Cinnamon May Help Control Type 2 Diabetes
Like the taste of cinnamon? If you do and you have type 2 diabetes, a daily cinnamon supplement may help
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New Wound Healing Process Speeds Healing of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
A new technique using amniotic tissue harvested from a discarded placenta can heal wounds, burns and scars twice as fast as
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Needle-Free CGM Could Be Available in 2013
Philadelphia-based Echo Therapeutics plans to introduce a needle-free continuous glucose monitoring system to the US market in 2013, pending FDA
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Gestational Diabetes, Low Income May Increase Child’s Risk of ADHD
German scientists report that gestational diabetes and/or low income may increase a child’s risk of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However,
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UK Study Casts Doubt on Testosterone Therapy for Depressed Type 2s
A British study of type 2 men reports that although testosterone therapy had a beneficial effect on blood glucose levels
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Breakthrough Blood Test Predicts Need for ICDs
A new blood test can predict which patients with heart failure are likely to need an internal implantable defibrillator that
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FDA Approves New Neuropathy Pain Drug
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved US sales of NUCYNTA® ER (tapentadol), a twice-daily extended-release oral analgesic for
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Israeli Scientists Develop Promising Beta Cell Transplant Technique
Israeli researchers believe that they have found a way to increase the survival and effectiveness of insulin-producing pancreatic cells transplanted
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Need We Fear Exercise-induced Cardiac Arrest?
The media abounds with stories about the sudden collapse and death of athletes whom we assumed were in the best
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A Dramatic Life Expectancy Increase for Type 1s
A 30-year study of life expectancy among people with type 1 diabetes showed a dramatic increase during the second half
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An Interview With Robert Cuddihy, MD, of Sanofi US
Endocrinologist Robert Cuddihy, MD, joined Sanofi US over a year ago to be the company’s Vice President and Medical Diabetes
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