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FDA Eyes Improvements for [Diabetes Patients'] Glucose Devices
Officials and staff with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) examined several issues with glucose testing devices that may prevent people from receiving proper diabetes treatment, and they are discussing their findings at a two-day meeting this week.The...
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Arthritis Drug Shows Promise in Type 2 Diabetes
Early study results suggest that the drug salsalate, used for 40 years to treat arthritis, may have potential as a treatment for preventing type 2 diabetes.Salsalate is also known to have anti-inflammatory properties and chemically resembles aspirin, but it...
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FDA Says 'Not Yet' On Lilly's Once-Weekly Byetta
The U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has told Eli Lilly & Co. that it wants feedback on a once-weekly version of the diabetes drug exenatide's new product label. The FDA has also requested clarification of manufacturing processes and Lillys...
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Search for Better Diabetes Therapy Falls Short
Two new diabetes studies have failed to support new methods for treatment and prevention of the disease, and instead reinforce current strategies.One study, called Accord, involved 4,733 patients and had an average 4.7 years of follow-up. The study found...
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Body's Response to Foods' Smell, Taste Could Be Diabetes Risk Factor
A novel genetic mutation may play a role in some cases of type 2 diabetes, U.S.researchers suggest. According to study senior author Vann Bennett of Duke University Medical Center, for some people diabetes may develop gradually through the parasympathetic...
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Big First Trimester Weight Gain Ups Diabetes Risk
Women who gain weight too quickly during the first trimester of pregnancy can raise the risk of gestational diabetes by as much as 74 percent, according to new research published in Obstetrics and Gynecology.Investigators compared 345 women who developed...
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Processed Meats Linked to Heart Disease, Diabetes
Processed meats may increase a person's risk of heart disease and diabetes, according to research conducted at Harvard University.For every two-ounce serving of hot dogs, bacon, sausage, or deli meats, the risk of diabetes rose 19 percent and the risk of...
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Higher Fast Food Prices Lead to Lower Weight, Diabetes Risk
In communities with higher fast food prices, residents have lower weights and diabetes risk, new research shows.Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill conducted a study using data from more than 5,000 participants who were followed for...
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Researchers Link Inflammation to Illness in Overweight People
Two new studies may help explain the connection between being overweight and the inflammation that can lead to diabetes and heart disease.One study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, found that specialized white blood cells may become...
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The American Diabetes Association Encourages Community Organizations to Join the Movement to Stop Diabetessm
Colleen Fogarty cfogarty@diabetes.org 703-549-1500 ext.2146 The American Diabetes Association announced today their efforts to further engage community organizations across the country in raising awareness about the seriousness of diabetes and its...
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