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FDA Approves a 3-in-1 Combination Hypertension Drug: The drug Tribenzor is approved as a once-daily treatment for hypertension which combines olmesartan medoxomil, amlodipine, and hydrochlorothiazide in a single tablet. Tribenzor is approved for patients who are not adequately controlled on any two of the following antihypertensive drug classes: angiotensin receptor …

FDA issues hold on Avandia vs Actos study: Federal health officials say new patients should not be enrolled in the study, after experts last week said Avandia increases heart risks. FDA Okays New Hypertension Polypill Tribenzor by Daiichi Sankyo: The pill contains a combination of three hypertension drugs — olmesartan …

A Healthy Diet Controls Blood Sugars Better than Drugs: A healthier diet helps control high risk Type 2 diabetes better than what drugs can achieve alone. Kirsten Coppell of the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand), who led the study, says the research indicates that providing the right dietary advice …

Lack of Zinc Linked to Diabetes: A U.S. researcher says zinc may play a role in blood sugar regulation and in avoiding Type 2 diabetes. Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy of the University of Michigan suggests that in Type 2 diabetes a protein called amylin forms dense clumps that shut down insulin-producing cells. …

(CGMS) Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Dogs: A researcher is using a continuous glucose-monitoring device — commonly used in humans with diabetes — to help treat dogs and other animals. “Our research has found that continuous glucose monitoring devices can be used in dogs, cats, cows and horses,” said University of …

New Potential Indicator of Pre-Diabetes/Type 2 Diabetes: An investigation led by Sean H. Adams at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Center in Davis, CA, underscores the potential of natural compounds in the body, known as "fatty acylcarnitines," to serve as diabetes biomarkers. The scientists determined this after searching for telltale …

First-Void Urine Predicts Renal Events (See this week’s Item #1.)

Half the Population in the World Doesn’t Get Enough Vitamin D: Anthony Norman, a professor emeritus of biochemistry and biomedical sciences at the University of California, says, “It is clear that merely eating vitamin D-rich foods is not adequate to solve the problem for most adults.” Currently in the U. …

Avoid Consuming Too Much Fat While Nursing: The future health of offspring is more negatively impacted when their mothers consume a high fat diet while nursing compared with high-fat diet consumption during pregnancy, according to research at Johns Hopkins University. The researchers used a method called “cross-fostering” to determine whether …

Healthy Weight, Rather Than Fitness, Most Important for Preventing High Blood Pressure: Individuals who have a healthy body weight are more likely than those who are physically fit to have lower blood pressure, according to the results of a new study. In a comparison of fitness vs fatness, body mass …