LONDON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- GlaxoSmithKline says it received a positive opinion in Europe for albiglutide, under the brand name Eperzan, for treatment of type 2 diabetes. GSK officials said the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use ...
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A so-called implantable insulin delivery device could one day free people with type 1 diabetes from the need for multiple daily injections, scientists say. "Diabetes is a difficult-to-treat condition, and yet keeping in very good balance ...
A blood test reveals an individual's risk of developing type-2 diabetes before it develops -- far earlier than previously believed, researchers in Israel say. Dr. Nataly Lerner, Dr. Michal Shani and Shlomo Vinker of Tel Aviv University's ...
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Human trials are expected to start in two years on an implantable artificial pancreas that uses an elegantly simple materials solution to regulate insulin based on blood glucose levels, according to a news release from Leicester, ...
NORWICH, England, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Certain foods such as blueberries, celery and grapes may reduce the risk of diabetes, researchers in Britain say. Eating high levels of flavonoids -- including anthocyanins and other compounds -- found ...
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'Smart' Contact Lenses Would Measure Sugar Levels in Diabetics Google is working on smart contact lenses that would measure sugar (glucose) levels in the tears of people with diabetes. If successful, the contacts would offer diabetics a ...
If Google's latest project is successful, the finger prick test for blood sugar levels could eventually become a thing of the past for diabetics. Google X lab is developing a smart contact lens that can measure glucose levels in tears ...
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Brian Otis gingerly holds what looks like a typical contact lens on his index finger. Look closer. Sandwiched in this lens are two twinkling glitter-specks loaded with tens of thousands of miniaturized transistors. It's ringed with a ...
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Despite having mild hyperglycemia for approximately 50 years, patients with a mutation in the gene encoding the enzyme glucokinase had a low prevalence of clinically significant vascular complications, findings that provide insights into ...
There's a sensor in a bra, in your socks, on your wrist, attached to your chest, in the ears: wearable tech is spreading all over the body. The growing use of embedded wearable devices connected to a smartphone is spawning a massive ...
Ford Motor Company is serious about what it terms "The Car That Cares." The company is working on embedding a significant amount of health-tracking technology into its vehicles to measure everything from driversFord:' stress levels to ...
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FDA has recently given Class I status to a recall of Abbott Laboratories' FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite test strips, which indicates that the products could cause serious injury or death. Abbott voluntarily recalled the strips because they ...
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Gene defect prevents insulin from ever reaching bloodstream Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have found that dysfunction in a single gene in mice causes fasting hyperglycemia, one of the major ...
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In a study published November 20, 2013 in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers looked at the association of nut consumption with total and cause-specific mortality among 76,464 women in the Nurses' Health Study and 42,498 men in ...
Neurotransmitters play a powerful role in managing the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system in many animals, controlling mood, energy levels, aggression, social bonding, and sexual behavior. For example, many antidepressant drugs ...
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