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David Mendosa

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posted 04/19/2009, comments (33)

Diabetes Drug Dangers

A single research report that found risks in one of the medications that we take to control our diabetes would warrant our attention. But when three separate studies find serious side effects from all our major drugs, the time is right for us to reconsider how we control our blood glucose levels. Most of us think of our diabetes drugs, diet, and... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/03/2008, comments (0)

FDA Panel Calls for Stricter Standards for Diabetes Drugs

An FDA panel voted 14-2 in favor of requiring experimental diabetes drugs to show that they don't increase heart or cardiovascular risks. This is bad news for diabetes drugs in the pipeline to be submitted for approval like AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb's drug saxagliptin. Read the story from the Wall Street Journal... Read more Chevron

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Gretchen Becker

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posted 06/14/2008, comments (4)

The Good Fat

Fat is bad, right? I'm not talking about the fats we eat here. I mean the fat on your body. The less fat, the healthier you are. Everyone knows that. But maybe everyone is wrong. New research in the laboratory of C. Ronald Kahn at the Joslin Diabetes Center suggests that some fat, namely subcutaneous fat, may actually be... Read more Chevron

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Enrique 1959

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posted 02/14/2008, comments (3)

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I dont´n speak english. soy um diabetico DM2 mexicano y me gustaria saber si es posible contactarnos en español. estoy muy interersado en todos los temas para mejorar la calidad de vida de un diabetico. y donde puedo conseguir los videos (de preferencia en español) con fines educativos y de dar charlas informativas... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Bill Quick

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posted 07/30/2007, comment (1)

FDA Advisors advise continued access to Avandia

The FDA Advisory Committee (AdComm for short) met today, July 30, 2007, and reviewed the safety data on rosiglitazone (Avandia). Despite dire warnings from one FDA staffer who advised pulling it from the market, the AdComm voted to allow it to remain on the market.The FDA published draft questions that were to be proposed to the AdComm:Do the... Read more Chevron

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