Puzzled by the recent FDA decisions? Dr. Sanjay Kaul discusses the regulatory environment for diabetes and obesity medications.
Prevention
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Dan Hurley gives a passionate assessment of the rise of diabetes in his book, Diabetes Rising .
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The Obesity Society's annual meeting has long been our favorite place to catch up on the basic science research behind this critical problem.
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In October, Novo Nordisk announced that it had submitted its two new “next-generation” insulin products for approval in both the US and Europe (and Japan to follow soon...
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Eye diseases leading to blindness are consistently ranked among the greatest fears of people with diabetes, and the most common of these eye diseases is called diabetic...
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On January 27, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval to Bydureon, a new drug for type 2 diabetes that is injected once a week. Approved last year in...
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In late November, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (the federal agency that administers the two public insurance programs) announced that Medicare would...
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diaTribe 's take on the recent New England Journal of Medicine's piece on weight gain - and loss!
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We had the privilege of attending the inaugural Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) Building a Healthier Future Summit in late 2011 in Washington, DC, where we...
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Want faster acting insulin? CDE Gary Scheiner shows you some options with five innovative tips that you may want to consider…
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We love articles with information that you can apply to your own life. In this article, you receive guidance on how to lower your risk of cardiovascular disease, the...
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A new book on diabetes gives patients a nice framework for their care.
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On November 29, NeuroMetrix announced that it had cleared the final hurdle holding up the introduction of the Sensus Pain Management System, designed for the treatment...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report tracking the skyrocketing prevalence of diabetes throughout all fifty states, the...
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diaTribe salutes director Jennifer Mackenzie for her emerging film Sugar Babies . The documentary examines the impact of type 1 and type 2 diabetes on children in...
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The New England Journal of Medicine just published the results of a poll (1,290 votes from 75 countries) that asked readers to vote on the government regulation (e.g.,...
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Exercise and weight loss have been shown to significantly reduce a person’s risk of moving from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes. However, insurance coverage for these...
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What’s an SGLT-2 inhibitor and how does it work? Includes cool FAQ!
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On August 29, J&J’s chronic pain drug Nucynta ER (tapentadol) was granted FDA approval for the management of the pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy...