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Long-acting insulin analogues in type 2 diabetes: advantage over human insulin not proven

It has so far not been proven that long-acting insulin analogues (LAIAs) have an advantage over conventional human insulin in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes. Even though the results of a 5-year study are available ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Popular diabetes drugs linked to increased risk of heart failure and death

Sulphonylureas, a type of drug widely used to treat type 2 diabetes, carries a greater risk of heart failure and death compared with metformin, another popular antidiabetes drug.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Self-monitoring of blood glucose

Diabetes patients should always control their own blood sugar values if this leads to improvements in their treatment. This is the view advocated by Michael Nauck of the Bad Lauterberg Diabetes Center and his coauthors in ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Benefit of glinides is not proven

The benefit of glinides in the treatment of type 2 diabetes is not scientifically proven. Nor do they perform better than other antidiabetics available in tablet form, such as metformin and sulfonylureas. As a result, there ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Insulin drug study shows significant improvements in more than 52,000 diabetic patients

A major international diabetes study of more than 52,000 patients from eight countries has shown that using biphasic BIAsp 30 insulin resulted in significant clinical improvements and greater patient satisfaction.

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created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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