An alternate form of insulin that is longer lasting may be approved in upcoming years….

The drug pressure-reducing medication olmesartan, brand name Benicar, could increase the time before any kidney problems were evident by 23 percent. But experts are concerned about higher deaths from heart problems….

Valsartan treatment increased glucose-stimulated insulin release and insulin sensitivity in normotensive subjects with IGM….

The effectiveness of KI as a specific blocker of thyroid radioiodine uptake is well established. When administered in the recommended dose, KI is effective in reducing the risk of thyroid cancer in individuals or populations at risk for inhalation or ingestion of radio iodines. KI floods the thyroid with non-radioactive iodine …

Patients headed toward blindness because of diabetic macular edema showed substantial gains in visual acuity after two years of treatment with the angiogenesis inhibitor drug ranibizumab (Lucentis), its manufacturer said….

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced positive results from a mid-stage study of a once-monthly subcutaneous injection of exenatide for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes….

Last week I was working on a presentation for the ASCP mid-year meeting and needed some up-to-date graphs on the incidence of diabetes in the US. Our publisher, Steve Freed, came across the CDC 2011 diabetes report and it was exactly the data I needed. He has put together this …

Our first item, Predicting Diabetes: Using the Fasting Glucose, A1c, or OGTT, this week looks at the best way to diagnose diabetes and our last item, Millions Risk Early Death Due to Diabetes Diagnosed or Treated Improperly, discusses the risk of early death in patients not diagnosed and treated soon enough. These …

by Jenna Algozzine, Pharm.D. Candidate, University of Florida College of Pharmacy Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) is often abused in combination with anabolic steroids to increase muscle strength and athletic performance. The illicit use of androgens is seen not only in athletes, but is now being used by a significant …

This graph compares the incidence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes among children and adolescents younger than 20 years by age group and race/ethnicity. In the year 2002–2005, among children younger than 10 years, the estimated rate of new cases of type 1 diabetes was….