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High-density lipoprotein (HDL), known as "good" cholesterol, isn't as protective for people with type 2 diabetes, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. HDL carries cholesterol out of the arteries, and high levels are associated w...
Long-term research is lacking - potential harm remains unclear - valid studies are urgently needed for growing and developing children and adolescents Due to a lack of suitable studies, it remains unclear whether children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes benefit more or less from...
Case Western Reserve University has granted an 18-month, exclusive option to startup Thermalin Diabetes Inc. regarding a portfolio of insulin analogs. The company must reach certain milestones in order to exercise its option to obtain an exclusive license on therapies designed to hel...
For example, obesity significantly raises the risk of developing diabetes type 2. Therefore, obesity is a risk factor for diabetes type 2. ...
Pediatric researchers have found that a gene already implicated in the development of type 2 diabetes in adults also raises the risk of being overweight during childhood. The finding sheds light on the genetic origins of diabetes and may present an avenue for developing drugs to counter...
Boehringer Ingelheim announced that the European Commission has approved MICARDIS® (telmisartan) for the reduction of cardiovascular morbidity in patients with: I. manifest atherothrombotic cardiovascular disease (history of coronary heart disease, stroke, or peripheral art...
The increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its associated complications in young people mean better approaches and management of both are urgently needed, conclude authors of a Review published in The Lancet.The Review adds that the poor adherence of adolescents with t...