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The Food and Drug Administration on Jan. 30 approved a type 2 diabetes therapy that combines linagliptin and metformin in a single tablet taken twice daily.* The approval was announced by Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim. The companies jointly developed the tablet, to be marketed as Jentadueto.... »
Lower Extremity Amputations Decline Among Diabetic Patients
Discharge rates for nontraumatic lower extremity amputation among diabetic individuals aged 40 years and older declined 65% from 1996 to 2008, according to a study by the Centers for Disease and Prevention, announced by the agency on Jan. 24 and also published in the February issue of Diabetes... »
FDA Turns Down Novel Antidiabetes Drug
Other contenders in a novel class of glucose-lowering agents are waiting in the wings, despite a negative reception by the Food and Drug Administration on dapagliflozin – the first in that class of agents – presumably because of concerns noted by an FDA advisory panel about potential increases in... »
Conferences
Iron Deficiency Anemia 'Unintended Consequence' of Gastric Bypass
SAN DIEGO – About one-quarter of patients referred to a private hematology practice had iron deficiency associated with gastric bypass surgery. In addition, 57% demonstrated symptoms of pica syndrome – a craving for and... »
Recent Diabetes Increases Breast Cancer Risk
SAN ANTONIO – Diagnosis of diabetes within the prior 4 years was independently associated with breast cancer in a Swedish case-control study. Dr. Håkan Olsson reported at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on all... »
Remote Weight-Loss Program Effective Long-Term
ORLANDO – Obese patients coached solely over the phone and Internet lost as much weight as did those counseled in person, according to the findings of a prospective, randomized controlled trial. Moreover, both groups... »
SAN DIEGO – About one-quarter of patients referred to a private hematology practice had iron deficiency associated with gastric bypass surgery. In addition, 57% demonstrated symptoms of pica syndrome – a craving for and... »
Recent Diabetes Increases Breast Cancer Risk
SAN ANTONIO – Diagnosis of diabetes within the prior 4 years was independently associated with breast cancer in a Swedish case-control study. Dr. Håkan Olsson reported at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on all... »
Remote Weight-Loss Program Effective Long-Term
ORLANDO – Obese patients coached solely over the phone and Internet lost as much weight as did those counseled in person, according to the findings of a prospective, randomized controlled trial. Moreover, both groups... »
News
Metformin May Lower Pancreatic Cancer Risk in Women
Metformin use was associated with a decreased risk of pancreatic cancer in women, but not in men, in a large case-control study involving more than 19,300 U.K. primary care patients. Additionally, use of insulin and... »
FDA Approves Long-Acting Form of Diabetes Drug Exenatide
The first once weekly diabetes drug has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. An extended-release formulation of the type 2 diabetes medication exenatide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor, was approved... »
Lower Extremity Amputations Decline Among Diabetic Patients
Discharge rates for nontraumatic lower extremity amputation among diabetic individuals aged 40 years and older declined 65% from 1996 to 2008, according to a study by the Centers for Disease and Prevention, announced by the... »
Metformin use was associated with a decreased risk of pancreatic cancer in women, but not in men, in a large case-control study involving more than 19,300 U.K. primary care patients. Additionally, use of insulin and... »
FDA Approves Long-Acting Form of Diabetes Drug Exenatide
The first once weekly diabetes drug has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. An extended-release formulation of the type 2 diabetes medication exenatide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor, was approved... »
Lower Extremity Amputations Decline Among Diabetic Patients
Discharge rates for nontraumatic lower extremity amputation among diabetic individuals aged 40 years and older declined 65% from 1996 to 2008, according to a study by the Centers for Disease and Prevention, announced by the... »
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Bloodstream Infections Spiked With Loss of Short-term Glucose Control
CHICAGO – Hospitalized patients who maintained short-term glucose levels less than 110mg/dL were less likely than those with higher short-term levels to develop bloodstream infections, according to the findings of a... »
Shared Medical Appointments Deliver Effective Diabetes Education
LAS VEGAS – Shared medical appointments can be a financially viable way to implement effective diabetes education to a large number of patients in primary care settings, the experience of one practice in south Texas... »
Bariatric Surgery Now 'Safer Than Appendectomy'
ORLANDO – Bariatric surgery achieved an unprecedented level of safety through 2009, as U.S. surgeons mastered the laparoscopic gastric bypass approach and offered patients gastric banding or gastroplasty, based on data... »
CHICAGO – Hospitalized patients who maintained short-term glucose levels less than 110mg/dL were less likely than those with higher short-term levels to develop bloodstream infections, according to the findings of a... »
Shared Medical Appointments Deliver Effective Diabetes Education
LAS VEGAS – Shared medical appointments can be a financially viable way to implement effective diabetes education to a large number of patients in primary care settings, the experience of one practice in south Texas... »
Bariatric Surgery Now 'Safer Than Appendectomy'
ORLANDO – Bariatric surgery achieved an unprecedented level of safety through 2009, as U.S. surgeons mastered the laparoscopic gastric bypass approach and offered patients gastric banding or gastroplasty, based on data... »
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A 'Health Shock' for Youth With Diabetes
While the financial impact of diabetes on the delivery of medicine and related health care is a popular area of research, the nonmedical implications for young adults “have gone virtually unexplored,” lead author Jason M.... »
A Kid's-Eye View of Bundled Dialysis Payments
It’s difficult not to equate the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ bundled payment system for outpatient hemodialysis with, say, handing a 12-year-old boy a $10 bill to buy lunch and telling him to keep the... »
H. pylori and Diabetes, Infections and Chronic Disease
Attend a big infectious diseases meeting and it’s easy to start thinking, at least for a few days, that infections lie at the root of most human disorders. In a colder light, that may seem a lot less likely, but at the... »
While the financial impact of diabetes on the delivery of medicine and related health care is a popular area of research, the nonmedical implications for young adults “have gone virtually unexplored,” lead author Jason M.... »
A Kid's-Eye View of Bundled Dialysis Payments
It’s difficult not to equate the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ bundled payment system for outpatient hemodialysis with, say, handing a 12-year-old boy a $10 bill to buy lunch and telling him to keep the... »
H. pylori and Diabetes, Infections and Chronic Disease
Attend a big infectious diseases meeting and it’s easy to start thinking, at least for a few days, that infections lie at the root of most human disorders. In a colder light, that may seem a lot less likely, but at the... »
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