Widely used diabetes drugs have different effects on men's and women's hearts, a new study suggests. Researchers examined how three commonly prescribed treatments for type 2 diabetes affected 78 patients who were divided into three ...
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Polymer Technology Systems, Inc. (PTS), the U.S.-based manufacturer of the CardioChek family of point-of-care diagnostic products, announced today that it has acquired the A1CNow® family of products from Bayer Diabetes Care. The ...
A British researcher says an international team found those at higher risk for type 2 diabetes may reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke by walking. Dr. Thomas Yates of the University of Leicester and colleagues at Duke University ...
Despite significant headwinds, several medtech companies flourished in the past year while several stumbled. Here are five of the most successful: DexCom, a glucose monitoring specialist, has seen the value of its stock nearly triple in ...
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Echo Therapeutics’ Symphony CGM system has won Medical Devices Business Review’s Medical Device Innovation Award. Echo's device was selected from four nominations shortlisted for the award. Symphony CGM system is a ...
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Biodel, a specialty pharmaceutical company, has announced a long-term supply agreement with Becton, Dickinson and Company, a medical technology company, for worldwide exclusive rights to the novel and proprietary BD Uniject SCF disposable ...
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Metabolism was lost in the shadows of cancer research for decades but has recently been reclaiming some of the spotlight. Now, Mina Bissell, Distinguished Scientist with Berkeley Lab's Life Sciences Division and a leading authority on ...
Echo Therapeutics, a medical device company developing its Symphony CGM system as a non-invasive, wireless continuous glucose monitoring system, has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Medical Technologies Innovation Asia ...
Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA says that its subsidiary Isolink in Milpitas, CA is shipping customized optical solutions to Varian Medical Systems Inc of Palo Alto, CA for radiation oncology ...
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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Sanofi has released results of a 24-week Phase IIIb clinical trial showing that Lyxumia (lixisenatide) met the primary endpoint of non-inferiority in blood sugar lowering (HbA1c) when administered to patients either before breakfast or the ...
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For patients with diabetes, it is better to eat a single large meal than several smaller meals throughout the day, according to a new study from Linkoping University in Sweden. The study, which was published on 27 November 2013 in the ...
Echo Therapeutics, a medical device company, has reported positive results from its clinical trial of the Symphony CGM wireless continuous glucose monitoring system in surgical patients in hospital critical care units. Echo Therapeutics ...
European Medicines Agency's (EMA) the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued positive opinion for AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb's of Xigduo for adults aged 18 and older with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The ...
An expert says the Mexican diet -- more dangerous than fast-food -- combined with a sedentary lifestyle is the main cause of Mexico's obesity epidemic. Dr. Enrique C. Morales Villegas, director of the Cardiometabolic Research Centre in ...