Consuming two or more soft drinks per week increased the risk of developing pancreatic cancer by nearly twofold compared to individuals who did not consume soft drinks, according to a report….

A Michigan State University scientist has finally discovered how high blood sugar levels can cause blindness….

Results from January 2007 to December 2007 from the Behavioral Risk Surveillance System (BRFSS), an ongoing telephone survey of US adults on health-risk behaviors and the use of preventative healthcare services related to the leading causes of death and disability in the United States, were reported last week….

Last week there was a lot of press about the approval of Victoza (c) liraglutide, the once-a-day GLP-1 mimetic, made by Novo Nordisk. This drug, which works like exenatide, gives practitioners another choice of therapy for patients. If you read all the articles on the internet you will find a …

by Ben Comer, writer, Medical Media and Marketing Sales forces for Novo Nordisk’s Victoza (c) will emphasize the injectable’s weight loss properties when it launches next month. Speaking between sales force training workshops, Martin Jernigan, associate VP, Victoza Launch, said the Type 2 diabetes drug is “really about getting A1C …

SLIM DATA USB This new product unveiled at the recent CES show in Las Vegas is a must have for any medical professional who carries data on a flash drive. This credit card size flash drive which you can carry in your wallet can hold 4 GB of information and …

miCoach Pacer This product, straight from the CES exhibit in Las Vegas, is the perfect companion for you or your patients’ training workouts. This three part system has a Pacer that interacts with a stride sensor and heart rate monitor. Press it at any time to hear real-time information on …

GlucoPro Insulin Syringes Voluntarily Recalled A voluntary nationwide recall of all GlucoPro Insulin Syringes (Nipro Medical Corporation) is underway, according to a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notification to healthcare professionals. The alert notes that syringes may have needles that detach from the syringe. “If the needle becomes detached …

Insulin Perceptions Questionnaire Booklet This booklet provides some suggested questions to help you explore the reasons behind any fears that a patient may have expressed in the Insulin Perceptions Questionnaire. For easy reference, there is a set of suggested questions to help explore each statement highly scored by the patient in …

Approval of Diamyd’s Diabetes Vaccine Set for 2011: The diabetes vaccine being developing by Diamyd is not far from being approved. Diamyd is using two different technologies: the first is based on a GAD65 molecule. The molecule was shown to stall the destruction of beta cells connected with Type 1 …