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Georgia to Pay Diabetes Doctors for Performance Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Georgia will provide bonuses to doctors who care for state employees with diabetes, and improve their outcomes.

The United Nations Takes on The Diabetes Epidemic Posted: Monday, May 22, 2006

Diabetes has become an enormous international problem with the number expected to rocket to beyond 334 million.

Beverage Industry Agrees to Halt Soda Sales in Schools Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006

Bill Clinton, has done what public health experts failed to do. He pulled the plug on public school soda machines.

Diabetes Reversed: FDA Authorizes Human Trials Posted: Friday, April 21, 2006

After successfully demonstrating that a groundbreaking treatment strategy can reverse type 1 diabetes in animal studies, the FDA has given the go-ahead for researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to begin a phase I trial evaluating the treatment in humans.

FDA Accepts New Drug Application for Diabetes Drug Galvus Posted: Friday, April 21, 2006

Clinical studies show significant blood sugar reductions (HbA1c) sustained for one year - Trials also show no association with weight gain; overall incidence of side effects, including hypoglycemia and edema, similar to placebo.

Ohio Legislature Fails to Act on Diabetes Health Care Bill Posted: Tuesday, January 24, 2006

There are only 4 states left that do not require state-regulated health plans to provide comprehensive diabetes health coverage, they are OHIO, ALABAMA, IDAHO AND NORTH DAKOTA

Cost of Diabetes Trickles Down to Reduced Local Spending Posted: Friday, December 02, 2005

Diabetes, long known to be a costly disease because of high medical expenses and lost wages, can also take a big bite out of the local economy. The study found that, for every $1 of lost income due to diabetes, another 36 cents is lost in reduced local spending.

Inhaled Insulin a 'Test Case' for FDA Posted: Monday, September 19, 2005

A regulatory review and approval of a potential blockbuster drug for diabetes is being viewed on Wall Street as a ''test case'' that may reveal whether the Food and Drug Administration has become more cautious about safety.

U.S. FDA Refuses to Pull Abbott Obesity Drug Meridia Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2005

Consumer advocacy group Public Citizen had twice called on the agency to pull the drug from the market, citing deaths from cardiovascular problems in people using the drug. But the FDA concluded that "sibutramine's overall risk-benefit profile supports it remaining available as a prescription drug for the treatment of appropriately selected obese patients,"

Controversial New Program to Track New York Diabetes Patients Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Advocates say it will lead to better care; critics say it is a violation of privacy.

 

 

 

 

 

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