Haidee S. Merritt is a self-proclaimed realist who knows, after 38 years of diabetes, how real the disease is. The collection of cartoons in her book One Lump Or Two: Things That Suck About Being Diabetic (www.HaideeMerritt.com) spans a period of more than a decade, starting out as nothing more than a few doodles and [...]
Via ASweetLife.org – JDRF announced that research financed by JDRF may hold a key component for a possible type 1 diabetes cure.
You may be thinking about the title and wondering “strange, but how on earth do you have a diabetes apology”? Well let me tell you this.
Novo Nordisk announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the new drug application for Victoza®, the first once-daily human glucagon-like injection for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Victoza is indicated as an addition to diet and exercise to improve blood sugar control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
One in five hospital patients now suffers from diabetes, according to a national audit which reveals the devastating impact of changes in British lifestyles.