Health News: [diabetes ]: Expert Available to Comment on FDA Plan to Ban "Natural Therapies" for Diabetes

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Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   Expert Available to Comment on FDA Plan to Ban "Natural Therapies" for Diabetes Thu, 25 Jul, 2013 08:33 AM PDT The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent warning letters to 15 companies asking them to stop selling dietary supplements that falsely claim to prevent and treat diabetes and "replace medicine in the treatment of diabetes." Continue reading FDA serves bitter pill to alternative diabetes treatment Thu, 25 Jul, 2013 08:28 AM PDT The US Food and Drug administration has cracked down on what are widely considered alternative or natural treatment for diabetes, including ayurvedic and homeopathic remedies.         Continue reading Bristol cuts forecast, new blood clot drug struggles Thu, 25 Jul, 2013 08:24 AM PDT (Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co cut its full-year revenue and earnings forecasts and posted disappointing sales of its new drug to prevent blood clots and its once-weekly Bydureon diabetes drug.         Continue reading In Depth: American Diabetes Association Thu, 25 Jul, 2013 08:10 AM PDT Cases of diabetes are on the rise in North Carolina and across the country. There is a way that you can help with a big fundraiser coming up this fall for the American Diabetes Association. Shea Wixson is the Step Out Walk youth ambassador and Alicia McGee, the PR chairperson are here with detai... Continue reading Botox proteins could hold key to diabetes remedy Thu, 25 Jul, 2013 07:19 AM PDT Proteins which are targeted by Botox treatment could hold the key to treating and even curing Type 2 diabetes, Scottish researchers believe. Continue reading Illegal Diabetes Treatments Targeted By FDA Officials Thu, 25 Jul, 2013 07:09 AM PDT redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent warning letters to 15 companies, accusing those firms of illegally marketing products they claim can help cure, prevent or treat the symptoms of diabetes in violation of federal law. According to Reu... Continue reading Proteins examined in diabetes study Thu, 25 Jul, 2013 06:55 AM PDT Scientists in Edinburgh study proteins targeted by Botox treatments as they bid to discover new methods of treating and preventing diabetes. Continue reading Huge surge in weight loss surgeries in India: Expert Thu, 25 Jul, 2013 06:31 AM PDT Kolkata, July 25 : With diabetes and obesity on the increase in the country, weight reduction procedures or bariatric surgeries are in huge demand in the country, said an expert. Continue reading 25.8 Million Diabetes Patients Need What Grove Instruments Is Developing Thu, 25 Jul, 2013 06:19 AM PDT Grove Instruments is developing a pocket-sized device so diabetes patients can measure their glucose levels without taking their own blood. If clinical trials go well in 2013, its CEO expects to initiate the process of seeking Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the device in 2014. And if t... Continue reading NeuroMetrix announces business and financial highlights for second quarter Thu, 25 Jul, 2013 05:34 AM PDT NeuroMetrix, Inc. (the "Company"), a medical device company focused on the treatment of the neurological complications of diabetes, today reported business and financial highlights for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. Continue reading

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