A new study finds that people who chew their food more take in fewer calories, which may help them control their weight. 

Americans downed nearly a quarter less added sugar in 2008 than they did nine years earlier, a new report concludes.…

Patients with diabetes who also suffer from depression are more likely to develop a serious complication known as diabetic retinopathy, a disease that damages the eye’s retina, and causes blindness, a five-year study finds….

With this special bonus edition of our highly successful GLP-1 special series, we provide you with an easy list so you can find all of our analyses in one place…. Just click on these links to access each analysis. GLP-1 Knowledge Survey Part I GLP-1 Knowledge Survey Part II GLP-1 …

We are all familiar with the phrase, “Save the Best for Last,” and as we finish up our special GLP-1 Series, we have done exactly that. This week we have the completion of an interview that our publisher, Steve Freed, did with Dr. David D’Alessio, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division …

Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath Mr. VR was referred to the endocrinology department of a major hospital to ‘get his diabetes fixed up’ after he presented to the emergency department. Mr. VR is a 69-year-old man …

Topics covered include the clinical effects of GLP-1 agonists and DPP-4 inhibitors stemming from incretin action, and the role of glucagon in glucose intolerance and effects of GLP-1 based drugs on plasma glucagon…. Link to download (.ppt format): GLP-1 Effectiveness, Mechanisms of Action and Potential, Part 1 of 4 Other sets …

If you think that the U.S. House and Senate are on two totally different paths on spending, taxes and deficit management, they don’t even come close to the vastly different paths that the FDA and the European Union are taking. It appears that the EU has decided that diabetes is …

Over the past two months we have provided you with a special GLP-1 newsletter. During this time we have seen that the science behind this class of drugs known as GLP-1- Analogs is solid and the results are positive. Many of you asked for more information on how the native …

Bydureon Coming Soon See this week’s Item #1, Lilly Resubmits Bydureon to FDA, for more information.