Beverages sweetened with fructose or high-fructose corn syrup can worsen cardiovascular risk factors, even in the young and healthy, researchers have found.…
Read More »HbA1c Identifies Diabetes, Prediabetes in Acute Care
Optimum screening cut-offs for HbA1c in emergency setting similar to outpatient care….
Read More »New and Unique Strategies Proposed for Older Americans with Diabetes
The need to establish diabetes management programs that are more accessible to the elderly is gaining greater urgency amid unprecedented growth of older minority populations who are most at risk, particularly older African-Americans, according to a new report.…
Read More »Authoritative Parents Get Better Glycemic Control
Children with Type 1 diabetes may achieve better blood-sugar control if their parents are more authoritative with them, a new study has found….
Read More »Chew More and Eat 12 Percent Less
A new study finds that people who chew their food more take in fewer calories, which may help them control their weight.
Read More »Americans Listen and Reduce Intake of Sugar-Sweetened Soda
Americans downed nearly a quarter less added sugar in 2008 than they did nine years earlier, a new report concludes.…
Read More »Diabetes + Depression Leads to Serious Eye Disease
Patients with diabetes who also suffer from depression are more likely to develop a serious complication known as diabetic retinopathy, a disease that damages the eye’s retina, and causes blindness, a five-year study finds….
Read More »GLP-1 Knowledge Survey Analyses, Complete Series
With this special bonus edition of our highly successful GLP-1 special series, we provide you with an easy list so you can find all of our analyses in one place…. Just click on these links to access each analysis. GLP-1 Knowledge Survey Part I GLP-1 Knowledge Survey Part II GLP-1 …
Read More »Lilly Resubmits Bydureon to FDA
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 …
Read More »Takeda Resubmits New Drug Applications in the U.S. for their Alogliptin and Alogliptin/Pioglitazone Combo
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.…
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