- February 25, 2007
Eli Lilly and Company has announced the launch of the first insulin pen with memory, HumaPen® MEMOIR™, to help simplify the daily management of diabetes.
[Press release at Medical News Today: Lilly Introduces World's First Digital Insulin Pen With Memory; more information
at the Diabetes Monitor at Pens.]
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- February 20, 2007
Lilly and Amylin today announced new storage conditions for Byetta:
refrigeration is no longer required after first use.
[Press release at New Storage Instructions Approved For BYETTA..]
- February 11, 2007
Metformin,
a drug used to treat diabetes and once thought to have great promise in
overcoming the infertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), is less effective than
the standard fertility drug treatment, clomiphene, according to a new research report.
Clomiphene, Metformin, or Both for Infertility in the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
New Engl. J. Med.
Volume 356:551-566, Number 6. February 8, 2007.
[Story at Medical News Today:
Abstract at
NEJM;
full text at
NEJM, requires subscription.
A press release from the NIH about this study is reproduced at
this website:
Standard Therapy More Effective Than Diabetes Drug for Achieving Pregnancy in PCOS.]
- February 3, 2007
More than 100,000 New York City adults are at high risk of serious complications because of very poorly controlled diabetes, according to survey data released by the New York City Health Department. The new survey also shows that 12.5% of the City's adults have diabetes and that about one third of them - 207,000 people - do not know it.
[Story at eMaxHealth:
New Yorkers Face Complications Due To Seriously Out-Of-Control Diabetes.
The NYC press release is reproduced at
this website:
New Yorkers face complications due to seriously out-of-control diabetes.
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