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Researchers examined the interplay between supersize pricing strategies and the effect on health by evaluating both marketing theories and public policy implications. The researchers found that "supersize" pricing strategies not only lead to greater purchase and consumption, but that they do so by impacting important consumer goals in unrelated areas, …

The FDA is asking that the number of calories be more prominent, the amount of added sugar and percentage of whole wheat be included, and for more clarity on serving sizes. Recommended serving sizes for some foods may be adjusted. An Agriculture Department study said 42% of working adults used …

European regulators have approved Xigduo for type 2 diabetes in the first green light for a fixed dose combination of an SGLT2 inhibitor and metformin. The drug combines in a twice daily tablet dapagliflozin an SGLT2 inhibitor that reduces the reabsorption of excess glucose, and metformin. FDA News Release 

Today only 1.6 million of people with diabetes who own a smartphone use a mobile application to manage their diabetes. However, the Research Guidance firm predicts that by 2018 that number will rise to 24 million users, or 7.8% of smartphone owners with diabetes. Changes in the conception of mobile apps, from …

In a recent study, dental patients 45 years and older who were unaware of their diabetic status had an evaluation for diabetes risk with the ADA Diabetes Risk Test and then an A1c test where the risk was elevated. Participants in the study with an A1c level of 5.7% or …

Tandem Diabetes Care Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall for specific lots of its insulin pump cartridges, the company announced. Tandem found that certain cartridges for its t:slim insulin pump could be prone to leak though no customer complaints have been reported, Tandem said. However, a cartridge leak could potentially …

A team led by Laurent Azoulay, MD, of McGill University in Montreal, studied 11,920 men newly diagnosed with non-metastatic prostate cancer (PCa). The cohort included 1,132 men (9.5%) with pre-existing type 2 diabetes. A total of 3,605 deaths, including 1,792 from PCa, occurred during a mean 4.7 years of follow-up. …

Labeling foods with a traffic-light system may help promote healthy eating, a study at the cafeteria of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston indicated. Researchers found that sales of green-labeled healthy foods increased 12%, while sales of red-labeled junk foods and unhealthy drinks declined by 20% and 39% respectively. American Journal …

The results of a new study showed that type 1 diabetes patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy had greater prevalence of cerebral microangiopathies than those without retinopathy and control group subjects. "The associations between cerebral microbleeds and peripheral microvascular function in skin [have] not been reported before and support the hypothesis …

Artificial sweeteners sucralose, acesulfame potassium, and the two combined seem to generate the same neutral reaction on the appetite-reducing hormone GLP-1 as water. After an overnight fast, each subject consumed either 240 ml of water alone or equivalently sweetened with 1) 52 mg sucralose, 2) 200 mg AceK or 3) …