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Aeterna enters into agreements to transfer manufacturing license for Cetrotide to Merck KGaA

Aeterna Zentaris Inc. today announced that its German subsidiary has entered into binding agreements with various partners and licensees with respect to the manufacturing rights and obligations for its Cetrotide® product.

22 Apr 2013

Selenium research performed by Dr. Joel Wallach continues to be at the forefront of health and prevention

Youngevity® Essential Life Sciences, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AL International, Inc., announces that the research of Youngevity® founder, Dr. Joel D. Wallach, BS, DVM, ND, on Selenium continues to be at the forefront of health and prevention with the recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed rule requiring the addition of selenium to the list of required nutrients for infant formula products.

22 Apr 2013

Janssen Diabetes Forum: A medical education initiative for management of type 2 diabetes

Launched today in Beerse, the Janssen Diabetes Forum (www.janssendiabetesforum.com) is a novel medical education initiative, which has been developed to contribute to the understanding of the latest developments in the management of type 2 diabetes.

22 Apr 2013

Investigator honored for advancing osteoporosis research and advocacy worldwide

Professor Socrates Papapoulos, a long standing member of the IOF Board and leading researcher at the Leiden University Medical Center, has been named the recipient of the prestigious Pierre Delmas Award.

22 Apr 2013

Time dwindling to meet IDSA goal of 10 new antibiotics by 2020

Despite the desperate need for new antibiotics to combat increasingly deadly resistant bacteria, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved only one new systemic antibiotic since the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) launched its 10 x '20 Initiative in 2010 - and that drug was approved two and a half years ago.

22 Apr 2013

Genetic study defines link between primary sclerosing cholangitis and other autoimmune diseases

Researchers have newly associated nine genetic regions with a rare autoimmune disease of the liver known as primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). This brings the total number of genetic regions associated with the disease to 16.

22 Apr 2013

AACE publishes comprehensive diabetes management algorithm to treat prediabetes, T2DM patients

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists today announced the publication of its comprehensive diabetes management algorithm created to guide primary care physicians, endocrinologists and other health care professionals in the treatment of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.

20 Apr 2013

Study: Mediterranean diet associated with lower risk of hyperuricemia in older adults

According to a study published in the Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, a baseline adherence to a Mediterranean diet (MeDiet) is associated with a lower risk of hyperuricemia, defined as a serum uric acid (SUA) concentration higher than 7mg/dl in men and higher than 6mg/dl in women.

19 Apr 2013

Combination therapies may advance treatment for anaplastic thyroid cancer

A combination of therapies may prove to be a promising advance for the treatment of anaplastic thyroid cancer based on results of a phase I clinical trial, say researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida.

19 Apr 2013

New health MOT-style programme likely to uncover more diabetes, kidney or heart patients

University of Leicester researchers have found that the NHS Health Check Programme is likely to find 440,000 people each year who have diabetes or chronic kidney disease or who are at high risk of cardiovascular disease or diabetes.

19 Apr 2013

Study highlights how genes can acquire, adapt to different roles in human evolution

Researchers have designed a method that can universally test for evolutionary adaption, or positive (Darwinian) selection, in any chosen set of genes, using re-sequencing data such as that generated by the 1000 Genomes Project.

19 Apr 2013

Parents tend to share more bacteria with their dogs than their children

As much as dog owners love their children, they tend to share more of themselves, at least in terms of bacteria, with their canine cohorts rather than their kids.

18 Apr 2013

Studies suggest physically demanding work is a risk factor for coronary heart disease

Two studies presented at this year's EuroPRevent 2013 congress suggest that demanding physical work has a detrimental effect on an individual's risk of coronary heart disease.

18 Apr 2013

University of Florence professor awarded ESCEO-IOF Servier Pierre D. Delmas Prize

Today, at the opening of the European Congress on Osteoporosis & Osteoarthritis in Rome, Italy, Professor Maria Luisa Brandi MD, Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases at the University of Florence, Florence, Italy was presented with ESCEO-IOF Servier Pierre D. Delmas Prize.

18 Apr 2013

Dr. Jeffrey Maisels honored as 2013 Legends of Neonatology Hall of Fame inductee

M. Jeffrey Maisels, M.D., was honored as a 2013 Legends of Neonatology Hall of Fame inductee. He was chosen for a career spanning 47 years of clinical care and research involving management of the jaundiced newborn infant.

18 Apr 2013

Telemedicine house calls for Parkinson’s patients: an interview with Dr Ray Dorsey, Johns Hopkins University

Access to neurological care for Parkinson disease is currently limited by distance, disability, and the distribution of doctors.

18 Apr 2013

Eli Lilly reports positive results from Phase III AWARD trials of type 2 diabetes drug, dulaglutide

Eli Lilly and Company today announced positive top-line results of two additional Phase III AWARD trials for dulaglutide, an investigational, long-acting glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist being studied as a once-weekly treatment for type 2 diabetes.

18 Apr 2013

UTMB researchers identify protein that can interfere with the brain's response to leptin

Ever since the appetite-regulation hormone called leptin was discovered in 1994, scientists have sought to understand the mechanisms that control its action. It was known that leptin was made by fat cells, reduced appetite and interacted with insulin , but the precise molecular details of its function -details that might enable the creation of a new treatment for obesity - remained elusive.

18 Apr 2013

Federally qualified health centers lag behind in controlling blood pressure, study shows

Federally funded safety-net clinics for the uninsured lag behind other health care providers in controlling blood pressure among the low-income patients who rely on them for care, a new Michigan State University analysis suggests.

18 Apr 2013

EKG could predict cardiovascular illness

A common test that records the heart's electrical activity could predict potentially serious cardiovascular illness, according to a UC San Francisco-led study.

17 Apr 2013

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Latest Endocrinology News and Research

Aeterna enters into agreements to transfer manufacturing license for Cetrotide to Merck KGaA

Selenium research performed by Dr. Joel Wallach continues to be at the forefront of health and prevention

Janssen Diabetes Forum: A medical education initiative for management of type 2 diabetes

Investigator honored for advancing osteoporosis research and advocacy worldwide

Time dwindling to meet IDSA goal of 10 new antibiotics by 2020

Genetic study defines link between primary sclerosing cholangitis and other autoimmune diseases

AACE publishes comprehensive diabetes management algorithm to treat prediabetes, T2DM patients

Study: Mediterranean diet associated with lower risk of hyperuricemia in older adults

Combination therapies may advance treatment for anaplastic thyroid cancer

New health MOT-style programme likely to uncover more diabetes, kidney or heart patients

Study highlights how genes can acquire, adapt to different roles in human evolution

Parents tend to share more bacteria with their dogs than their children

Studies suggest physically demanding work is a risk factor for coronary heart disease

University of Florence professor awarded ESCEO-IOF Servier Pierre D. Delmas Prize

Dr. Jeffrey Maisels honored as 2013 Legends of Neonatology Hall of Fame inductee

Telemedicine house calls for Parkinson’s patients: an interview with Dr Ray Dorsey, Johns Hopkins University

Eli Lilly reports positive results from Phase III AWARD trials of type 2 diabetes drug, dulaglutide

UTMB researchers identify protein that can interfere with the brain's response to leptin

Federally qualified health centers lag behind in controlling blood pressure, study shows

EKG could predict cardiovascular illness

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