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Weight management before, during and after pregnancy — Quick Reference Guide This quick reference guide presents the recommendations made in dietary and physical activity interventions for weight management before, during, and after pregnancy. It is particularly aimed at GPs, obstetricians, midwives, health visitors, dietitians, community pharmacists and all those working …

Pogo™ One-Step Blood Glucose Monitor   POGO ™ is designed to integrate your test strips, lancets and lancing device into one compact meter and cartridge system to make testing easy, convenient and discreet. Since the test supplies are completely integrated, POGO is designed to automatically lance your finger, collect your …

Lilly/Amylin amassing significant pre-launch stock of Bydureon, the once-a-week form of Byetta. October 22nd, 2010 is the likely date Bydureon will be ready to launch. Byetta has only lost 7.7% market share to Victoza.

Once-monthly exenatide begins phase 1a clinical trials: Versartis has announced the start of phase 1a clinical trials for VRS-859, its once-monthly exenatide. The drug, also called E-XTEN, is a fusion protein containing the GLP-1 analog exenatide and the hydrophilic peptide XTEN. Versartis has proposed that the 100 mg monthly dose …

Cashew Extract May Combat Diabetes: New research reveals that an extract of cashew seeds may help fight diabetes. In a series of test-tube experiments, scientists found that cashew seed extract helped muscle cells to absorb blood sugar. According to the study’s authors, this finding suggests that cashew seed extract could …

Lung impairment similar to that found in smokers has been found in a study that included 3,182 patients with diabetes and 27,080 control subjects. Researchers found that diabetes can damage the lungs in ways that are similar to smokers….

Obese adolescents with Type 2 diabetes have diminished cognitive performance and subtle abnormalities in the brain, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center found…  

Drinking lots of coffee and tea every day — even decaf — might keep diabetes away, new research shows.   Each additional cup of coffee consumed in a day was associated with a 7% reduction in the excess risk of diabetes….

A group that promotes education and awareness around diabetes is calling on the government and private insurers to use diabetes education as a cost-saving strategy….