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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Cost Of Treating Diabetes

Blog: How is Januvia different?

October 02, 2008
Dr. Julia Poynter from Blog-about-diabetes explains how the Type 2 diabetes medication Januvia is different from other drugs. Dr. Poynter details some of the research on Januvia and gives information on the drug's cost. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Type one-and-a-half diabetes
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...past, probably because of the twin demons of added cost and unreliability of the antibody... Read more »

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Hydroxychloroquine May Reduce Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
By Christine Miller , Health Expert

...treatment for diabetes could be a promising lower cost treatment option, since this drug is... Read more »

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Intriguing Research: TB and Diabetes Risk and Cord Blood Stem Cells and Diabetes
By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert

...malignancies such as leukemia. Banking cord blood is costly; however, the family has legal... Read more »

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Diabetes in children in the US
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...diabetic young adults as these children grow up, and the costs associated with diabetes will... Read more »

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World Diabetes Day is tomorrow
By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert

...recognizing diabetes as a chronic, debilitating, and costly disease. The resolution designates... Read more »

Health Guide

Don’t Become a Food Cop: Helping a Diabetic Spouse or Parent
...about him, so his lifestyle choices as a diabetic matter very much to the whole family. It’s the cost of being loved. And if I were your Dad, a little bit of “policing” is a price I’d be... Read more »
What do I need to know about diabetes?"
Diabetes is called a disorder of metabolism. More simply put, diabetes keeps your body from properly utilizing the sugar obtained from food. Your body changes most of the food you eat into a form of... Read more »
The Effects of exercise on Diabetes
...years. Those who remained sedentary for that time period had a decline in health and higher healthcare costs. Those who worked out for 38 minutes per day lowered their blood pressure, cholesterol... Read more »
Cholesterol Treatment and Drugs
...anti-cholesterol drugsReducing triglyceride levels very effectivelyLowers LDL-cholesterol and lipoprotein(a).Costs less than other anti-cholesterol drugsCombinations with other drugs, particularly... Read more »
Bipolar Disorder: Highlights
...DisorderMajor depressive disorder may be six times more common than bipolar disorder, but bipolar disorder costs twice as much in lost productivity, according to a 2006 study in the American... Read more »

Related News

Soaring Cost of Diabetes Drugs
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By Lindsay Braun, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New cases of diabetes are on the rise in the United States and... Read summary »

Diabetics say Goodbye to Insulin
April 20, 2007

MINNEAPOLIS (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- People with type 1 diabetes must rely on taking insulin shots every day just to survive. A procedure called... Read summary »

Diabetes Personal Trainers may Help Youth Manage Their Disease
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A little intervention may go a long way in helping youth with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes management includes blood sugar... Read summary »

Spending Caps Cause Seniors to Quit Meds
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- When seniors run out of drug coverage for the year, many stop taking needed medications, and the finding could have important... Read summary »

Diabetics Short Changed in Nursing Homes
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Nursing home residents who have diabetes may not be getting the kind of care they need to prevent deadly complications of the... Read summary »