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Viewpoints: Sebelius, Orszag on Medicare costs; has the Minnesota GOP lost its way?

The right way is to strengthen it, closing coverage gaps while also bringing down costs by improving care and reducing waste and fraud. Medicare's trustees estimate that the new health care law has already added eight years to the life of the Medicare trust fund by doing just that. The president's fiscal framework would put the program on even more solid ground in the future.

26 May 2011

GE Healthcare receives FDA 510k clearance for CoreScan to treat obesity-related disease

GE Healthcare today announced 510k clearance of CoreScan - a widely-accessible application dedicated to quickly and accurately quantifying visceral adipose tissue, or visceral "belly" fat, during body composition analysis.

26 May 2011

Derma Sciences announces results of DSC127 Phase 2 trial in diabetic foot ulcers at 24-weeks

Derma Sciences, Inc., a medical device and pharmaceutical company focused on advanced wound care, today announced that in the follow-up portion of its Phase 2 clinical trial in patients with diabetic foot ulcers, the percentage of patients treated with the therapeutic dose of DSC127 with complete healing at 24 weeks following trial enrollment was 73% in the intent-to-treat population and 85% in the per-protocol population, a difference of 27 and 33 percentage points, respectively, compared with patients treated with placebo/standard of care.

25 May 2011

Avanafil phase 3 trial in ED following radical prostatectomy meets primary endpoints

VIVUS, Inc. today announced positive results from a phase 3, placebo-controlled clinical trial of the investigational drug avanafil for the treatment of erectile dysfunction in patients following a radical prostatectomy.

25 May 2011

Obesity and diabetes rates continue to rise despite decline in consumption of sweeteners

A comprehensive review of research focusing on the debate between High Fructose Corn Syrup and other sweeteners presented today finds there is no evidence of any significant variation in the way the human body metabolizes HFCS as opposed to standard table sugar, or any difference in impact on risk factors for chronic disease.

25 May 2011

New findings from STELARA psoriasis clinical trial to be presented at 22nd World Congress of Dermatology

New findings to be presented from pooled analyses of the STELARA psoriasis clinical development program showed that the safety profile of STELARA and rates of adverse events remained consistent and stable over time in adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis receiving up to four years of treatment.

25 May 2011

Atmospheric chlorine-content linked to risk of childhood leukaemia

A significant positive association between the risk of childhood leukaemia and levels of chlorine-containing chemicals in the atmosphere has been found by researchers in Portugal. Details are reported in the current issue of the International Journal of Environment and Health.

25 May 2011

Evotec, PsychoGenics partner to offer integrated CNS drug discovery solutions

PsychoGenics Inc. today announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Evotec AG to provide integrated CNS drug discovery solutions to pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

25 May 2011

Homeless people more likely to have family doctor if they possess health card

For every year a person is homeless, the odds of them having a family doctor drop by 9 per cent, according to a report by St. Michael's Hospital and Street Health.

25 May 2011

BPD expands existing bioprocess and scale-up laboratory in Poway, CA

Biologics Process Development Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Viropro, will double the size of its existing bioprocess- and scale-up laboratory in Poway, CA.

25 May 2011

Diabetics have higher risk of contracting tuberculosis

People with diabetes have a three to five times higher risk of contracting tuberculosis (TB) than non-diabetics, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

25 May 2011

Leukemia protein plays a role in Alzheimer's disease

After decades of studying the pathological process that wipes out large volumes of memory, scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research discovered a molecule called c-Abl that has a known role in leukemia also has a hand in Alzheimer's disease.

25 May 2011

Baked, broiled fish consumption linked to reduced heart failure risk in postmenopausal women

The risk of developing heart failure was lower for postmenopausal women who frequently ate baked or broiled fish, but higher for those who ate more fried fish, in a study reported in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal.

25 May 2011

Azilsartan medoxomil-CLD phase 3 study results in systolic blood pressure presented at ASH 2011

Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc. U.S., today announced results from three phase 3 studies of the investigational fixed-dose combination of azilsartan medoxomil plus chlorthalidone.

24 May 2011

Ford engineers develop car seat that can monitor driver's heartbeat

Ford engineers have developed a car seat that can monitor a driver's heartbeat, opening the door to a wealth of health, convenience and even life-saving potential.

24 May 2011

Researchers replicate progression of inflammatory gene changes of kidney from mild to severe diabetic nephropathy

University of Louisville researchers have replicated the inflammatory gene changes of a human kidney as it progresses from mild to severe diabetic nephropathy, using a mouse model developed by a UofL researcher, according to an article published today in the journal Experimental Nephrology. Diabetic nephropathy is the foremost cause of kidney failure.

24 May 2011

BMI increase between pregnancies linked to increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus

Compared with women whose weight remained stable, body mass index gains between the first and second pregnancy were associated with an increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in the second pregnancy.

24 May 2011

Probiotic bacterial protein could offer new oral therapeutic option for inflammatory bowel disorders

A protein isolated from beneficial bacteria found in yogurt and dairy products could offer a new, oral therapeutic option for inflammatory bowel disorders, suggests a study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researcher Fang Yan, M.D., Ph.D.

24 May 2011

Scientists discover genetic regions that affect severity of cystic fibrosis

A team of international researchers, including Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, have discovered regions of the genome that affect the severity of the genetic disease cystic fibrosis, the most common lethal genetic disease affecting children in North America.

24 May 2011

'Survival protein' protects brain against effects of stroke

Johns Hopkins scientists say that a newly discovered "survival protein" protects the brain against the effects of stroke in rodent brain tissue by interfering with a particular kind of cell death that's also implicated in complications from diabetes and heart attack.

24 May 2011

Diabetes News and Research

Latest Diabetes News and Research

Viewpoints: Sebelius, Orszag on Medicare costs; has the Minnesota GOP lost its way?

GE Healthcare receives FDA 510k clearance for CoreScan to treat obesity-related disease

Derma Sciences announces results of DSC127 Phase 2 trial in diabetic foot ulcers at 24-weeks

Avanafil phase 3 trial in ED following radical prostatectomy meets primary endpoints

Obesity and diabetes rates continue to rise despite decline in consumption of sweeteners

New findings from STELARA psoriasis clinical trial to be presented at 22nd World Congress of Dermatology

Atmospheric chlorine-content linked to risk of childhood leukaemia

Evotec, PsychoGenics partner to offer integrated CNS drug discovery solutions

Homeless people more likely to have family doctor if they possess health card

BPD expands existing bioprocess and scale-up laboratory in Poway, CA

Diabetics have higher risk of contracting tuberculosis

Leukemia protein plays a role in Alzheimer's disease

Baked, broiled fish consumption linked to reduced heart failure risk in postmenopausal women

Azilsartan medoxomil-CLD phase 3 study results in systolic blood pressure presented at ASH 2011

Ford engineers develop car seat that can monitor driver's heartbeat

Researchers replicate progression of inflammatory gene changes of kidney from mild to severe diabetic nephropathy

BMI increase between pregnancies linked to increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus

Probiotic bacterial protein could offer new oral therapeutic option for inflammatory bowel disorders

Scientists discover genetic regions that affect severity of cystic fibrosis

'Survival protein' protects brain against effects of stroke

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