Drug stores in France & Germany have pulled Actos off their shelves after a study found the diabetes drug raised the risk of bladder cancer. The French Medicines Agency has banned Actos as well as Competact, a pill that combines Actos & metformin and has advised doctors not to prescribe the drug to patients. German health officials [...] Read more…
A pacemaker-style gadget that sends mild electric signals to the stomach has been developed by scientists. This innovative medical device could help effectively manage type-2 diabetes. When this thumb-sized gadget known as the Diamond (Diabetes Improvement And Metabolic Normalization Device) is implanted under a person’s skin, it stimulates the patient’s stomach muscles while he is eating. This [...] Read more…
The trick to controlling hunger pangs lies in having almonds and wheat flour – they make you feel full, leading to less food intake & help prevent overeating. Although hunger pains may strike folks at different times all through the day, decreasing or satiating them is a common issue for people either trying to shed pounds [...] Read more…
Gastric bypass weight loss surgery, according to a new study, appears to improve type 2 diabetes much before there is significant weight loss. When patients who underwent weight loss surgery were compared with those who lost similar amount of weight due to dieting, researchers discovered that the gastric bypass surgery patients showed reduced levels of amino [...] Read more…
Blood vitamin D levels below the normal range are associated with a heightened probability of developing diabetes. Australian researchers have found that people with below-normal vitamin D levels definitely had a 57% greater possibility of developing type 2 diabetes as against those with normal Vitamin D levels. The insulin produced by the body to regulate blood sugar [...] Read more…
Doctors may use the size of the wrists to determine which kids will carry a greater heart disease risk later in life. Researchers studied nearly 500 obese & overweight kids and found that the bigger the wrist size, the greater the insulin resistance in the children, a factor that increases the probability of heart problems when the [...] Read more…
