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A supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) has been submitted to the FDA for the expanded use of BYETTA® (exenatide) injection as an add-on therapy to basal insulin, with or without metformin and/or a thiazolidinedione (TZD) in conjunction with diet and exercise for adults with Type 2 diabetes….

Disease-management programs, which may include patient education, psychological intervention, dietary education, self-monitoring, and telemedicine, can improve diabetes care…..

Low levels of HDL-cholesterol levels, despite treatment with statin therapy for elevated LDL-cholesterol levels, remains a significant risk factor for cardiovascular events….

Acute, short-term insulin spikes increase the olfactory threshold and might be involved in regulation of food intake….

Dietetic shakes and prepackaged entrees help obese teenagers lose weight loss at first. But “meal replacements” were no better than a standard low-calorie diet for helping young people continue losing weight over the course of a year….

Only one third of gestational diabetes women undergo screening after delivery for diabetes, according to a new analysis of over one million patients….

Two specific eating patterns increase the risk of death for older adults….

Americans living in the southern “stroke belt” states consume more fried fish, which may contribute to the region’s high stroke mortality rate….

Men with Type 1 diabetes may be able to grow their own insulin-producing cells from their testicular tissue….

In addition to fast food, desk jobs, and inertia, there is one more thing to blame for unwanted pounds — our genome, which has apparently not caught up with the fact that we no longer live in the Stone Age….