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Nastech Pharmaceutical Co. Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement with Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to develop a nasal spray version of exenatide, for use in treatment of type 2 diabetes.
The injectable form of exenatide is sold under the name Byetta. It improves blood sugar in adults who suffer from type 2 diabetes by […]
Participants at a Diabetes Summit in Baltimore have called for a school and church campaign to educate African-Americans about the dangers of diabetes, which affects blacks at twice the rate of whites and for whom serious complications are ten times more likely to occur.
“We have to make diabetes control the new civil rights movement,” said […]
A new method of treating diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of sight loss, has been successfully tested in the United States, according to a study announced at the American Diabetes Association’s 66th Scientific Sessions in Washington, D.C.
Ruboxistaurin mesylate was shown to reduce sustained vision loss by 41 percent in patients suffering from severe non-proliferative (or […]
Good morning, kids! Say, what’s for breakfast? Here’s what’s on the menu today:
Metformin ER. (generic form of Glucophage XR) This is the primary drug addressing high blood sugar for type 2 diabetics. If you know a type 2 diabetic, they are probably taking some form of this, unless they reached their “screw THIS” stage and […]
Okay, so all the b5media health blogs are writing about a specific topic today: The Sun. You know, not like in an astronomical sense, but the sun and your health. You figured that out on your own, I’m sure. You’re no dummy.
But two things were working against me today. First of […]
I had my monthly visit to my doctor today, and it went fairly well. I was all prepared to find out that I am even fatter and lazier than I was last month, but I was surprised to learn that I’ve actually lost three pounds in the past few weeks. I’m still on […]
Andrew Mandell, a 61 year-old type 1 diabetic known as “Mr. Diabetes”, has surpassed the 7000 mile mark on his quest to walk the periphery of the continental United States, in order to raise awareness and research money in the fight against diabetes.
Begun in Florida in 2002, Mandell’s Wake Up & Walk Tour has taken […]
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