Medications
Eli Lilly warns that two insulin products will be in short supply
Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co is announcing a temporary shortage of two of its insulin products.
Mar 25, 2024
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Diabetes
Diabetes
Examining the protein that protects insulin-producing cells
Although there are many differences between type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes, there are also similarities, such as inflammation of the insulin-producing cells. Researchers at Lund University have studied a protein called ...
Mar 21, 2024
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Diabetes
Astonishing conformity: Gompertz law predicts mortality in type 2 diabetes
Researchers from the German Diabetes Center (DDZ) and the Robert Koch Institute have discovered a law for the relationship between mortality and age in people with diabetes: According to this law, mortality in people with ...
Mar 21, 2024
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Overweight & Obesity
Scientists uncover new secrets to natural appetite control, offering promise in the battle against obesity
In a study, just published in Nature Metabolism, scientists from Trinity College Dublin and Princeton and Harvard Medical School share newly uncovered secrets to natural appetite control, which offers promise in the battle ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Medications
Inflammation-reducing drug shows no benefit for dry age-related macular degeneration in trial
The drug minocycline, an antibiotic that also decreases inflammation, failed to slow vision loss or expansion of geographic atrophy in people with dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a phase II clinical ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nerve decompression shows promise for diabetic neuropathy patients
Surgical nerve decompression, used to treat conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome and sciatica, could play a role in relieving the pain of diabetic neuropathy patients, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found.
Mar 20, 2024
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Health
Exposure to tobacco before birth found to significantly increase risk of type 2 diabetes in adults
Tobacco exposure before birth and beginning smoking during childhood/adolescence were significantly associated with the development of type 2 diabetes in adulthood, especially for people with a high genetic risk of type 2 ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Medical economics
SGLT2i, GLP-1 RA prescribing lower for minority patients
Pharmacy dispensing patterns for sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP1-RA) medications show lower prescribing for minority patients; and the rate of SGLT2i prescriptions ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Diabetes
Sugary drinks, fruit juices linked to higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes among boys
A small, long-term study of almost 500 children in Massachusetts has found that regularly drinking sugary drinks and 100% fruit juices during childhood and adolescence may be linked to a higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes ...
Mar 19, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What makes a country better prepared for a pandemic?
A new study has found that countries that had national policies aimed at preventing disease fared better during the global pandemic than those that did not.
Mar 19, 2024
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