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June 9th 2009
 
 
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  New viral video tackles diabetes bullies
  A short, gritty video called ‘Setting the record straight’, to show schoolchildren and young people about Type 1 diabetes (Diabetes, UK)
   
  Novo diabetes drug tops older medicine at two years
  Novo Nordisk A/S's experimental diabetes drug liraglutide was significantly better at helping patients control blood sugar than an older common medicine after two years of treatment, according to data from a clinical trial (Reuters)
   
  Two-year data reveal sustained glycemic improvements with liraglutide
  Liraglutide monotherapy for two years was associated with significant, sustained improvements in glycemic control and body weight compared with glimepiride monotherapy, according to new results of the LEAD-3 trial (Endocrine Today)
   
  PAD prevalent among patients with diabetes, metabolic syndrome
  Researchers are trying to find better PAD diagnostic tests, imaging techniques and therapeutic approache (Endocrine Today)
   
  Diamy Phase III study approved for younger patients in the US
  Diamyd Medical reported today that the company has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration, FDA, to include children with type 1 diabetes from 10 years of age in the company's Phase III study with the diabetes vaccine (Diamyd Medical)
   
  A Randomized Trial of Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease
  Overall, there was no significant difference in the rates of death and major cardiovascular events between patients undergoing prompt revascularization and those undergoing medical therapy or between strategies of insulin sensitization and insulin provision (NEJM, USA)
   
  Diabetes with Coronary Disease
  A Moving Target amid Evolving Therapies? (NEJM, USA)
   
 
  
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