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FDA approves Lilly diabetes drug that analysts expect to be a big seller

14.05.2022

The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it had approved Mounjaro, a new injection for type 2 diabetes made by Eli Lilly that lowers blood sugar and can help patients …

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Health

Black, Hispanic, and Asian Americans should be screened at lower BMI for diabetes, study says

10.05.2022

Widely used physician guidelines that ignore patients’ race and ethnicity could be doing more harm than good when it comes to catching diabetes in people of color. New research, published …

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Coronavirus

Listen: What’s next for Roche, a debate over second boosters, & Vertex’s recent success

07.04.2022

What’s on tap for Roche and its closely followed cancer immunotherapy? Are we all headed for another shot with a Covid-19 vaccine? And what explains the recent success of Vertex …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Listen: The ‘underground market’ for insulin and diabetes supplies

16.03.2022

It’s a sad reality that people with diabetes know all too well: The price of insulin, a medicine they depend on to stay alive, has skyrocketed. Some people have trouble …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Turning to social media to get affordable insulin: a clear sign of a broken health care system

03.03.2022

I am part of an underground market for drugs that looks a lot different from what you might imagine. It’s a network of Facebook groups and mutual aid organizations plus …

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First Opinion

Opinion: How a ‘fatally, tragically flawed’ paradigm has derailed the science of obesity

13.09.2021

I’ve been a science reporter for 40 years. I’ve wanted to assume that the experts I interview can be trusted to understand their subjects. Put simply, to get it right. …

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Health

As diabetes prevalence rises in children and adults, screening age drops to 35 for overweight adults

24.08.2021

The age at which adults who are overweight or obese should be screened for type 2 diabetes is going down while the prevalence of both forms of the disease is …

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Health Tech

Artificial pancreases were a breakthrough for type 1 diabetes. The research in type 2 is just beginning

04.08.2021

For the first time, a team of researchers has published research into how a closed-loop insulin delivery system might help patients with type 2 diabetes manage their disease at home. …

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Health Tech

Demand is growing for continuous glucose monitoring for type 2 diabetes. Primary care doctors need to prepare

30.06.2021

In the last year, Jai Smith has cycled through 13 primary care doctors. Ever since being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 1995, she’s tried her best to manage a …

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