Diabetes
Diabetes meds vary in safety and effectiveness, study shows
(HealthDay)—A study of nearly a half-million people with type 2 diabetes shows there are pros and cons to nearly every form of drug therapy for the disease.
Mar 31, 2016
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Diabetes
Treatment reverses young man's type 1 diabetes. Will it last?
(HealthDay)—After starting a drug that's officially approved to treat a type of blood cancer, a young man with type 1 diabetes was able to stop using insulin.
Oct 8, 2020
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Medical research
New research redraws pancreas anatomy
(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 ...
Jul 6, 2011
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Cardiology
Diabetic drug shown to reduce the risk of heart disease in non-diabetic patients
The commonly used diabetes drug metformin could reverse the harmful thickening of heart muscle that leads to cardiovascular disease, according to a study at the University of Dundee.
Apr 16, 2019
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Medical research
Discovery of insulin switches in pancreas could lead to new diabetes drugs
Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered how a hormone turns on a series of molecular switches inside the pancreas that increases production of insulin.
Sep 26, 2011
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Diabetes medications may reduce Alzheimer's disease severity
People with Alzheimer's disease who were treated with diabetes drugs showed considerably fewer markers of the disease—including abnormal microvasculature and disregulated gene expressions—in their brains compared to Alzheimer's ...
Nov 1, 2018
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Medical research
Experimental drug delivers one-two punch to vision loss
In studies with lab-grown human cells and in mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have found that an experimental drug may be twice as good at fighting vision loss as previously thought.
Apr 10, 2019
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Ophthalmology
Lucentis approved for diabetic retinopathy
(HealthDay)—A drug to treat the most common eye disease among diabetics has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Feb 9, 2015
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Medications
How use of diabetes drug Ozempic for weight loss has led to a shortage: 'Let the diabetics have their drugs'
Ozempic has been catapulted into the public eye in recent months as celebrities and wellness influencers started taking it for weight loss. But Ozempic is a diabetes drug—and the craze has led to a shortage, leaving those ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Medical research
Diabetes drug metformin makes brain cells grow
The widely used diabetes drug metformin comes with a rather unexpected and alluring side effect: it encourages the growth of new neurons in the brain. The study reported in the July 6th issue of Cell Stem Cell also finds ...
Jul 5, 2012
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