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June 10, 2016June 10, 2016

#EULAR2016 – Risk for Type 1 Diabetes Increases in Kids with Juvenile Inflammatory Arthritis, Study Shows

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A study of more than 9,000 children found that patients with juvenile inflammatory arthritis more often develop type 1 diabetes than other children. Presented at the European League Against Rheumatism ... Read more

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016

Ascensia Diabetes Care to Present Data at 76th ADA Scientific Sessions

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Ascensia Diabetes Care, a global specialist diabetes care company, will attend the upcoming 76th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) June 10-14 in New Orleans. This will be ... Read more

June 6, 2016June 7, 2016

Promising Diabetes Treatment Using Human Liver Cells May Be on the Horizon

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A collaboration between Prof. Ann Simpson of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in Australia and a U.S. clinical stage biotechnology company, PharmaCyte Biotech, shows promise for a unique alternative therapy ... Read more

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016

FDA Advisory Stands Behind Sanofi Candidate for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee (EMDAC) has recommended the approval of Sanofi global healthcare company’s New Drug Application (NDA) for the investigational fixed-ratio combination of basal insulin ... Read more

May 25, 2016May 25, 2016

Weight-Loss Surgery Strongly Suggested Against Certain Type 2 Diabetes

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Gastrointestinal surgeries designed to promote weight loss have been shown to improve glucose homeostasis in patients with type 2 diabetes more efficiently than the standard therapeutic approaches, leading to long-term remission ... Read more

May 23, 2016May 23, 2016

Contour Systems, a Way for Diabetics to Monitor Their Glucose Levels, Soon Available in Europe

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Ascensia Diabetes Care announced that its self-monitoring blood glucose systems for diabetes patients, CONTOUR NEXT ONE and CONTOUR PLUS ONE, have received the CE mark, meaning that the product has met the European Union’s safety, ... Read more

May 20, 2016September 6, 2016

Diabetes, Obesity, Heart Disease May be Reduced with Combination of Two Fruit Compounds

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Pharmaceutical doses of two compounds found in oranges and red grapes may improve the heath of diabetic patients and decrease obesity and heart disease, according to the study “Improved glycemic ... Read more

May 18, 2016May 18, 2016

Melatonin Seen to Raise Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in People with a Common Gene Variant

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Melatonin, known as the sleep hormone, impairs insulin secretion in people with a common gene variant, according to researchers with Lund University in Sweden. The study, “A Common Variant in TFB1M Is Associated with Reduced ... Read more

May 16, 2016May 16, 2016

New Data Shows EndoBarrier Therapy Promising for Diabetes, Obesity

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Dr. Russell Drummond, of the National Health Service (NHS) Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Scotland, has presented findings from the Randomization to Endobarrier alone Versus with Incretin analogue in SustainEd Diabesity (REVISE ... Read more

May 11, 2016May 11, 2016

Viral Respiratory Infections in Babies Increase Risk for Type 1 Diabetes, Study Shows

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A team of researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, in Neuherberg, Germany, discovered that viral respiratory infections during the first six months of life increases the risk of type 1 ... Read more