Part 2 of our short series on some of the newer diabetes therapies inludes a glance at some of what is in the pipeline….

I had a chance to get back to nature this week by spending a couple of days in a B&B in the mountains outside of Asheville, NC. While we were enjoying a great breakfast made from hormone-free meat and eggs, and pesticide-free fruits, I got into a discussion about how …

OTC Home Test for HIV Infection Wins FDA Nod The FDA has approved the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test, making it the first over-the-counter test for HIV infection that gives results directly to the consumer. 

Medtronic’s Enlite CGM Sensor This sensor was approved in Europe in April 2011, and the FDA is still waiting for an additional study by Medtronic before approving the new sensor in the U.S. According to Medtronic, Enlite combines greater comfort with improved glucose sensor performance in both overall accuracy and …

Psychiatrists who enjoyed free deep-sea fishing and golf at educational forums sponsored by drug maker GlaxoSmithKline more than a decade ago could have hardly known at the time that they were witnessing history. In 2012, however, what happened at those meetings is clear. Federal prosecutors have announced that GSK has …

Ghrelin, a so-called hunger hormone, is the reason why some people have room for a high-calorie dessert after eating a big meal. Study results showed that rats lacking ghrelin receptor gene ate less of a sweet treat after a full meal than did rodents whose ghrelin receptor gene was intact. …

In-store promotion and nutrition information on the front label of food packaging helps shoppers make healthier choices, U.S. researchers say. When a tag was put on the grocery store shelf showing that a product had the Heart Check mark indicating a heart-healthy food, sales increased 1.5 percent to 6.7 percent. …

Metformin might offer a therapy for nervous system damage…. 

Duke University Medical Center researchers have found protective, anti-diabetic functions for a hormone that, like insulin, is produced by the islet cells of the pancreas…. 

Predictive factors for type 2 diabetes remission following gastric bypass include insulin use and preoperative glucose disposition index….