Alkermes Inc. announced Friday that partner Eli Lilly & Co said it was pulling out of a pact to develop an inhaled insulin product called AIR over concerns that it might not be able to show the product provides a clear benefit over traditional, injected insulin. Alkermes had provided the …
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Physical Activity Increases Effectiveness of Beta-Cells
Sedentary older people at risk of developing diabetes showed significant improvement in the function of their insulin-making beta cells after just one week of exercise.
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A New Zealand linkage study examining the associations between glycosylated hemoglobin concentration and mortality regardless of the diagnosis of diabetes
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Noncompliance is the main cause of aspirin resistance, according to investigators who studied aspirin response in 230 people, most of whom had a history of myocardial infarction.
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Researchers are developing a simple test which follows a new cellular pathway, that may predict whether a child will develop Type 1 diabetes.
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This week Eric Paris, PharmD Candidate from University of Florida has a great review of this weeks tool Small Steps to Help You Manage Your Diabetes” DVD series.
Read More »Diabetes Diagnostic Criteria May Be Off Target for Retinopathy
Retinopathy occurs at substantial rates even when glucose levels are below those that would trigger a diagnosis of pre-diabetes, according to a meta-analysis.
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Insulin restriction in women with type 1 diabetes was associated with increased morbidity and mortality, according to the results of a new study.
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Middle-aged people with a higher-than-normal heart rate while at rest run the risk of developing diabetes later in life, and even dying from diabetes, researchers report.
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