Increasing coffee consumption may reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes Increasing coffee consumption by an average one-and-a-half cups per day (approximately 360mL) over a four-year period is associated with an 11 per cent ...
From a zipper-like wound closure device that can be peeled off at home to a telemedicine robot, there are plenty of ingenious devices included as finalists in this year's Medical Design Excellence Awards. It is worth noting, however, that ...
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Afrezza hopes that its inhalable insulin product will be a gamechanger for diabetics. (Image courtesy Afrezza). Insulin injections may soon be a thing of the past if Mannkind Corp.'s inhalable insulin product, Afrezza, is approved by ...
A sweetener created from the plant used to make tequila could lower blood glucose levels for the 26 million Americans and others worldwide who have type 2 diabetes and help them and the obese lose weight, researchers said here today. The ...
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Heat-processed foods may increase risk of Alzheimer's Compounds commonly found in the so-called “Western diet” known as Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGEs) may cause brain changes similar to Alzheimer’s disease and ...
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The Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, mapping out all of the genes of the human genome. When the first draft of results were published many were surprised that we had only 24,000 genes. This seemed like an unremarkable amount ...
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Scientists have moved a step closer to an "obesity drug" that may block the effects of diets high in fat and sugar, according to research from the University of Queensland in Brisbane. The findings, published in the December 2013 issue ...
The discovery of seven new regions of DNA linked to type 2 diabetes could lead to new ways of thinking about diabetes and new treatments for the disease, researchers suggest. The findings were among the results of the largest study to ...
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TUESDAY Feb. 11, 2014, 2014 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will investigate possible links between the diabetes drug saxagliptin and a heightened risk for heart failure among users. In a statement, the ...
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February 3, 2014 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the expanded use of the Dexcom G4 Platinum Continuous Monitoring System for patients with diabetes ages 2 to 17 years. The G4 Platinum System, which monitors blood ...
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TUESDAY Feb. 4, 2014, 2014 -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the Dexcom G4 Platinum Continuous Monitoring System has been expanded to include children with diabetes aged 2 years to 17 years, the agency said. Previously ...
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, ...