Raising Funds for Diabetes Research: Do You Have Something to Donate?
Help ASweetLife.org raise funds for diabetes research! We're collecting items and services to auction in Brenda Novak's upcoming Seventh Annual Online Auction to Benefit Diabetes Research. Brenda, mother of five and best-selling author, noticed her youngest son Thad was showing symptoms of diabetes when he was only five-years-old. Soon thereafter he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Learning how to give her son the best possible care wasn’t enough for Brenda, and so she decided to fight diabetes by...
Can you say beignet?
I’m writing this from New Orleans, where my husband and I have been conferencing and eating nonstop for the past three days. While I’m always up for…
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GSK Type 1 Diabetes Drug, Otelixizumab, Fails in Phase 3 Study
GlaxoSmithKline and Tolerx, Inc's Investigatinal immunotherapy, Otelixizumab, for type 1 diabetes failed to meet primary end point in the Phase 3 DEFEND-1 study. Otelixizumab, an investigational humanized anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody, did not meet the primary efficacy endpoint of change in C-peptide...
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Positive Results for Once Monthly Type 2 Diabetes Drug
Positive results from a phase 2 study evaluating the effects of a once-monthly injectable suspension formulation of exenatide on glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes were announced by Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company and Alkermes, Inc. Exenatide once monthly is a new...
Welcome to the DexCom Seven Plus
First off, thank you to everyone who responded to my call for ideas for new diabetes educational tools. I’ve got some follow-up thoughts…
Drinking the Fish Oil Kool-Aid
Let’s face it: fish oil is hip. Trendy. I see commercials on TV, every market has its own brand, and I hear the personal trainers at the gym recommending…