The earlier patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes started taking metformin, the longer the drug remained effective, says a new study, published in Diabetes Care. The study reported by EurekAlert used electronic health records to follow nearly 1,800 people with diabetes in Kaiser Permanente’s health plan in Washington and...

A new study published in the online version of the journal Pediatrics, found that efforts to prevent childhood obesity should begin far earlier than currently thought, perhaps even before birth. The study, reported by EurekAlert, tracked 1,826 women,  (1,343 white, 355 black and 128 Hispanic) from pregnancy through their children’s...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that following the closure of FDA building due to extreme weather it was granting a five day extension for the review of Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc and Eli Lilly and Co’s Exenatide Once Weekly New Drug Application. The new drug is part of a collaboration between the companies...

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) responded to the recently released Senate Committee on Finance report regarding Avandia. GSK said it rejects any allegations of concealing safety information or acting inappropriately on behalf of patients.  GSK also said it disagrees with the Committee’s decision to publish a Staff Report with the errors...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it would be reviewing data submitted in August 2009, from a large, long-term clinical study (RECORD study) on possible risks associated with the diabetes drug, Avandia (rosiglitazone). The FDA said it will complete its review of the data from the RECORD study, and will then present...

New York Times Report : Hundreds of people taking Avandia, a controversial diabetes medicine, needlessly suffer heart attacks and heart failure each month, according to confidential government reports that recommend the drug be removed from the market. The reports, obtained by The New York Times, say that if every diabetic now taking...

Researchers found that dolphins can induce diabetes when there is little food around and turn it off when food is abundant, according to Telegraph. They believe this is a unique ability in the animal kingdom and results from the dolphin’s need to maintain high blood sugar levels to feed its big brain.  They also believe it is an...

In the United States over 30% of children are overweight or obese, and childhood obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes, hypertension and a high risk for adult obesity and cardiovascular disease.  According to a report in the February issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, and reported in ScienceDaily,  extended...

Roche announced today that results from the first five Phase III clinical trials show that taspoglutide has met the primary end-points of reduction in blood glucose in these studies. Roche’s taspoglutide, the first weekly human GLP-1 analogue in late stage development may improve treatment options for patients with type 2 diabetes. Taspoglutide...

A new study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism has found that women with type 2 diabetes who take a commonly prescribed class of medications to treat insulin resistance may be at a higher risk for developing bone fractures. The study conducted at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and reported by EurekAlert...