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Study Could Lead To A Novel Strategy For Treating Obesity: Fatty-Acids

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

Darkness Unveils Vital Metabolic Fuel Switch Between Sugar And Fat, Provides New Research Target...

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 Issues a Worldwide Voluntary Recall of Some of its ACCU-CHEK Aviva Meters

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.

FDA Warns About 2 Diabetes Drugs, Avandia and Avandamet

GlaxoSmithKline and FDA notified healthcare professionals about post-marketing reports of new onset and worsening diabetic macular edema for patients receiving rosiglitazone.