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Average American Has Very High Risk of Diabetes Posted: Friday, June 23, 2006

Body mass index (BMI), the ratio of body weight to height, is tightly linked to lifetime risk of diabetes.

Pfizer, Bayer Partner on Fat Modifier Obesity Drugs Posted: Friday, June 23, 2006

Pfizer is buying exclusive worldwide rights to an experimental class of Bayer obesity drugs.

Short Term Economic Impact of Weight Change Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

A 1 percent weight loss was associated with a 5.6 percent decrease in health care costs, or approximately $408.

Study Shows New Non-Invasive Device Screens Diabetes Better Than Fasting Plasma Glucose Test Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

Diabetes biomarkers found in skin shown to Correlate well with diabetes risk.

Once-Weekly BYETTA (Exenatide) LAR Improves Glucose Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

Reduces A1c by 2 points and average weight lose of 8 pounds in 15 weeks.

Ten Thousand Patients Using Levemir Insulin Show Improvements in BG Without Weight Gain Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

Levemir reduced mean A1C levels by 0.54 percent for type 1 and 0.89 percent for type 2 diabetes patients.

Alternative to Carb Counting Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

Study shows an innovative mealtime insulin dosing algorithm provides alternative to carb counting for Type 2’s.

Patients Fail To Grasp Importance of Cholesterol Numbers Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006

A better way to drive home the message is to concentrate on cardiovascular risk-adjusted age-a formula that homes in on the grim fact that, as an example, a 42-year-old man with elevated Framingham Heart Score has the heart of a 70-year-old man.

Type 2 Diabetes Teens Have Higher Complication Risk Then Type 1’s Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006

Young people with type 2 diabetes are more likely to have high blood pressure and signs of kidney damage than their counterpart who have type 1 diabetes, even though type 2 diabetic have had the disease for a much shorter time.

Americans Need More Help Managing Diabetes Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006

U.S. patients and doctors alike show a surprising level of ignorance about diabetes and are not doing nearly enough to manage the condition, diabetes experts said.

 

 

 

 

 

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