Health News: [diabetes ]: Insulet, Eli Lilly enter agreement to help patients with type 2 diabetes

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Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   Insulet, Eli Lilly enter agreement to help patients with type 2 diabetes Thu, 02 May, 2013 12:30 PM PDT Insulet Corp., a medical device company based in Bedford, will develop a pump specifically designed to deliver a concentrated form of insulin made by Eli Lilly and Co. for diabetics who need the drug in high doses, the two companies said Thursday. Insulet makes a tubeless insulin pump known as the OmniPod Ins... Continue reading New Interim Analysis From Observational Study Suggests That Delivery Of Insulin Via Valeritas' V-Go Shows Promise In ... Thu, 02 May, 2013 12:19 PM PDT BRIDGEWATER, N.J., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Valeritas, makers of the V-Go® insulin delivery device, announced new interim analysis from an observational study today that suggest patients with Type 2 diabetes who switched to the V-Go insulin delivery device from their previous... Continue reading Sherri Shepherd Says Diabetes Set Off Her Health Alarm Thu, 02 May, 2013 11:50 AM PDT *Talk show co-host and actress Sherri Shepherd tells fans and self-helpers how she defeated diabetes in her new book "Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes (Even If You Don't Have it). She told USA today in a recent interview about how the disease was beginning to take over her body and h... Continue reading EMD Millipore donates $100G to Vince Wilfork diabetes fund-raiser Thu, 02 May, 2013 11:07 AM PDT EMD Millipore has raised $100,000 for diabetes research. The global life sciences company, which is headquartered in Billerica, last week attended New England Patriots player Vince Wilfork's Draft Party, an annual diabetes fund-raiser, where it presented him with a check for $100,000 and was rec... Continue reading Gene variant appears to predict weight loss after gastric bypass Thu, 02 May, 2013 11:06 AM PDT Researchers have identified a gene variant that helps predict how much weight an individual will lose after gastric bypass surgery, a finding with the potential both to guide treatment planning and to facilitate the development of new therapeutic approaches to treating obesity and related conditions like d... Continue reading Health conference focuses on unique needs of women Thu, 02 May, 2013 10:39 AM PDT Durham, N.C. — Nancy Lelle-Michel works at Duke as a certified diabetes educator. Once in a while, her female clients are overwhelmed by the impact of the disease and say to her, "You don't know what it's like to have diabetes," she said. Continue reading What's Government Insurance Really For? Lessons From the Medicaid Study Thu, 02 May, 2013 10:21 AM PDT Medicaid didn't conclusively protect patients from diabetes. But it did protect them from financial ruin.         Continue reading CDC Diabetes Prevention Program Coming To Lexington Thu, 02 May, 2013 10:14 AM PDT Saint Joseph Diabetes and Nutrition Center is bringing the CDC's National Diabetes Prevention Program to Lexington. The program offers a classroom setting that teaches people who are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes how to make healthy lifestyle choices including eating right, getti... Continue reading Sanofi first quarter misses forecasts on patent losses Thu, 02 May, 2013 09:17 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi reported lower-than-expected first-quarter earnings on Thursday as the effects of last year's patent losses and foreign exchange headwinds crimped growth from diabetes drugs, vaccines and rare disease unit Genzyme. But the Fre... Continue reading

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