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Archived News
December 4th 2008
 
 
  Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
  The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for gestational diabetes mellitus, either before or after 24 weeks gestation. Supporting Documents (AHRQ)
   
  Clinical topic - Diabetes Type 2
  This Topic Review is based on the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guideline Type 2 diabetes: the management of type 2 diabetes (CKS)
   
  Asian diabetes 'time-bomb' feared
  UK-based South Asians face a health "time-bomb" in the next 30 years due to the prevalence of diabetes within the community (BBC, UK)
   
  Generex Announces Positive Results of Metformin Chewing Gum Trial
  Results of this fully compliant ICH-GCP conducted study indicate that the MetControl Metformin chewing gum and traditional Metformin tablets are bioequivalent in respect of both the rate and the extent of systemic absorption such that MetControl and Metformin tablets are therapeutically equivalent and therefore interchangeable (MarketWatch)
   
  No benefit for nasal insulin in preventing, delaying type 1 diabetes
  Nasal insulin did not prevent or delay type 1 diabetes in children with human leukocyte antigens-conferred susceptibility to diabetes, according to the findings from a new study (Endocrine Today)
   
  Genaera initiates dosing in Phase Ib study of diabetes and obesity drug
  Genaera, a biopharmaceutical company, has started dosing of subjects in study MSI-1436C-102, the multiple ascending dose Phase Ib study of trodusquemine in overweight and obese type 2 diabetes (Pharmaceutical Business Review)
   
  Insulin Maker Promises Free Diabetes Care, Medicine to Kids
  The world's biggest maker of insulin on Wednesday pledged to provide diabetes care, including free medication, to 10,000 children in African countries to combat a hidden killer (FOXNEWS)
   
 
  
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