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November 18, 2014November 18, 2014

New Neuregulin 4 Hormone Could Potentially Treat Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Liver Disease

A study describing a new potential treatment for metabolic disorders based on the brown fat hormone neuregulin 4 (Nrg4) entitled “The brown fat-enriched secreted factor Nrg4 preserves metabolic homeostasis through ... Read more

November 17, 2014November 17, 2014

Continuous Glucose Monitoring System Cleared by FDA

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an informational overview for the recently approved Dexcom G4 PLATINUM Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System for the management of diabetes. The system, which was developed ... Read more

November 14, 2014November 14, 2014

World Diabetes Day Focused On Healthy Food

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Dr. Constance Chan, The Director of Health at a healthy luncheon event organized by the Department of Health (DH), Diabetes Hongkong, and the School of Hotel and Tourism Management of the Chinese University of ... Read more

November 13, 2014November 13, 2014

Cornerstones4Care Relaunches With New, Customized Diabetes Patient Support Program

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Novo Nordisk, a leader diabetes care, announced the relaunch of Cornerstones4Care®, an award-winning online platform to support patients living with diabetes. The platform has been enhanced to customize patients’ experience with educational resources ... Read more

November 13, 2014November 13, 2014

Electronic Health Records May Help Reduce Significant Number of Undiagnosed Diabetes Cases

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There are still a significant number of people in the United States suffering from diabetes that are undiagnosed according to a collaborative study between researchers in the U.S. and in the United Kingdom, ... Read more

November 12, 2014August 20, 2015

Fast-Food Near Deprived Neighborhoods Drive Obesity and Diabetes

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While home cooking may seem like a basic life skill, today’s modern families and young professionals are relying more on easily available and seemingly cheap fast food for their daily ... Read more

November 10, 2014November 10, 2014

ConsultantLive By UBM Connect (Medica) Highlights National Diabetes Month

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UBM Medica US recently announced that the leading online community for primary care clinicians, ConsultantLive, has launched a new resource for diabetes to help busy clinicians to stay up-to-date with the latest news ... Read more

November 10, 2014November 10, 2014

Chinese Diabetes Study Emphasizes Risk Factors, Need For Public Awareness

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In a recent article entitled “Prevalence of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose among residents in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China,” published in the journal BMC Public Health, a team of ... Read more

November 7, 2014November 7, 2014

Cilia a New Focus in Groundbreaking Diabetes Study

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A new study entitled “Ciliary dysfunction impairs beta-cell insulin secretion and promotes development of type 2 diabetes in rodents” published in the Nature Communications journal, reports the unknown role of cilia ... Read more

November 6, 2014November 6, 2014

Diabetes Can Make You Go Blind

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Recent studies revealed that people at higher risk of developing diabetes are unaware that they can become blind or develop diabetic eyes diseases. These high risk groups are not undertaking preventive ... Read more