Recent optional goals set by the National Cholesterol Educational Program (NCEP) for low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) are not being met by many millions of Americans.
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Lilly Launches Humalog® Mix50/50 Insulin in United States
Why bother to be interested in Lilly’s re-introduction of Humalog 50/50? I look forward to this as it comes closer to mimicking the bodies own insulin release, and for my patients it reduces the chance of nocturnal hypoglycemia. Learn more about how this formulation makes a difference by checking out …
Read More »Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks*
The largest study ever to ask whether a low-fat diet reduces the risk of getting cancer or heart disease has found that the diet has no effect.
Read More »GSK Announces Approval And Availability Of Avandaryl(TM) (rosiglitazone Maleate
GSK Announces Approval And Availability Of Avandaryl(TM) (rosiglitazone Maleate And Glimepiride) Avandaryl is the first and only tablet to combine a thiazolidinedione (TZD), rosiglitazone maleate – separately marketed as Avandia(R) – with a sulfonylurea, glimepiride – separately marketed as Amaryl(R) – to help improve blood sugar control.
Read More »New Technology Detects Brain Changes In Patients With Type 1 Diabetes
A Joslin Diabetes Center-led collaboration has documented for the first time subtle changes in the gray matter of the brain of type 1 diabetes patients.
Read More »New Diabetes Drugs In the Pipleline
Six new pharma treatment strategies in controlling diabetes.
Read More »73% of People Don’t Know About Metabolic Syndrome
Omron Healthcare announced on January 25 the results of its attitude survey on metabolic syndrome and visceral fat.
Read More »Volix (Voglibose) For Treatment Of Diabetes, Released In India
New Alpha-Glucosidase inhibitor for treatment of postprandial hyperglycemica released in India for the treatment of diabetes.
Read More »Diabetic Hearts Use Four Times More Fat for Energy
The high-fat “diet” that diabetic heart muscle consumes helps make cardiovascular disease the most common killer of diabetic patients. Diabetic heart muscle uses four times more fat for energy than the hearts of non-diabetics.
Read More »Study Confirms REGRANEX® Is Effective Treatment Of Foot Ulcers
Diabetic neuropathic foot ulcers treated with REGRANEX® were 32 percent more likely to heal within 20 weeks than those not treated with REGRANEX®
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