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New Metformin Could Help 40-percent of Diabetes Patients That Currently Can’t Take Metformin
New metformin treatment option for the 40 percent of diabetes patients that currently can't take this first-line drug of choice. Although metformin was introduced as...
Zebrafish Embryos Helping to Identify New Diabetes Drugs
New form of high throughput screening using zebrafish embryos could significantly shorten drug discovery for many diseases, including diabetes. In experiments with 500,000 genetically...
Link Between Gestational Diabetes in Mothers and Diabetes Incidence in Fathers
Study shows that gestational diabetes signals future diabetes risk not only in mothers, but also in fathers! Gestational diabetes, a type of diabetes that occurs...
Hartley Medical Recalls Prolotherapy with Phenol Used for Neurolysis
Hartley Medical is voluntarily recalling three lots of Prolotherapy with Phenol, Injectable to the hospital/user level due to non-sterility concerns. Parenteral administration of non-sterile injection...
Vitamin Deficiencies May Make Blood Sugar Levels Worse
If you are watching what you eat, working out, and still not seeing improvements in your cholesterol, blood pressure, or blood sugar levels, here's...
Insulin Pump Cuts Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Half
People with type 1 diabetes who use insulin pump therapy face almost 50% less risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than those who take...
Recall: Soybean Sprouts & Mung Bean Sprouts from Good Seed Inc.
Good Seed Inc. of Springfield, VA is voluntarily recalling all packages of soybean sprouts and mung bean sprouts because they have the potential to...
CBS News: Vaccine May Reverse Type 1 Diabetes
A generic vaccine for tuberculosis is showing promise for the treatment of type 1 diabetes after reversing the disease in it's phase 1 trial. https://youtu.be/I30vW1tHAvE
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BCG Vaccine for Tuberculosis May Cure Type 1 Diabetes
Exciting news for people with Type 1 Diabetes. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), a generic drug with over 90 years of clinical use and safety data,...
Popular Diabetes Drugs May Protect Against Parkinson’s Disease
Study by The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research looked at more than 160,000 diabetes patients and found a reduction in incidence of...
Cytokine Reversed Type 1 Diabetes in New Study
A new study shows promising progress for a new treatment of type 1 diabetes using a protein made by immune cells, which essentially cured...
Nationwide Recall of Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets Used for Hypertension and Edema
Unichem is recalling 25mg Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets after a report that a Clopidogrel tablet was found in a bottle of the product. It can be...
Drinking by Women at Conception Boosts Risk of Diabetes for Baby
We all know that drinking while pregnant can cause serious problems. Now, a new study shows that women who drink alcohol around the time...
High-Risk Women Can Prevent Developing Gestational Diabetes
A new study shows that gestational diabetes can be prevented by a simple, individualized lifestyle intervention in high-risk women.
The prevalence of overweight and...
Skipping Breakfast Can Provoke Hazardous Blood Sugar Spikes in Diabetics
Very little was known regarding the effect of skipping breakfast on the health of diabetics -- until now. Researchers found that people with type...
Dolphin Diet May Provide the Answer for Preventing Diabetes
Amazing research with dolphins provides hope for prevention of diabetes in humans. Study showed that a modified diet higher in heptadecanoic acid reversed metabolic...