Low-intensity workouts help wound healing for diabetics
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Jan 08, 2018
Low-power exercise may be the key to speeding wound healing rates in patients with diabetes, a new study suggests.
Weight control program may help reverse Type 2 diabetes
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 08, 2018
Type 2 diabetes can be reversed following an intensive weight management program even six years post-diagnosis.
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Dec 21, 2017
New FDA rule tosses hand sanitizers with Triclosan from healthcare settings … Promoting social interaction could prevent or treat Type 2 diabetes … Nursing home patients often subjected to...
Researchers find link between Alzheimer’s and diabetes
By
Dave Surico
Dec 03, 2013
Researchers say they are getting closer to proving that Alzheimer’s disease and Type 2 diabetes might be one illness.
Diabetes—obesity drug to be created
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Elizabeth Newman
Oct 01, 2013
U.S. pharmacy giant Eli Lilly and Company and Denmark’s Zealand Pharma are working on new treatments for type 2 diabetes and obesity, the companies announced.
Personalized approach tames diabetes
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 01, 2013
An individualized approach to diabetes treatment results in dramatically better results in adults over age 70 with Type 2 diabetes, a new study finds.
AGS reverses aspirin vote
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McKnight's Staff
May 01, 2013
Elderly people with type 2 diabetes should not take aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease, according to draft guidelines from the American Geriatrics Society. This reverses its previous recommendation.
American Geriatrics Society reverses recommendation on elderly diabetics’ aspirin use
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 12, 2013
Elderly people with type 2 diabetes should not take aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease, according to draft guidelines from the American Geriatrics Society. The organization reversed its previous...
Some diabetics can take insulin right before meals, study finds
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McKnight's Staff
Feb 04, 2013
Individuals with type 2 diabetes can eat immediately after injecting insulin without compromising their blood sugar level, according to a recently published study in the journal Diabetes Care.
FDA approves three treatments for diabetes
Jan 30, 2013
Takeda announced that the FDA has approved Nesina (alogliptin), Oseni (alogliptin and Pioglitazone), and Kazano (alogliptin and metformin HCl) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in adults as adjuncts...