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Does DIY still have a place in diabetes care? 

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When Dana Lewis built her first artificial pancreas in 2014, she — and millions of other people with type 1 diabetes — didn’t have another option. Since then, the community of DIYers with type 1 diabetes has grown to the thousands.

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STAT+: For Parkinson’s disease, advances spurred by Apple Watch offer a glimmer of hope

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Since the Apple Watch was unveiled in 2014, it has been trumpeted not only as a high tech fashion accessory, but also as a way for people to track their own health and fitness. It has evolved as a popular cardio tool for such uses as heart rate monitoring, recording your ECG, and measuring the oxygen saturation of your blood.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Merck deal, weight loss drugs, and lots more

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The insurer analyzed pharmacy and medical claims of nearly 170,000 people between July 2014 and December 2023 and found 58% did not complete a 12-week course of the medicines. Yet recent studies found that Black people with diabetes are less likely to be prescribed GLP-1 drugs. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Novo launches type 2 diabetes pill in UK after NICE waives review

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Novo Nordisk has launched its type 2 diabetes pill Rybelsus (semaglutide) in the UK, after cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE decided that there was no need to review it. The post Novo launches type 2 diabetes pill in UK after NICE waives review appeared first on.

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FDA ends 7-year obesity drug drought, clearing Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy

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Already approved at a lower dose as Ozempic for treating diabetes, the new 2.4 mg once-weekly formulation – which will be sold as Wegovy – is the first new medicine to be approved in the US for obesity since 2014. Photo by i yunmai on Unsplash.

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Novo Nordisk moves to strengthen obesity efforts

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Securing FDA approval was a huge development for the obesity space, marking the first approval for a weight management drug to be granted by the regulator since 2014. The medication dose must be increased gradually over 16 to 20 weeks to 2.4 mg once weekly to reduce gastrointestinal side effects.

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diabetes mellitus , hypothyroidism, depression , eating disorders, pregnancy, multiple sclerosis, etc.) Lactulose and Diabetes Different form lactose, lactulose is a manmade sugar that is broken down in the bowel so very little gets into the bloodstream. Hence, it may be used short term in diabetic patients.