Ethanol intake is well known as a potential cause of hypoglycemia in diabetic patients and now new findings from an animal study shed light on the mechanisms involved
Read More »Cinnamon Does Not WORK!
New studies have shown that cinnamon does not control blood sugars or fat levels.
Read More »Sudden Hearing Loss from Erectile Dysfunction Drugs
FDA has received about 30 reports of sudden hearing loss in patients taking a class of erectile dysfunction drugs called PDE5 inhibitors
Read More »New Insulin Manufacturer Enters the Diabetes Arena
We will soon have even more choices. Biodel Inc. completes enrollment of two pivotal phase III clinical trials of VIAject and plans manufacturing facility for VIAject
Read More »OmniPod (Insulin Pump) and DexCom(Cont’ Blood Glucose Monitor) to Integrate
The OmniPod Insulin Pump will be wirelessly communicating with DexCom’s continuous blood glucose monitor, sometime soon with only one receiver.
Read More »Merck’s New Obesity Drug Cuts Pounds
An experimental Merck obesity drug helped patients lose weight and burn up calories, but at higher doses caused psychiatric side effects similar to those that prevented U.S. approval of a similar Sanofi-Aventis drug, researchers said.
Read More »Diabetes Risk Factors Linked to Neighborhoods
A new study suggests that, “The neighborhood people live in might play a role in their risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Read More »Flu Vaccine Has No Benefits for the Elderly?
A study published online in the journal Vaccine found the influenza vaccine had no impact on emergency admissions in the elderly.
Read More »Fish Oil Supplements Reduce Adiposity in Type 2 Diabetics
French researchers report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition for December that, two months of daily fish oil supplements reduces adiposity and atherogenic markers in women with type 2 diabetes.
Read More »Metformin Cost Effective in Preventing Diabetes
According to recent research published in the journal Diabetes Care, “In the Indian Diabetes Prevention Program (IDPP), a 3-year randomized, controlled trial, lifestyle modification (LSM) and metformin helped to prevent type 2 diabetes in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).
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