Welchol Suspension Works in Fruit Juices, Diet Soda Daiichi Sankyo has received U.S. regulatory approval for a new formulation of its diabetes drug Welchol. This new suspension can be mixed with fruit juice and diet soft drinks  The drug lowers blood sugar and LDL cholesterol in patients with type 2 …

A new survey found that almost 6-in-10 adults don’t think they’re eating enough fruits and vegetables, while kids seem to be eating enough. They surveyed about 1,300 Midwesterners, finding that 58% of adults didn’t think they ate enough produce, with 39% citing cost and 20% citing difficulties with preparation, though …

Dietary fish consumption is linked to a lower risk for type 2 diabetes in men but not in women, according to the results of a study done in Japan. The study cohort consisted of 22,921 men and 29,759 women 45 to 75 years old with no history of diabetes. Of …

A combination of weight training and aerobic exercise might be the best prescription for overweight people at risk for diabetes and heart disease, a new study suggests. People doing only aerobic exercise dropped weight and inches off their waistlines — so an aerobic-only program is also a good (and less …

Bydureon could be available by Feb or March of 2012 or even sooner. Because Bydureon is the same drug as Byetta (which has been in the market for over 5 years and basically is the same drug) except that Bydureon only needs to be injected once a week instead of …

Takeda announced today that it resubmitted two NDA’s to the FDA for alogliptin and the fixed-dose combination therapy alogliptin/pioglitazone, which combines alogliptin with pioglitazone in a single tablet.…

Hemoglobin A1c level was a better predictor of the risk of CVD than simply using a diagnosis of diabetes to establish risk, a new analysis of two large cohort studies showed….

In women with recent gestational diabetes, alignment of A1c with glucose levels is only “fair”….

Weight-based insulin doses up to 0.6 units per kilogram are associated with a low risk of hypoglycemia, according to a new report….

Most Americans believe that prescription medications are the most effective treatments for many common illnesses, but a Consumer Reports survey of more than 45,000 people finds that three-fourths of us are turning to alternative therapies like yoga and acupuncture….