September 28, 2021August 24, 2022
African-Americans Face Higher Risks of Diabetes and PAD, More Susceptible to Preventable Amputations
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African-American people are at higher risk for diabetes and peripheral arterial disease (PAD), which combined make them more susceptible to preventable ... Read more
November 17, 2016November 17, 2016
MitoQ Antioxidant Lowers Oxidative Stress, Inflammation in Type 2 Diabetes Cells
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The antioxidant MitoQ was seen to lower oxidative stress and inflammation in white blood cells from patients with type 2 ... Read more
September 1, 2016September 1, 2016
Diabetes Much More Likely to Be Treated Than Obesity, Despite Link Between Two
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Healthcare clinicians prescribe 15 times more anti-diabetes medications than they do anti-obesity drugs, missing an important opportunity to control both ... Read more
August 30, 2016September 6, 2016
Metformin Works Better for Some Diabetics Because of Gene Variant, Study Finds
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Investigators in an international research effort have found genetic evidence as to why the world’s most common treatment for type 2 ... Read more
August 25, 2016August 25, 2016
Keratin-derived Protein May Bolster Benefits of Exercise in Diabetic Patients
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Exercise has repeatedly been shown in studies to benefit people with type 2 diabetes, but by varying degrees. Now, researchers from ... Read more
August 23, 2016September 6, 2016
Chronic Kidney Disease Can Cause Diabetes, Study Finds
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A recent collaborative study led by researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) suggests that chronic kidney ... Read more
August 18, 2016August 18, 2016
Wireless Blood Glucose Monitoring System for Diabetes Launched by Ascensia
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Ascensia Diabetes Care announced the commercial launch and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its new blood glucose monitoring ... Read more
August 16, 2016September 6, 2016
Twin Study: Obesity Increases Risk of Diabetes But Not Heart Attack
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Obesity has a greater impact on the risk for diabetes among twins than on the risk for heart disease or ... Read more
August 11, 2016August 11, 2016
Esysta Smart Insulin Pen for Diabetes Supports Automatic Bluetooth Data Transfer
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Emperra GmbH of Potsdam, Germany, is expanding its Esysta diabetes management product systems with what it says is the first Bluetooth insulin pen. ... Read more
August 9, 2016August 9, 2016
New Test Might Predict Kidney Disease in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Patients
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A team of researchers led by Ioannis Papassotiriou, PhD, of Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital in Athens, Greece has successfully tested a ... Read more
August 2, 2016August 2, 2016
ARA 290 for Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplant Granted Fourth Orphan Designation
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the fourth Orphan Drug Designation to Araim Pharmaceuticals’ ARA 290, an innate repair receptor ... Read more
July 29, 2016July 29, 2016
New Type 2 Diabetes Treatment, Adlyxin, Approved for Use in US
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Adlyxin (lixisenatide) as a new treatment for type 2 diabetes this week. ... Read more

December 14, 2015

Diabetes Monitoring System Using a Phone App Approved by FDA

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Philosys, a company developing medical, analytical and diagnostic instruments, recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Gmate SMART Blood Glucose Monitoring System and App for Android. ... Read more

December 14, 2015February 9, 2016

Innovative Crowdsourcing Project to Fund Research on “Brown Fat Cells”

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Scientists at The University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom are turning to the public to fund new research on brown fat cells in an innovative crowdsourcing approach, according to ... Read more

December 9, 2015December 9, 2015

Report Reveals Diabetic Patients’ Struggle to Manage the Disease

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According to a HealthMine report based on a survey of people diagnosed with diabetes and pre-diabetes, diabetic patients still struggle to manage their disease. The report, entitled “HealthMine Diabetes Report: The ... Read more

December 8, 2015December 14, 2015

Metformin Fails to Improve Glycemic Control in Type 1 Diabetes Overweight Adolescents

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A new research study revealed that six-month adjunct therapy with metformin does not improve glycemic control in overweight and obese teenagers with type 1 diabetes (T1D), despite showing a beneficial effect ... Read more

December 7, 2015May 17, 2016

Study Reveals that Warm Temperatures Do Not Seem to Affect Diabetes Risk but Worsen Cardiovascular Risk

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A recently published study led by researchers at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) revealed that mice that remain in their warm, thermal ‘comfort zone’ most of the time eating ... Read more

December 4, 2015February 9, 2016

New Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Shows Encouraging Results in Early Phase 2 Trial

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ProMetic Life Sciences Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of small-molecule drugs and plasma-derived therapeutics, recently announced that it has ended the patient enrollment phase on its Phase ... Read more

December 3, 2015December 3, 2015

Poxel Presents New Data on Promising Anti-Diabetic Drugs

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Poxel SA, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to novel treatments for type 2 diabetes, recently announced positive clinical and preclinical data on the company’s lead products, Imeglimin and PXL770. The data were presented ... Read more

December 2, 2015December 2, 2015

Breastfeeding Found to Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Women with Gestational Diabetes

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A new study recently published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine revealed that women with a diagnosis of gestational diabetes can benefit from breastfeeding their infants. The study is ... Read more

African-Americans Face Higher Risks of Diabetes and PAD, More Susceptible to Preventable Amputations

MitoQ Antioxidant Lowers Oxidative Stress, Inflammation in Type 2 Diabetes Cells

Diabetes Much More Likely to Be Treated Than Obesity, Despite Link Between Two

Metformin Works Better for Some Diabetics Because of Gene Variant, Study Finds

Keratin-derived Protein May Bolster Benefits of Exercise in Diabetic Patients

Chronic Kidney Disease Can Cause Diabetes, Study Finds

Wireless Blood Glucose Monitoring System for Diabetes Launched by Ascensia

Twin Study: Obesity Increases Risk of Diabetes But Not Heart Attack

Esysta Smart Insulin Pen for Diabetes Supports Automatic Bluetooth Data Transfer

New Test Might Predict Kidney Disease in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Patients

ARA 290 for Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplant Granted Fourth Orphan Designation

New Type 2 Diabetes Treatment, Adlyxin, Approved for Use in US