October 26, 2015 Increasing daily coffee consumption may protect against type 2 diabetes A new study published in the journal has revealed that increasing your daily consumption of coffee may help protect against diabetes.
October 26, 2015 Review examines risks, responses to in-flight medical emergencies An airplane in flight is one of the worst places to have a medical emergency, even if there's a doctor on board.
October 26, 2015 Embryonic cloning shows promise for treating diabetes Researchers said they created an embryonic clone of a 32-year-old woman with diabetes, extracted healthy stem cells from the clone, and then changed those cells into fresh ones that produce insulin.
October 26, 2015 Type 2 diabetes more common among low-income families Being born into a low-income family may mean worse health later in life.
October 26, 2015 Diabetes drug appears effective for weight loss, study shows Novo Nordisk's big-selling diabetes drug Victoza appears to be an effective weight loss therapy, data from a late-stage clinical trial presented on Saturday demonstrated.
October 26, 2015 New market for liver disease spawns race for better testing As drugmakers develop new medicines to battle a liver disease epidemic, they have created an urgent need for better diagnostics to select patients for treatment and assess their drugs' effectiveness.
October 26, 2015 Novo Nordisk successfully completes diabetes drug phase 3a trial Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has successfully completed the second phase 3a trial with its diabetes drug semaglutide, it said on Friday.
October 26, 2015 Diabetes pill may lower risk of eye disease in elderly Metformin, a pill that lowers blood sugar in people with diabetes, might also reduce their risk of developing glaucoma, an eye disease that can lead to vision loss and blindness, a new study suggests.
October 26, 2015 Online refill tools help people take meds more often Diabetes patients in the Kaiser Health System spent more days with their prescribed statins on hand if they used Kaiser's online refill tool, a study shows.
October 26, 2015 Insulin resistance might increase Alzheimer’s risk Insulin resistance may increase the risk for Alzheimer’s disease by depriving the brain of sugar needed for normal cognition, a small study suggests.