Investors are betting on a positive U.S. regulatory outcome this week for Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc's new diabetes drug, sending shares in the biotech company up as much as 7 percent on Wednesday.
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PREVIEW-UPDATE 1-Will FDA approve Amylin, Lilly diabetes drug?
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 5:33am CST
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Diamyd Medical: Diamyd US Phase III Study Well Under Way
Posted: March 11th, 2010, 1:00am CST
Diamyd Medical announces today that one hundred study participants have been included in the ongoing US Phase III study, DiaPrevent.
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How too much fruit can make you fat! Thought plenty of grapes or...
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 8:45pm CST
How too much fruit can make you fat! Thought plenty of grapes or apples will keep you healthy? Think again... By Simone Cave Last updated at 2:03 AM on 09th March 2010 Many of us believe that fruit can only be healthy and so make an effort to boost our intake - carrying apples in our bags, eating grapes or bananas at our desk and trying to stick to ...
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Ask the Expert: Get the facts about diabetes
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 4:26pm CST
March 23rd is Diabetes Alert Day, a day when the American Diabetes Association encourages people to take the Diabetes Risk Test and become proactive about discovering whether they or their loved ones are at risk for type 2 diabetes.
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Watson reaches patent settlement for Actos generic
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 11:50am CST
MORRISTOWN,A N.J. Watson Pharmaceuticals and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America have settled a patent litigation case concerning a diabetes drug, Watson announced Wednesday.
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Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute Cardiologist Sanjay Kaul, M.D....
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 7:21am CST
A Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute cardiologist co-authored the joint science advisory issued by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology that calls for close monitoring of patients taking certain blood sugar-lowering drugs.
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Annual 9Health Fair pre-draws are set for March 15-19
Posted: March 10th, 2010, 2:46am CST
Own Your Health. The 9Health Fair encourages people to take charge of their health.
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More Info Needed on Problems With Insulin Pumps
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 10:15pm CST
The makers of insulin pumps used to treat diabetes should try to supply more information to U.S. officials when filing reports about potential problems with the devices, an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
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Intermountain Healthcare And Toshiba Announce Ultrasound Substudy Of...
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 5:58pm CST
Cardiovascular death is the most common cause of mortality among Type 2 diabetics and claims the lives of millions each year, with many diabetics experiencing their first "symptom" as a heart attack or sudden death.
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Starting treatment early doubles chance of success for people with diabetes
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 1:27pm CST
The sooner people with diabetes start taking metformin, the longer the drug remains effective, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the March issue of Diabetes Care , a journal of the American Diabetes Association.
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Obesity as protection against metabolic syndrome, not its cause
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 9:03am CST
In fact, says Roger Unger of the University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas, obesity is the body's way of storing lipids where they belong, in fat tissue, in an effort to protect our other organs from lipids' toxic effects.
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Vitamin D Lifts Mood During Cold Weather Months
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 4:29am CST
Monday, March 8th, 2010 by Lockergnome at 4:41pm No Responses A daily dose of vitamin D may just be what Chicagoans need to get through the long winter, according to researchers at Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing .
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Obesity as protection against metabolic syndrome, not its cause
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 12:07am CST
The collection of symptoms that is the metabolic syndrome-insulin resistance, high cholesterol, fatty liver, and a greater risk for diabetes, heart disease, and stroke-are all related to obesity, but, according to a review in the March 9th issue of the Cell Press publication Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, not in the way you probably think ...
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Health Highlights: March 4, 2010
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 7:47pm CST
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay : A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel will hold a special meeting Friday to discuss an increasing number of hardware and software problems with insulin pumps, the agency said.
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'Gold Standard' Diabetes Test Questioned
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:27pm CST
Twenty-four million Americans have diabetes, and a quarter of them don't even know it.
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Canine help for diabetes
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 11:06am CST
Type 1 diabetes, the kind children get, is a frightening diagnosis for any parent, with the threat that an undetected drop in blood sugar could cause a seizure or even a coma during the night when everyone's sleeping.
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Major depression more than doubles risk of dementia among adults with diabetes
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 6:29am CST
Adults who have both diabetes and major depression are more than twice as likely to develop dementia, compared to adults with diabetes only, according to a study published in the recent Journal of General Internal Medicine .
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Sneaky spots that sugar hides
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 2:01am CST
Imagine 16 teaspoons of sugar lined up in front of you. Sugar-shocked? Well, that's roughly how much added sugar the average Canadian gobbles up each day from prepared or packaged foods.
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Eye Condition Linked To Weakened Brain Power In People With Diabetes, Says New Research
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 9:37pm CST
Diabetic retinopathy could be associated with poorer memory and diminished brain power in people with Type 2 diabetes, according to new research announced this week at Diabetes UK's Annual Professional Conference.
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St. Jude Medical Announces Publication Of Feasibility Results For...
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 5:20pm CST
St. Jude Medical, Inc. announced publication of clinical results in the Hemodynamically Guided Home Self-Therapy in Severe Heart Failure Patients trial.
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Joint bid to fight diabetes
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 12:52pm CST
QDA's Dr Mahmoud Zirie, Hamad Medical's Dr Osama Hamdy, QDA executive director Dr Abdulla al-Hamaq, HMC's Dr Amin Jayossi and GSK's Dr Amr at a conference to mark the course on diabetes yesterday Qatar Diabetes Association has joined forces with Harvard Medical's American College of Endocrinology, GlaxoSmithKline and Hamad Medical Corporation to ...
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Prostate cancer therapy can increase risk of heart disease and death
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 8:14am CST
A new report published in the American Cancer Society journal, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians , and in the American Heart Association journal, Circulation , reveals that androgen-deprivation therapy , a type of prostate cancer treatment, can increase heart risk factors and possibly lead to heart attack or cardiac death.
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Appetite May Be Linked To Germs In Gut
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 3:43am CST
Germs in the gut may help drive appetite, says new research into the link between obesity and bacteria.
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Diabetes UK Supports New Students And Fellows
Posted: March 6th, 2010, 11:22pm CST
Diabetes UK has dedicated A 828,000 to eight new research projects looking to understand the causes of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and protect against their complications.
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Chile Quake Disaster Poses Risk to Diabetics
Posted: March 6th, 2010, 6:49pm CST
Stranded in Santiago, Chile, after the earthquake Saturday , "American Idol" alum and diabetic Elliott Yamin said he feared for his health after he realized he did not have enough insulin to treat his Type 1 diabetes while he waited for a flight home.
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New Treatments and Good Skin Care Helping Patients Control Acne and Rosacea
Posted: March 6th, 2010, 2:18pm CST
Acne and rosacea are two seemingly different skin conditions that have one important thing in common: both are chronic and extremely common skin conditions.
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Lunchtime coffee break best for fighting diabetes
Posted: March 6th, 2010, 10:01am CST
A study in nearly 70,000 women found that those who drank at least a cup of coffee with lunch were one-third less likely to develop type 2 diabetes over several years than non-coffee drinkers.
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A fingerprint for genes: Scientists develop new strategy to play...
Posted: March 6th, 2010, 5:30am CST
A Fingerprint for Genes: Scientists Develop New Strategy to Play Major Role in Research on Human Diseases - Cells may not have a mouth, but they still need to ingest substances from the external environment.
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Intestinal bacteria drive obesity and metabolic disease in immune-altered mice
Posted: March 6th, 2010, 1:17am CST
Increased appetite and insulin resistance can be transferred from one mouse to another via intestinal bacteria, according to research being published online this week by Science magazine.
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UBS weighs Glaxo's Avandia liability
Posted: March 5th, 2010, 9:00pm CST
GlaxoSmithKline PLC could be facing liabilities up to $6 billion over personal injury lawsuits relating to its diabetes drug Avandia, UBS analysts said in a note made public on Friday.