http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Scientists have discovered a hormone that causes the body's insulin-producing factories, beta cells, to churn out more of themselves. Having enough insulin is critical to regulating the amount of sugar in the blood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-scientists-insulin-producing-cells-self-replicate.html Medical research Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:21:30 EST news286438883 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking into new evidence that suggests a group of recently approved diabetes drugs can increase the risk of pancreatitis and other problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-fda-probes-pancreas-diabetes-drugs.html Medications Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:21:25 EST news282478877 People who take the newest class of diabetes drugs to control blood sugar are twice as likely as those on other forms of sugar-control medication to be hospitalized with pancreatitis, Johns Hopkins researchers report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-pancreatitis-class-diabetes-drugs.html Medications Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:00:07 EST news281009581 (AP)—Drugmakers Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and AstraZeneca PLC say their experimental diabetes pill has gotten its first major approval, in the European Union. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-eu-oks-bristol-myers-astrazeneca-diabetes.html Medications Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:00:01 EST news272127015 (Medical Xpress)—A drug designed for diabetes sufferers could have the potential to treat neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, a study by scientists at the University of Ulster has revealed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-experimental-diabetes-drug-alzheimer-disease.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:12:20 EST news266854314 A popular class of diabetes drugs increases patients' risk of bladder cancer, according to a new study published online this month in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that patients taking thiazolidinedione (TZDs) drugs – which account for up to 20 percent of the drugs prescribed to diabetics in the United States -- are two to three times more likely to develop bladder cancer than those who took a sulfonylurea drug, another common class of medications for diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-diabetes-drugs-million-americans-bladder.html Medications Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:36:47 EST news264087398 Drugs for type 2 diabetes can contribute to weight gain, bone fractures and cardiovascular problems, but in mice, an investigational drug appears to improve insulin sensitivity without those troublesome side effects, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-diabetes-drug-side-effects.html Medical research Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:51:39 EST news258051090 A combination of two diabetes drugs, metformin and rosiglitazone, was more effective in treating youth with recent-onset type 2 diabetes than metformin alone, a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found. Adding an intensive lifestyle intervention to metformin provided no more benefit than metformin therapy alone. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-drugs-youth-diabetes.html Diabetes Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:42:33 EST news254936319 (AP) -- New research sends a stark warning to overweight teens: If you develop diabetes, you'll have a very tough time keeping it under control. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-heavy-teens-diabetes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:26:05 EST news254931949 The widely used diabetes medicine metformin can have protective effects on the heart, reveals a new study conducted at the Sahlgrenska Academy, at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-diabetes-drug-heart-disease.html Diabetes Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:29:30 EST news251972960 (HealthDay) -- A new type of medication for type 2 diabetes helps to lower blood sugar levels when used in concert with insulin and other diabetes drugs, new research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-diabetes-drug-blood-sugar.html Diabetes Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:22:11 EST news251457714 The American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends that clinicians add metformin as the initial drug treatment for most patients with type 2 diabetes when lifestyle modifications such as diet, exercise, and weight loss have failed to adequately improve high blood sugar. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-acp-metformin-diabetes-based-ce.html Diabetes Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:01 EST news247768644 Some blood-sugar-lowering drugs have caused kidney problems in patients with type 2 diabetes, so physicians are especially cautious when prescribing these agents to diabetics who also have chronic kidney disease (CKD). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-diabetes-drug-diabetics-kidney-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:35:10 EST news240388501 Obesity is the main culprit in the worldwide avalanche of type 2 diabetes. But how excess weight drives insulin resistance, the condition that may lead to the disease, is only partly understood. Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center now have uncovered a new way in which obesity wreaks its havoc, by altering the production of proteins that affect how other proteins are spliced together. Their finding, published in Cell Metabolism, may point toward novel targets for diabetes drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-link-obesity-insulin-resistance.html Medical research Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:19:43 EST news231506358 (Medical Xpress) -- Research from Karolinska Institutet shows that insulin secretion in the pancreas is not under direct neural control, as has previously been thought. The few nerves that are present are connected to blood vessels, not to gland cells. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-redraws-pancreas-anatomy.html Medical research Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:36:45 EST news229149390 In a mouse study, scientists at Mayo Clinic Florida have demonstrated the feasibility of a promising new strategy for treating human type 2 diabetes, which affects more than 200 million people worldwide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-team-alternative-approach-diabetes.html Medical research Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:10:01 EST news226861252 A protein activated by certain drugs already approved for treating Type II diabetes may slow or stop the spread of breast tumors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-diabetic-drug-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 31 May 2011 16:20:00 EST news226077579 University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have determined why a certain class of diabetes drugs leads to weight gain and have found that the molecular system involved (PPAR-γ found in the brain) is also triggered by consumption of high-fat foods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-brain-class-diabetes-drugs.html Medical research Sun, 01 May 2011 13:31:08 EST news223475445 New research by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and collaborating institutions has identified a key regulator of fat cell development that may provide a target for obesity and diabetes drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-scientists-dual-fat-formation.html Medical research Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:03:36 EST news221479404