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Weight loss drug shows positive effects on diabetes
Lorcaserin decreased risk for diabetes, induced diabetes remission and reduced risk of diabetes complications in obese and overweight patients...
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Poor diabetes control leads to increased serious infections
Poor diabetes control leads to an increase in serious infections such as pneumonia, and could mean an increased risk of death...
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Diabetes drugs aid macrophages to control inflammation
Dr Lazar’s team identified that TZDs, while working for PPAR gamma, promoted the metabolism of glutamine, an amino acid...
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FDA approves automated insulin delivery and monitoring system for paediatric patients
The FDA has approved a diabetes management device that is intended to automatically monitor glucose and provide appropriate basal insulin doses with little or no input from the user...
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Regenerative bandage accelerates healing in diabetic wounds
Shape-conforming hydrogel leverages the body's own healing mechanisms rather than releasing drugs or biologics...
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Diabetes drugs show promise to treat symptoms of Alzheimer’s
Discovery of a pathway linking Alzheimer's disease and Type 2 diabetes leads to new strategies to preserve brain health...
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Specificity in the recombinant factor C test for endotoxin
Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) users, compendial experts and regulators are still orienting themselves to the recombinant factor C (rFC) assay. Changes to compendial standards do not occur overnight and, for now, users willing to change must perform the alternative validation procedure USP .
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Diabetes drug may not reduce risk of death
One class of drug used to treat type 2 diabetes may not reduce the risk of death when compared with placebo, suggests new findings...
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Adhesive patch offers bloodless diabetes monitoring
Scientists have created a non-invasive, adhesive patch, which promises the measurement of glucose levels through the skin without a finger-prick blood test...
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Injectable MDP-hydrogel may help heal diabetic ulcers
Researchers have created a hydrogel that is capable of helping the body heal and that may also be particularly good at treating wounds related to diabetes...
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Metformin lowers risk of late miscarriage in pregnant women with PCOS
The oral diabetes medication metformin seems to reduce the chance of a late miscarriage and premature birth among women with polycystic ovary syndrome...
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Aspirin lowers risk of death for patients with diabetes and heart failure
Researchers assess aspirin as a preventive measure for patients who have both diabetes and heart failure...
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Diabetes drug use during pregnancy linked to child’s weight
When women take the common diabetes medication metformin during pregnancy, it may put their children at increased risk of having obesity...
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Microanalysis of biological samples for early disease detection
Researchers have developed a sensing method with the potential to significantly contribute to early detection of cancer and diabetes...
