Yearly Archives: 2006

FDA announced approval of Sutent, a new targeted anti-cancer treatment for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors, a rare stomach cancer, and advanced kidney cancer.

FDA announced the approval of Ranexa (ranolazine), a new drug for the treatment of chronic angina.

Study of NYC pharmacies found that only 69 percent have the ability to provide prescription labels in Spanish and that pharmacists only do so upon customer request.

Meditation helps patients cope with anxiety disorders, but no more than other relaxation techniques, according to a new review of studies.

Black Hispanics in America are suffering higher rates of hypertension than their Hispanic counterparts who are white, a new study finds.

The high-fat "diet" that diabetic heart muscle consumes helps make cardiovascular disease the most common killer of diabetic patients, according to a study.

Compared to normal-weight women, overweight and obese women suffer more pregnancy complications and their babies have more medical problems at birth.

People with diabetes are twice as likely as the general population to develop depression. For the first time, doctors have reason to ask if the increased risk of depression could in fact be due to changes in brain.

Univerisity of Alberta researcher believes obese humans face same dangers from diesel exhaust and coal emissions. Obese individuals at risk of diabetes are in danger of cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks.

In this study, the authors looked at rates of amputation among close to 100,000 patients with diabetes mellitus and found that height was a strong predictor of amputation.

Research on one promising new treatment uses a growing body of evidence that inflammation may be a key cause of diabetic kidney disease.

The brain plays a major role in the ability of insulin therapy to lower blood sugar in animals with diabetes, according to a new study.

Eating a very low-calorie yet nutritionally balanced diet is good for your heart. Studying heart function in members of an organization called the Caloric Restriction Society, investigators found that their hearts functioned like the hearts of much younger people.

Results of study suggest that restoring fatty-acid levels in the brain may be a promising way to treat obesity.

While their findings could provide new insight into mammalian hibernation, researchers note that the pivotal metabolic signal that emerged from the dark also presents a new target for obesity and type 2 diabetes research.

Roche Diagnostics has initiated a worldwide voluntary recall of specific ACCU-CHEK Aviva Meters because of the potential for an electronic malfunction which can cause the meter to report an erroneous result or shut down and no longer be used.