Medications
HIV drugs could prevent diabetes, study suggests
A group of drugs used to treat HIV and hepatitis B could be repurposed to prevent type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.
Sep 23, 2020
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News tagged with diabetes drugs
Genetics
Patients showing more DNA methylation at some genome sites found to be more likely to fail to respond to metformin
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Europe has found a connection between patients who show more DNA methylation at some genome sites and a higher likelihood of failing to respond to metformin. ...
Medications
Common diabetes drug reverses inflammation in the liver
The diabetes drug metformin—derived from a lilac plant that's been used medicinally for more than a thousand years—has been prescribed to hundreds of millions of people worldwide as the frontline treatment for type 2 ...
Sep 10, 2020
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Diabetes
Protein discovery could improve type 2 diabetes treatment
A world first discovery of how a protein works in the liver could lead to a more effective type 2 diabetes drug.
Sep 2, 2020
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Cardiology
Popular hypertension drugs don't increase risk of COVID-19 severity, fatality
A new Northwestern Medicine study in mice found a widely used class of drugs to treat patients with hypertension, cardiovascular disease and diabetic kidney disease—many of whom are elderly—does not increase the risk ...
Jul 22, 2020
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Neuroscience
Diabetes drug metformin shows promise in mouse study for a common type of ALS
An FDA-approved diabetes drug shows early signs of promise against the most common genetic form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a devastating neurological condition that causes paralysis.
Jul 21, 2020
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Cardiology
Metformin-based therapy should be first-line treatment for patients with type 2 diabetes at low cardiovascular risk
A comparison of glucose-lowering drugs suggests that metformin-based therapy may be a preferred first-line treatment for drug-naive patients with type 2 diabetes at low cardiovascular risk. There is not enough evidence to ...
Jun 30, 2020
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Diabetes
Golimumab preserves beta-cell function in children and young adults with Type 1 diabetes
In research led by a University at Buffalo pediatric endocrinologist, a drug called golimumab showed that it preserved beta-cell function in children and young adults with newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetes, according to findings ...
Jun 16, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A potential new weapon in the war against superbugs
University of Melbourne researchers are finding ways to beat dangerous superbugs with 'resistance resistant' antibiotics, and it could help in our fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) complications.
Jun 2, 2020
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Medications
FDA finds contamination in several brands of diabetes drug
U.S. health regulators are telling five drugmakers to recall their versions of a widely used diabetes medication after laboratory tests found elevated levels of a contaminant linked to cancer.
May 29, 2020
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