Posts Tagged ‘American Diabetes Association’

Experts Urge New Screening for Diabetes

13th June 2009 by admin No Comments

A diabetes test that measures a person’s average blood glucose control over the preceding two to three months is being recommended as the new diagnostic tool for the condition.

Diabetics have too much glucose in their blood when the condition is uncontrolled, and must monitor it.

A committee of international experts recommended the test, called the [...]

New Diabetes Drug Shows Promise in Trial

9th June 2009 by admin 3 Comments

An experimental diabetes drug called liraglutide appears to outperform exenatide (Byetta), the only currently approved drug in its class, a study funded by liraglutide’s maker, Novo Nordisk, shows.
Liraglutide is a laboratory-made version of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), a hormone produced by the body that stimulates insulin production. Several members of the [...]