Diabetes

Jan 05, 2022

Although COVID-19 continued to dominate headlines in 2021, pharmaceutical companies did not cease developing new treatments this year. The US Food and Drug Administration maintained a rapid rate of new drug approvals this year, all while managing the urgent examination of COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines un...

Dec 02, 2021

Canon Medical launches super-resolution deep-learning reconstruction for Cardiac CT scans  On November 28, 2021, Canon Medical launched the Precise IQ Engine (PIQE) DLR and SilverBeam filter in the recent version of the Aquilion ONE / PRISM edition. PIQE, super-resolution deep-learning reconstruction techno...

Nov 15, 2021

Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is one of the most serious and widespread public health concerns as it causes spikes in a patient's blood sugar levels to dangerously high levels. It is the most common type of endocrine disorder. The metabolic disorder can be classified into three main types, namely,...

Aug 18, 2021

As per the WHO, “the number of people affected with Diabetes has grown significantly from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. A rising trend in prevalence is observed in low- and middle-income countries as compared to high-income countries”. Additionally, Diabetes is a significant cause of the number of dea...

Jul 19, 2021

Insulin is a hormone secreted by the beta cells of the islets of langerhans in the pancreas. The hormone is responsible for the maintenance of normal blood glucose levels by facilitating cellular glucose uptake and regulating carbohydrate, protein, and lipid metabolism. Inappropriate functioning of insulin due to d...

Jul 13, 2021

Bayer Scores FDA-Approval for its CKD Drug Finerenone Following a priority review, the USFDA finally gave its thumbs-up to Bayer AG’s Kerendia (finerenone) for chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) based on the results from the Phase III FIDELIO-DKD study. Finerenone is the first ...

Jun 29, 2021

A New Dawn for CRISPR, Intellia Edits Cells Inside the Body Intellia Therapeutics, along with its partner Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, recently announced its successful attempt in editing the cells inside the body leveraging the CRISPR technique. The world’s first-ever trial that has their DNA edited through an in...

Jun 28, 2021

Diabetes is a condition in which the blood glucose (blood sugar) level is abnormally high. Glucose, which is obtained from the food consumed, is the primary source of energy in the body. However, the excess glucose level in the blood can cause health issues over time and can lead to vision disorders like Diabetic R...

Jun 01, 2021

FDA Validates Use of Amgen’s KRAS Inhibitor in Lung Cancer  In a pathbreaking move, Amgen has gone ahead to emerge as a trailblazer in the undruggable lung cancer space with the approval of its KRAS inhibitor, Lumakras. For eons, the researchers grappled to come up with an effective and potential drug to ta...

May 14, 2021

Neuropathy is the most usual complication that occurs due to diabetes, affecting up to about 50% of the patients. Painful diabetic neuropathy tends to take place in ~25% of the patients suffering from diabetes mellitus. These patients get treated in office settings, and it affects their quality of life. It also occ...