Unfit at 20... Type 2 Diabetes at 40?
Wednesday June 24, 2009
According to a press release from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, scientists have discovered that young adults, between the ages of 18 and 30 years old, who have low ... Read More
Medicare Offers Free Diabetes Screening, Just Ask.Screen.Know.
Sunday June 21, 2009
Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis and her husband, actor Louis Zorich, have joined forces with Novo Nordisk, to get the word out about free diabetes testing offered by Medicare. Adults ... Read More
FDA Warning for Levemir Insulin
Tuesday June 16, 2009
The FDA has issued a warning that stolen vials of Levemir insulin, a Novo Nordisk Inc. product are currently being sold in the United States. These vials may not have ... Read More
Swine Flu Named a Pandemic by WHO
Friday June 12, 2009
The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the swine flu (H1N1) virus is now being considered a pandemic. The virus first appeared in Mexico in April of this year ... Read More
New DPP-4 Inhibitor May Cut Cardiovascular Risk
Monday June 8, 2009
Saxagliptin, a new DPP-4 inhibitor, which has not been approved yet for diabetes, has shown to reduce major adverse cardiovascular events by as much as 55% in a metastudy done ... Read More
Healthy Lifestyle Choices on the Decline
Wednesday June 3, 2009
In an article that appeared in the American Journal of Medicine this month, it was shown that obesity is on the rise, while exercise and eating right are on the ... Read More