Exenatide Once Weekly Provided Superior Glucose Control With Weight Loss
Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc and Eli Lilly and Co , have announced that in a head-to-head study with two other widely used diabetes medicines, the newly developed long-acting version of Byetta demonstrated superior blood sugar control and weight loss, according to it’s developers. The announcement on the new drug (which only needs to be taken once... more
Natural Therapies show promise in controlling Type 2 diabetes
A senior lecturer in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Ulster, Dr Yasser Abdel-Wahab, and his team have demonstrated that the roots of a cucumber-like vegetable – a herb found in the forests of India — and extracts from the bark of a Himalayan plant, improved glucose tolerance in rats with diabetes. If this result could be replicated... more
