Published results from the LEAD 6 extension study showed the efficacy and safety of switching from exenatide, taken twice a day, to once-daily Victoza®. Results show…
Read More »No Health Benefit Seen from Small Soda Taxes
Taxes of a few percent on sugary drinks are unlikely to reduce consumption or improve children’s health noticeably, researchers found.…
Read More »Millions in United States Have Undetected Chronic Kidney Disease
As many as 13 million Americans may have undiagnosed diabetes or prediabetes and undetected chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a new study….
Read More »Moderate Drinking in Women Linked to Less Weight Gain
Lu Wang, MD, PhD, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA, and colleagues write, “The obesity epidemic is a major health problem in the United States….
Read More »DNA Testing Determines which Popular Diet Will Work
New data provided some early evidence that the secret to weight loss might lie in DNA and that the best way to shed excessive pounds is to diet according to genotype….
Read More »Health Care Reform: How Does it Affect People with Diabetes?
The health care reform bill “doesn’t fix everything that’s wrong with our health care system, but it moves us decisively forward,” President Obama said….
Read More »Switching to Once-Daily Victoza(R) (Liraglutide) from Exenatide Further Improves Blood Sugar Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes Care has published online the results of the Novo Nordisk (NVO) LEAD™ 6 extension study….
Read More »New Topical Drug to Treat Diabetic Macular Edema
Early-stage human clinical trials showed that a new topical drug was safe and had biological effects in a type of diabetic eye disease, and may offer researchers….
Read More »Polyunsaturates Reduce Heart Disease Risk
Replacing saturated fats with polyunsaturated fatty acids can reduce heart disease events by 19%, researchers have found….
Read More »Unseen Part of the Insulin Receptor Identified
Dr. Mike Lawrence from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (Melbourne, Australia) has determined the structure of a previously unseen part of the insulin receptor, making possible new treatments for diabetes….
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