New medicines for people who have diabetes seem to pop up all the time. Drugs that help the body break down carbohydrates, drugs that increase excretion of glucose in the urine, drugs that help muscles respond to insulin ...
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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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Monash researchers have developed a drug that can be potentially given as a preventative against heart attack. The drug—which has been studied in human cells and animal models—literally blocks the minute changes in blood ...
Jul 22, 2020
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Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered a circuit in rats that links cigarette smoking and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study featured on the cover of the October ...
Oct 16, 2019
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One class of drug used to treat type 2 diabetes may not reduce the risk of death when compared with placebo, suggests new findings.
Apr 17, 2018
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A new report in JAMA Internal Medicine by University of Sydney and Bond University scholars weighs the risks and benefits of a recent change to blood pressure guidelines in the US.
Apr 16, 2018
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People taking an experimental drug called Repatha (evolocumab) for high cholesterol were half as likely to die or suffer a heart attack or stroke as those taking conventional statins, researchers said Sunday.
Mar 15, 2015
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(HealthDay)—The new diabetes drug Onglyza has no effect, good or bad, on a patient's risk for heart attacks, a new study finds. However, the researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston did find a surprising ...
Sep 2, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—Even when at rest, the human body is a flurry of activity. Like a microscopic metropolis locked in a state of perpetual rush hour traffic, the trillions of cells that make us who we are work feverishly ...
Jan 11, 2013
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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 ...
Jun 4, 2012
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