Diabetes

Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects as many as 16 million Americans and most everyone knows at least one person with the disease. For reasons that are not yet clear, diabetes is increasing in our population to the point where public health authorities are calling diabetes an epidemic that requires urgent attention. Of the 16 million people with diabetes, about one-third of them don't even know they have it.  

This information reflects FDA's current analysis of available data concerning this drug. FDA is considering, but has not reached a conclusion about whether this information warrants any regulatory action. FDA intends to update this document when additional information or analyses become available. [11-20-2009] FDA is reviewing preliminary data from a recent study suggesting that patients using sibutramine have a higher number of cardiovascular events (heart attack, stroke, resuscitated cardiac arrest, o  

Hair tucked into a surgical cap, eyes hidden behind thick-framed magnifying glasses, Devi Shetty leans over the sawed open chest of an 11-year-old boy, using bright blue thread to sew an artificial aorta onto his stopped heart. As Dr. Shetty pulls the thread tight with scissors, an assistant reads aloud a proposed agreement for him to build a new hospital in the Cayman Islands that would primarily serve Americans in search of lower-cost medical care. The agreement is inked a few days later, pending appr

On one level, it's a damn good idea. My only issue with it comes from the fact that if you pursue wholesale volumes, you may give up something -- which is usually quality   -Amit Varma

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for ABILIFY ® (aripiprazole) for the treatment of irritability associated with autistic disorder in pediatric patients ages 6 to 17 years, including symptoms of aggression towards others, deliberate self-injuriousness, temper tantrums, and quickly cha  

Nearly 70 patients gathered recently at Lake City's Piggly Wiggly supermarket for an annual diabetes event that provided food lessons, door prizes and holiday desserts. "I want you to live," said Jane Player, a registered pharmacist with Price Wise Pharmacy at Piggly Wiggly and a licensed diabetes instructor. "Diabetes is not a death sentence."  

Health care advocates are questioning contracts the state Department of Health and Human Services awarded in recent months without competitive bidding. Lawmakers allowed the no-bid contracts so DHHS could save time and money during a difficult budget year. Department officials maintain that the contracts are with companies with proven track records and can provide better value.

No-bid contracts are bad government   -Adam Searing

 

More than 10,000 people participated in a walkathon at the Yas Marina Circuit in the capital on Friday evening to mark World Diabetes Day. People turned up with their children who enjoyed the walk with their faces painted and got photographed with enchanting clowns. The UAE has the second highest prevalence of diabetes in the world at 19.5 per cent.  

Don't expect the health care reform convulsion Congress is in right now to fundamentally change things or to really lower costs. But it's a needed start, a panel of Alaska health experts told Anchorage business and community leaders Nov. 10. Really tough, but ultimately more effective, reforms in the system lie ahead.  

ATLANTA—Wide sections of the Southeast, Appalachia, and some tribal lands in the West and Northern Plains have the nation′s highest rates of obesity and diabetes, according to estimates released Nov. 19 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In many counties in those regions, rates of diagnosed diabetes exceed 10 percent and obesity prevalence is more than 30 percent. The estimates are the first to provide county–level snapshots of obesity across the United States.