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Type 2 Diabetes News
Type 2 Diabetes is a chronic condition involving high blood sugar levels and reduced production and responsiveness to insulin.
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On August 17, the FDA approved Mylan’s new generic versions of Actos (pioglitazone), a once-daily oral tablet for the treatment of type 2 diabetes originally sold by...
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The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) will hold its second Building a Healthier Future Summit from March 6-8, 2013, in Washington, DC. We cannot wait to hear...
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Kelly reveals how you can help change the truly unacceptable care people with diabetes are receiving in prison.
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Kerri Morrone Sparling reveals how the Internet has built an all new kind of diabetes community.
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Michelle Obama at the Partnership for a Healthier America’s Summit.
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On World Diabetes Day in San Francisco, Manny Hernandez of the Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF) announced that the DHF had exceeded its goal to get 20,000 people to take...
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In late June, diaTribe sent our team to Chicago to attend the 67th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association.
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Kerri Sparling digs deep and tells us more about why social networking really does matter.
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diaTribe salutes director Jennifer Mackenzie for her emerging film Sugar Babies . The documentary examines the impact of type 1 and type 2 diabetes on children in...
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Amylin Pharmaceuticals, developer of the GLP-1 agonists Byetta and Bydureon ( recently acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb ), has pledged to donate $5 to a diabetes charity...
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Kelly reflects on some changes here at diaTribe and in the world of diabetes and obesity.
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In January, the American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association published a statement giving their joint recommendations for the primary prevention of CVD...
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On July 30, Ambio Health announced FDA clearance of its Remote Health Monitoring System , which can wirelessly send readings from the AgaMatrix Presto blood glucose...
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On November 22, J&J/Janssen Cilags’ SGLT-2 inhibitor Invokana (canagliflozin) was approved in Europe. This makes Invokana the second SGLT-2 inhibitor approved in...
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On April 15, the FDA approved GlaxoSmithKline’s once-weekly GLP-1 agonist Tanzeum (albiglutide) for type 2 diabetes, which makes it the second once-weekly GLP-1 agonist...
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At the recent 2013 European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) conference, Abbott debuted a new diabetes technology category called Flash Glucose Monitoring...
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On January 21, Glooko and Joslin announced a partnership to develop a new web/mobile-based diabetes management platform. The system will combine a “Virtual Joslin”...
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Six inspiring lessons learned over the last decade at the Behavioral Diabetes Institute.