Posts by: Daniela Semedo, PhD

Daniela Semedo, PhD

Daniela holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, a MSc in Health Psychology and a BSc in Clinical Psychology. Her work has been focused on vulnerability to psychopathology and early identification and intervention in psychosis.

December 29, 2015December 29, 2015

Cigna Donating $1 to Diabetes Association for Each Social Media Share of Its Preventive Care Badge

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Cigna, a health insurance company with an emphasis on preventive care, recently announced that it will donate $1 to the American Diabetes Association every time its campaign badge is shared on social ... Read more

December 19, 2015December 21, 2015

FDA Approves Basaglar for the Treatment of Diabetes

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a version of insulin glargine injection (Basaglar, Eli Lilly and Company) for the treatment of diabetes. The drug was approved for ... Read more

November 20, 2015November 20, 2015

Sanofi and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Enter Collaboration on Diabetes Therapy Sotagliflozin

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Sanofi and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., recently announced the start of a new partnership and license agreement for the development and commercialization of sotagliflozin, a novel orally-delivered investigational dual inhibitor of sodium-glucose cotransporters ... Read more

November 19, 2015November 19, 2015

Children at Risk for Type 1 Diabetes May Benefit from Early Probiotic Use

News, Type 1 Diabetes News

A recent study published in the JAMA Pediatrics journal revealed that exposure to probiotics during the first 27 days in the life of an infant with increased genetic risk for type ... Read more

October 22, 2015October 22, 2015

Diabetes Risk Seen to Rise in Select Patients on Antipsychotic Therapy

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Results from a recent study published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal revealed an increased risk for diabetes development among subjects with a diagnosis of psychosis and under treatment with antipsychotic ... Read more

October 13, 2015October 13, 2015

NIH Involved in Knowledge Portal for Diabetes Researchers and General Public

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Researchers sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Foundation for the NIH (FNIH) extended a newly launched online library, known as knowledge portal, that permits open-access searching ... Read more

October 12, 2015October 12, 2015

Roche Announces New Cobas c 513 Analyzer for Testing Diabetes

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Roche, the world’s largest biotech company, recently announced that the new cobas c 513 analyzer, a dedicated high-throughput testing solution for HbA1c, is now available for countries that accept the CE ... Read more

October 7, 2015October 13, 2015

Study Investigates Risk Factors for Insulin Resistance and Associations with Both Depression and Diabetes Incidence

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In a recent study published in The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, researchers determined that the lack of physical activity, inadequate sleep and hypertension are risk factors for ... Read more

September 15, 2015September 16, 2015

Diabetes Therapy Rosiglitazone Found to Enhance Fat Accumulation in Bones – Exercise Can Partially Offset The Effect

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In a recent study published in the journal Endocrinology, a team of researchers from the UNC School of Medicine report that diabetes increases the amount of marrow adipose tissue (MAT) ... Read more

September 1, 2015September 3, 2015

Results from the Diabetes Surgery Study Show That Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Improves Diabetes Control

News, Type 2 Diabetes News

Results of a recent study published in the journal The LANCET reveal that the addition of gastric bypass to lifestyle and medical management in patients with type 2 diabetes improved diabetes ... Read more