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Now genetically modified tobacco plants to answer diabetes

Irani — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:10:13 +0000

Here is yet another source of the disease-remedy for diabetics - tobacco! The link between tobacco and diabetes may appear bizarre for you. But, when the scientific world conspires for something, it is destined to happen - no matter how unusual...

Heart diseases from diabetes drug tripled: Report

Irani — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:17:36 +0000

While on one hand the medical fraternity is up with arms to fight diabetes, on the other, the blockbuster drug, for the disease, Avandia is whirling out complaints for its reported side-effects of increasing heart risks! The heart risks from the...

Diabetes epidemic may raise drug costs by 70% through 2009: Report

Irani — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:38:32 +0000

Diabetics, be ready to buy your drug for the disease at a cost nearly 70 percent more compared to what it costs now by 2009! It’s the growing diabetes epidemic as well as more aggressive treatment of the disease with combination drug...

Actos, the wonder drug or just another one of the lot?

Saikat — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:20:31 +0000

Nothing in the pharmaceutical world can be termed as perfect. A perfect example is Actos which is known to lower the chances of heart attack, stroke or death in patients. Maybe this is the reason why people prefer Actos over its contemporary...

New diabetes drug ceases in phase III trials

Pratyush — Sat, 06 May 2006 05:12:36 +0000

Anglo-Swedish group AstraZeneca got a jolt when it stopped the experimentation of the diabetes drug ‘Galida’. Because of this setback, its shares touched new low. Galida was in the phase III experimental trials. It was one of the...

Water Retention Lead to Diabetes Drug Weight Gain

Irani — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:36:14 +0000

Are you a type 2 diabetic and treated with pioglitazone? Do you know, up to 75 percent of the increase in body weight that can occur in is from you water retention? Researchers reported this in the journal Diabetes Care. The drug also tends to...

New Diabetes Drug Also Helps Losing Weight

Irani — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 05:07:46 +0000

A new medicinal development for type-2 diabetics - it is a remarkable drug, now available in the market. The drug Byetta is the first in a new class and may offer an added benefit that patients like. Byetta is a twice-daily injectable drug...

New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes Drug Gets Orphan Status

Irani — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 02:52:03 +0000

TolerRx has received orphan-drug status for the drug TRX4 to treat new-onset type 1 diabetes. The Food and Drug Administration has given its lead product TRX4 orphan-drug status for the treatment of new-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus. TRX4 is the...

Effective Diabetes Drug from Gila Monster Saliva!

Irani — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 01:11:57 +0000

Researchers are busy finding weapons to help patients control their blood sugar levels and lose weight at the same time. And in this ongoing venture, scientists have come up with one of the newest unlikely weapons — a venomous lizard....