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Diabetes Drugs May Reduce Risk for Affective Disorders

Posted: Monday, December 10, 2012

Sulfonylureas and metformin may help to reduce the risk for depression.

New Insulin Pump PaQ® Enabling Glycemic Control without Daily Insulin Injections for People with Type 2 Diabetes Approved in Europe

Posted: Monday, December 03, 2012

CeQur SA, a company focused on the development and commercialization of simple insulin delivery devices, announced that the PaQ® Insulin Delivery Device has received CE Mark approval.

New Treatment Reduces Weight 10 Percent and Improves Insulin Sensitivity

Posted: Sunday, December 02, 2012

A new, lab-created antibody that mimics the action of a naturally occurring molecule causes weight loss.

Diabetes Drug Can Restore Memory Loss from Alzheimer's

Posted: Saturday, November 24, 2012

A drug that was initially used to treat insulin resistance in diabetes patients has shown promise as a way to improve cognitive function in Alzheimer's sufferers.

How Should We Treat the Elderly with Diabetes?

Posted: Tuesday, November 20, 2012

More than one-quarter of all adults over age 65 have diabetes but there is little research on how to treat the disease in older adults.

EASD: New EASD/ADA Position Paper Shifts Treatment Goals with 7 Key Points

Posted: Tuesday, October 09, 2012

A new position statement for treatment of type 2 diabetes treatment focuses on the individual patient rather than a "one number fits all" HbA1c target.

Pre-Diabetes Is Treatable to Prevent Diabetes

Posted: Monday, September 24, 2012

Preservation of beta-cell function is more closely related to long-term prevention of diabetes than is insulin sensitivity.

New Way to Treat Diabetes – Treat the Biological Clock

Posted: Saturday, July 21, 2012

Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered a chemical that offers a completely new and promising direction for the development of drugs to treat metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes Remission after Gastric Bypass Determined by Beta Cell Function Not Weight Loss

Posted: Saturday, July 21, 2012

Remission of type 2 diabetes in severely obese people after bariatric surgery hinges on baseline beta cell function, not weight loss.

New Strategies for Diabetes Treatment

Posted: Saturday, July 14, 2012

Researchers are trying new approaches to treat type 2 diabetes amid widespread uncertainty about the most effective therapies and concerns that current strategies might be doing some patients more harm than good.