CBS – Once-A-Week Drug For Diabetes Under FDA Consideration

The FDA is considering a medicine that would be a weekly shot. And it’s not insulin. It’s a hormone called albiglutide — to be marketed by Glaxo Smith Kline as Eperzan. Read more



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CNN – Diabetes and TB: A growing threat

Today, the biggest risk for tuberculosis is not HIV/AIDS, which led to a surge in cases in the late 1980s, but diabetes. Diabetes impairs the immune system and leaves a person who has been exposed to TB much more likely to develop active disease. Read more



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Gut metabolism changes—not stomach size—linked to success of vertical sleeve gastrectomy

It’s not the size of the stomach that causes weight loss after a specific type of bariatric surgery, but rather a change in the gut metabolism, say researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC), the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Read more



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NYT – The Dreaded Turning-50 Test

One of the joys of turning 50 is that your doctor will start recommending a colonoscopy. Many people dread the test, which involves having a tube inserted into the rectum to look for cancers and precancers. Read more



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