June 8th, 2008
Saturday, Sanofi-Aventis (SNY: News, Chart, Quote ), a provider of healthcare products worldwide, said its new injectable diabetes compound AVE0010, a GLP-1 agonist, was well tolerated and significantly improved glycemic control compared to placebo in type 2 diabetes patients inadequately controlled with metformin alone.
This was interesting to me. I […]
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May 9th, 2008
Researchers and scientists out of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis discovered a very distinct and precise action of the immune cells that can cause diabetes.
Researchers were able to examine the immune cells from isolated insulin-making structures in the pancreas known as the islets of Langerhans. They caught the immune cells, known as […]
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April 30th, 2008
This is some fabulous news! Renewed promise to continue forward with diabetic gene research…
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has announced research projects to study newly discovered human type 2 diabetes genes in mice, and potentially find new drug molecules that can treat the genetic causes of type 2 diabetes. The projects will be funded through […]
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April 5th, 2007
I am a strong believer in healthy mind, healthy body. Mental health plays into how all of as behave in our personal relationships. As I have mentioned in a previous post, spousal support is important in the treatment of diabetes. It helps when my husband takes the time to understand what type […]
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March 2nd, 2007
Do people have different types of fat in their body? Is one better than the other? Well, yes and yes. You see, we are all born with brown fat, the good guy, and white fat, his enemy. Brown fat is used by the body to generate energy and […]
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