Gold nanoparticles are everywhere. They are used in cancer treatments, automobile sensors, cell phones, blood sugar monitors and hydrogen gas production. However, until recently, scientists couldn’t create the nanoparticles without producing synthetic chemicals that had negative impacts on the environment. A new method, created by a University of Missouri research team, not only eliminates any …
Ask Dr. H: Why sugar-free food is so hard to digest (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Question: Every time I eat sugar-free angel food cake or sugar-free energy bars, my stomach rumbles like a volcano and I have horrible gas pains. What makes sugar-free food so hard to digest?
Blood Sugar Control With Early Type 2 Diabetes Patients – Data From One-year Liraglutide Phase 3 Study Published In … (Medical News Today)
Data from a 52-week phase 3 study (LEAD 3) of liraglutide, a once-daily human GLP-1 analogue, were published today by The Lancet. The study showed that liraglutide, when taken alone, produces statistically significant and sustained improvements in blood sugar control in patients with early type 2 diabetes, as compared with glimepiride, a widely used oral antidiabetic drug.
Novo Nordisk’s liraglutide phase-3 trial indicates blood sugar control for type-2 diabtetes (PharmaBiz)
Novo Nordisk’s Liraglutide, a once-daily human GLP-1 analogue, that underwent phase-III study, has proved sustained improvements in blood sugar control in patients with early type-2 diabetes.
