(WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans) HOUMA — Louisiana ranks first in the nation for the number of deaths from diabetes, and local health officials say rich Cajun meals and sedentary lifestyles are partly to blame. “Here in Louisiana... [Read More]
(HealthDay via Yahoo! News) MONDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Women who take diabetes drugs known as thiazolidinediones, which include Avandia and Actos, are at a greater risk of bone fractures, a new study finds.... [Read More]
(HealthDay via Yahoo! News) MONDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- The commonly used diabetes medication metformin sometimes has such an unpleasant odor that people may stop taking it, experts say.... [Read More]
(Reuters via Yahoo! News) The commonly used diabetes drug metformin stinks, literally, and this may explain why many patients stop taking it, U.S. doctors reported on Monday.... [Read More]
(Medical News Today) Scientists at deCODE genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq:DCGN) publish in the journal Nature the discovery of a version of a common single-letter variant in the sequence of the human genome (SNP) with a major impa... [Read More]
(News-Medical-Net) Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that over 70 percent of surveyed U.S. physicians indicate there is a ... [Read More]
(News-Medical-Net) Pico-Tesla, The Magneceutical™ Therapy Company, announced today that it has enrolled the first seven patients for a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Pilot Study of persons who have type ... [Read More]
(News-Medical-Net) Australia's regenerative medicine company, Mesoblast Limited, today announced significant preclinical trial results showing that the proprietary adult stem cell platform could be an effective treatmen... [Read More]
(News-Medical-Net) The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, said today that it will begin working with The Johnson & Johnson Corporate Office of Science ... [Read More]
(Lexington Clipper-Herald) (ARA) - It's a disease so common it strikes every 20 seconds, yet Americans earn a failing grade when it comes to basic knowledge about diabetes, according to a recent Harris Interactive survey conduc... [Read More]
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