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| Viagra tested on women with heart disease in Rome Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 08:03 AM PST (ANSA) - Rome, February 14 - Medical researchers at Rome's La Sapienza university announced a pilot test in which sildenafil, a drug better known with its commercial name Viagra, is used to help treat heart problems in women with diabetes. Bladder cancer risk of Actos shown again Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 07:49 AM PST Validating the already proven claims of thousands of diabetics who have filed Actos lawsuits, a study to be published in a British Diabetic Association journal affirms the link between taking the type-2 diabetes prescription drug and being exposed to an increased risk of bladder cancer. For several years in this meta-analysis of six Actos studies, Saudi Arabia-based researchers used electronic ... Type 2 diabetes, OTC weight loss drug maker rounds up $20M for late-stage development Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 07:34 AM PST Piggybacking off of a $21 million round completed last year, Elcelyx Therapeutics has secured a $20 million Series C to fund late-stage clinical development of its drug candidates for type 2 diabetes and weight loss. The round was led by GSM Fund LLC with participation from previous investors Morgenthaler Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers [...] Women tend to have smaller babies when men are scarce Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 07:15 AM PST A University of Michigan study says that women tend to give birth to underweight or premature babies in places where women outnumber men; putting these babies at greater risk for heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes. BRI Receives $4.4 Million Type 1 Diabetes Grant Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 06:57 AM PST Benaroya Research Institute establishes the T1D Exchange Biobank Operations Center to advance discoveries in type 1 diabetes research with biosamples from thousands of participants. Benaroya Research Institute announces $4.4 million grant for type 1 diabetes Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 06:41 AM PST ( Immune Tolerance Network ) In a major effort to advance discoveries in type 1 diabetes research, the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason established the T1D Exchange Biobank Operations Center with a $4.4 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. The T1D Exchange Biobank Operations Center led by Carla Greenbaum, MD, Director of the Diabetes Research ... Actor makes his disease work for him: Turner to speak at Carle event Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 06:23 AM PST URBANA â€" The sudden raging hunger and unquenchable thirst, the countless trips to the bathroom day and night. Even more than 40 years later, actor Jim Turner describes the onset of his Type 1 diabetes when he was a high school junior like a teenage boy's living nightmare. read more Study disputes that pear shaped bodies healthier than apples Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 06:21 AM PST (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -People who are "apple-shaped" - with fat more concentrated around the abdomen - have long been considered more at risk for conditions such as heart disease and diabetes than those who are "pear-shaped" and carry weight more in the buttocks, hips and thighs. Elcelyx Therapeutics Completes $20 Million Series C Financing to Advance NewMet and Lovidia Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 04:40 AM PST SAN DIEGO, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Elcelyx Therapeutics announced today the closing of a $20 million Series C financing to fund development of product candidates NewMetâ„¢ for Type 2 diabetes and Lovidiaâ„¢, an over-the-counter weight loss product. The financing was led... Japanese aid for improvement of diabetic medical service provision for urban poor Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 04:20 AM PST The Government of Japan has decided to extend financial assistance of US$ 43,592 (equivalent to approximately Rs 3,718,397.6) to the Nepal Diabetes Society in the Kathmandu District. | |
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