Archive for May, 2007

Glaxo’s Avandia prescriptions slump after study

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Reuters: LONDON - Doctors in the United States have shunned GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s diabetes drug Avandia since a study was published last week linking the drug to heart-attack risk, according to daily prescription data. Read More About Diabetes…

Simple Guide Helps Diabetics Manage Their Meds

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Simple Guide Helps Diabetics Manage Their Meds Yahoo News: HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 29 — An easy-to-follow guide can boost the number of diabetes patients who take their cholesterol-lowering statin medications as prescribed, according to a new Mayo Clinic-led study.

BioLife Remedies, Inc. Announces the Opening of Sales of Dia-X(former name Di-Agra) for the Remedy o

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

… the company for men with Erectile Dysfunction from Diabetes. Vancouver, B.C. and Guangzhou, China ( PRWEB ) May 29 … Read More About Diabetes…

The cost-effectiveness of improving diabetes care in U.S. federally

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

News-Medical.Net - The lower the ratio, the more cost-effective a treatment is. Health economists typically deem an ICER between $50,000 and $100,000 per quality-adjusted life-year as cost-effective. In the first four years of the Diabetes Health Disparities Read More About Diabetes

Oxford physiology professor earns APS’ Walter B. Cannon Award

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Oxford physiology professor earns APS’ Walter B. Cannon AwardEurekAlert - Ashcroft, working with Exeter University Professor Andrew Hattersley, discovered another malady associated with ion channel malfunction, a rare genetic form of diabetes that strikes children and is known as permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus. Their

Effective, Yes, but Is It Safe? A Drug’s Risks

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Gainesville Sun - eople with diabetes have too much sugar in their blood, so a drug that lowers blood sugar ought to be a good treatment, right? Maybe not. Consider the diabetes drug Avandia, or rosiglitazone, which was approved in 1999. It lowers blood sugar, and Read More About Diabetes

Study Cutting Edge Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) with T.S. Wiley

Monday, May 28th, 2007

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CVAC Powers Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson to UFC World Champion

Monday, May 28th, 2007

CVAC Powers Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson to UFC World Champion … is a blow to knock out diabetes. My stepfather died because of diabetes," says Quinton …

Glycemic durability of rosiglitazone, metformin, or glyburide

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

Medscape News - Cardiovascular Diseases [epidemiology] Cholesterol, LDL [blood] Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 [drug therapy] Double-Blind Method Female Glyburide [adverse effects] [therapeutic use] Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated [analysis] Read More About Diabetes

AP State News

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

AP State News1960 Sun - Gov. Ed Rendell signed two executive orders Monday that he said will begin to carry out elements of his broader health care reform plan by improving the quality and lowering the cost of care for people with chronic diseases, such as diabetes and Source: www.zwire.com