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Diabetes Drug Costs Soar 70% Posted: Friday, May 25, 2007

The introduction of new treatment options and a growing number of diabetes patients will drive costs upward.

Insulin Levels Can Predict Weight Loss on Certain Diets Posted: Friday, May 25, 2007

Individual differences in insulin secretion may explain why some individuals respond well to either a low-fat diet or low-glycemic-load diet, whereas others do not. The findings imply that a simple, baseline oral glucose tolerance test to assess serum insulin concentration may help clinicians and dieticians choose weight-loss strategies for obese subjects.

Avandia Tied To 43% Increased Heart Attack Risk In Study Posted: Friday, May 25, 2007

Analysis reveals Avandia linked to 43 percent increased risk for heart attack and 64 percent greater risk of cardiovascular death.

Diabetes Drug Use Triples for Girls Posted: Friday, May 25, 2007

The number of adolescent girls taking drugs for Type 2 diabetes nearly tripled in just five years.

New Finding Discovers How Embryos Create Beta-Cells Posted: Friday, May 25, 2007

Scientists have discovered a key aspect of how embryos create the cells that secrete insulin.

Urine Test Predicts Diabetic Kidney Disease Posted: Friday, May 25, 2007

Looking at various proteins in urine may help doctors predict the development of diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes patients well before they develop the condition.

Antioxidant Achieves a 64% Reduction In the Onset of Diabetes Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Succinobucol, a novel antioxidant with anti-inflammatory properties, achieved a 64% reduction in new-onset diabetes in patients with a recent acute coronary syndrome.

Being Thin, Doesn't Mean You Are Not Fat Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Because internal deposits can cause trouble then really is what's on the inside that counts and a lot of thin people might be in trouble.

FDA Issues Safety Alert on Avandia Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Safety data from controlled clinical trials have shown that there is a potentially significant increase in the risk of heart attack and heart-related deaths in patients taking Avandia.

Diabetes and Heart Failure Is Double Trouble for Older Women Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2007

New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham shows that the effect of diabetes on the severity of illness and risk of death for patients with heart failure is much worse in women than men. The effect is even more pronounced in older patients.

 

 

 

 

 

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