Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced study results comparing treatment with BYETTA(R) (exenatide) injection with insulin glargine in people with type 2 diabetes.
In well-intentioned efforts to establish relationships, some physicians tell patients about their own family members, health problems, travel experiences and political beliefs.
The class of antidepressant medications known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors may be associated with an increased rate of bone loss in older men and women, according to two articles in the June 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
A call to Gordon Brown to make a new start with doctors, came in the opening speech at the British Medical Association?s (BMA) annual conference. Dr Sam Everington, Acting BMA Chairman, urged the new Prime Minister to avoid future agonies for the NHS ? a health service in which doctors felt under attack.
Does air pollution have a bigger effect on the immune system of females than males? It did among mice exposed to ozone — a major component in air pollution that is known to negatively affect lung function — and then infected with pneumonia, as significantly more females died from the infection than males.
Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) has announced results of a new study that further demonstrated the safety and efficacy of insulin Levemir? (insulin detemir [rDNA origin] injection).
A two-year fight against the decision to restrict access to the only drug treatments for Alzheimer’s disease has arrived at the Royal Courts of Justice, UK.
Latest research into health in medieval Europe — taking in everything from demonic possession to miracles of healing — is to be revealed at the University of Nottingham.
Researchers tracing the development of violent behavior have found a link between teenage violence and domestic violence. Adolescents who engaged in violent behavior at a relatively steady rate through their teenage years and those whose violence began in their mid teens and increased over the years are significantly more likely to engage in domestic violence in their mid 20s than other young adults, according to a new University of Washington study.
Galvus (vildagliptin) by Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS), a new once-daily oral treatment for type 2 diabetes submitted for approval in the US and Europe, has been shown in new clinical data to deliver consistent and robust blood sugar reductions in patients with this progressive disease estimated to affect about 246 million people worldwide.