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Saxagliptin/Metformin Combination: Added Benefit Is Not Proven
The fixed combination of the drugs saxagliptin and metformin (Komboglyze®) has been approved in Germany since November 2011 for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus...
Medical News Today | May 1, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | May 1, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Merck And Pfizer Collaborate To Develop New Diabetes Drug
Two pharmaceutical companies - Merck & Co Inc. and Pfizer Inc. - have just announced that they have partnered up for the development of the type 2 diabetes drug ertugliflozin (PF-04971729), an investigational oral sodium glucose cotransporter (SGLT2) inhi
Medical News Today | Apr 30, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | Apr 30, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Intermittent Fasting Shown To Improve Diabetes And Reduce Cardiovascular Risk
Intermittent fasting is all the rage, but scientific evidence showing how such regimes affect human health is not always clear cut. Now a scientific review in the British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease published by SAGE, suggests that fasting di
Medical News Today | Apr 30, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | Apr 30, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Increases Risk Of Early Atherosclerotic Lesions
A study presented at the International Liver CongressTM 2013 - which evaluated the relationship between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), early predictors of atherosclerosis and the 10-year Framingham risk score (FRS) - showed that NAFLD increase
Medical News Today | Apr 29, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | Apr 29, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Researchers Discover New Hormone Spurring Beta Cell Production - A Potential Diabetes Breakthrough
Researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) have discovered a hormone that holds promise for a dramatically more effective treatment of type 2 diabetes, a metabolic illness afflicting an estimated 26 million Americans. The researchers believe th
Medical News Today | Apr 29, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | Apr 29, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Childhood Metabolic Disorders Predict Hardening Of The Arterial Walls
Metabolic disorders, such as excess abdominal fat, raised blood pressure, higher levels of insulin, glucose and triglycerides and lower levels of the beneficial HDL cholesterol can be found in children as young as 6 to 8 years of age, according to a study
Medical News Today | Apr 29, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | Apr 29, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Hormone Dramatically Increases Insulin Production, Possible Diabetes Breakthrough
A hormone, called betatrophin, that may significantly improve type 2 diabetes treatment has been discovered by scientists at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), according to a report published in Cell. The authors wrote that betatrophin might also hel
Medical News Today | Apr 26, 2013 4:00 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | Apr 26, 2013 4:00 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Prevented By Dietary Medium Chain Triglycerides
Scientists at the Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, a U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Human Nutrition Research Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, led by Dr...
Medical News Today | Apr 26, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | Apr 26, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
No Rebirth For Insulin Secreting Pancreatic Beta Cells
Pancreatic beta cells store and release insulin, the hormone responsible for stimulating cells to convert glucose to energy. The number of beta cells in the pancreas increases in response to greater demand for insulin or injury, but it is not clear if the
Medical News Today | Apr 26, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | Apr 26, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Discoveries Offer New Explanation For Diabetes And Poor Growth
A group of researchers from the University of Copenhagen has taken a significant step towards understanding the reasons for both diabetes and growth hormone deficiency. Their new discoveries centre on the body's ability to regulate certain hormones, and t
Medical News Today | Apr 25, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
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