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Tips for life with diabetes Whether one lives with diabetes or not, the ‘healthy diet’ notion remains valid for all of us. This includes choosing nutritious foods such as: fruit and veg wholegrains nuts, seeds, olives and avocado (rich in unsaturated fats) fish, especially the oily type little red meat little processed foods little […]
FORXIGA™ (dapagliflozin) has recently (mid-Nov 2012) been approved in European Union for treatment of type 2 diabetes – A wonderful ‘concept to reality’ story which originates from the ‘cider’ qualities of increasing loss of glucose through the kidney by inhibition of SGLT-2 receptors. It may seem confusing as diabetes itself causes glycosuria (loss of glucose […]
Further to the last tweet of “watch the space’ on FDA’s deliberations on the previously EMA approved Insulin Degludec, it was good to see the two agencies agree on the approval (despite some CV risk concerns raised). Does it really offer the benefit is really to be seen in practice mainly as the ‘FDA staff […]
