diabetes Treatment is Intensified

Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

Clinicians should not be afraid of intensifying treatment in diabetic patients with inadequately controlled glucose levels because the subsequent risk of developing hypoglycemia is quite low, a new study has shown.

Diabetes Reduces Life Expectancy by 8 Years

Posted: Friday, June 22, 2007

Before heart disease even develops among patients with heart disease, the effects on life expectancy have already begun, found researchers.

Pramlintide Curbs Fast Food Consumption and Binge Eating

Posted: Friday, June 22, 2007

The synthetic form of a hormone previously found to produce a feeling of fullness when eating and reduce body weight, also may help curb binge eating and the desire to eat high-fat foods and sweets.

New Study Shows Chromium Improves Diabetes and Lipid Control

Posted: Friday, June 22, 2007

Published results from a 447 subject, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study showed Diachrome, a patented combination of chromium picolinate and biotin, significantly improved glycemic control in patients with poorly controlled blood sugar levels who were being treated with oral anti-diabetic medication (OADs).

Slow Release Topiramate Helps Diabetics Lose Weight

Posted: Friday, June 22, 2007

A controlled release formulation of topiramate is effective adjunctive therapy for weight loss in obese type 2 diabetics treated with diet and exercise alone or in combination with metformin, researchers report in the June issue of Diabetes Care.

New Study Shows No Increased Heart Risk With Avandia

Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007

Findings from an interim analysis of RECORD (Rosiglitazone Evaluated for Cardiac Outcomes and Regulation of glycemia in Diabetes), shows further proof the safety of Avandia.

FDA Orders New Safety Labels for Rosiglitazone (Avandia) and Pioglitazone (Actos)

Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007

The FDA Commissioner Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D., told a congressional hearing that the FDA will beef up the cardiovascular warnings on the labels of both rosiglitazone (Avandia) and pioglitazone (Actos).