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New inflammation hormone link may pave way to study new drugs for Type 2 diabetes

A new link between obesity and type 2 diabetes found in mice could open the door to exploring new potential drug treatments for diabetes, University of Michigan Health System research has found.

Diabetes created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

French trial opens in diabetes-diet drug scandal

(AP) -- The first French trial has begun over a diabetes drug that was also used to lose weight and is suspected in the deaths of at least 500 people.

Medications created May 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diabetes drug could treat leading cause of blindness

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that a drug already prescribed to millions of people with diabetes could also have another important use: treating one of the world's leading causes ...

Ophthalmology created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

2 drugs better than 1 to treat youth with type 2 diabetes

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 ...

Diabetes created Apr 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Heavy teens have trouble managing diabetes

(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.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find potential for new uses of old drug

(Phys.org) -- Researchers in Canada, Scotland and Australia have discovered that salicylate, the active ingredient in aspirin, directly increases the activity of the protein AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase), a key player ...

Medications created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Public Citizen wants withdrawal of diabetes drug

(AP) -- A consumer advocacy group is calling on government regulators to withdraw a diabetes drug from Novo Nordisk, saying the injectable medication raises the risk of thyroid cancer, pancreatitis and kidney failure.

Diabetes created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Supreme Court ruling supports generic drug makers

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that generic drug makers can challenge big-name pharmaceutical firms in court to stop them from broadening the scope of their patent descriptions.

Medications created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New study examines risks and benefits of the first line treatment for diabetes

Although the drug metformin is considered the gold standard in the management of type 2 diabetes, a study by a group of French researchers published in this week's PLoS Medicine suggests that the long-term benefits of thi ...

Diabetes created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds molecular switch that controls liver glucose production, may offer target for type II diabetes therapy

In their extraordinary quest to decode human metabolism, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a pair of molecules that regulates the liver's production of glucose -- the ...

Medical research created Apr 08, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists redraw the blueprint of the body's biological clock

The discovery of a major gear in the biological clock that tells the body when to sleep and metabolize food may lead to new drugs to treat sleep problems and metabolic disorders, including diabetes.

Medical research created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Diabetes treatment doubles skin cancer drug's effectiveness

Combining the experimental drug Avastin (bevacizumab) with the diabetes drug Metformin almost doubles its ability to reduce skin cancer growth, according to a study in Cancer Discovery.

Cancer created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study explains duality of longevity drug rapamycin

A Penn- and MIT-led team explained how rapamycin, a drug that extends mouse lifespan, also causes insulin resistance. The researchers showed in an animal model that they could, in principle, separate the effects, which depend ...

Medical research created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Hot on the trail of metabolic diseases and resistance to antibiotics

Proteins belonging to the large and important family of ABC transporters have been associated with metabolic diseases and can cause resistance to antibiotics. Biochemists from the University of Zurich and the NCCR Structural ...

Medical research created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surgery can put Type 2 diabetes into remission (Update)

(AP) -- New research gives clear proof that weight-loss surgery can reverse and possibly cure diabetes, and doctors say the operation should be offered sooner to more people with the disease - not just as ...

Diabetes created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0