Moderate-intensity walking timed just right might help protect against Type 2 diabetes

15-minute walks taken after meals helped curb risky rise in blood sugar, new study says

13-Jun-2013 - A fifteen minute walk after each meal appears to help older people regulate blood sugar levels and could reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). The study, ...

Novartis: NAVIGATOR shows valsartan delayed progression to type 2 diabetes in at-risk cardiovascular patients

17-Mar-2010 - Results from a landmark study involving more than 9,000 people showed that the high blood pressure medicine valsartan delayed progression to type 2 diabetes in patients with cardiovascular disease or risk factors and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), a common pre-diabetic condition. Primary data ...

Scientists show that mitochondrial DNA variants are directly linked to risk factors for type 2 diabetes

13-Aug-2007 - Researchers report for the first time that genetic variants in mitochondria-energy-producing structures harboring DNA that are inherited only from the mother-are directly linked to metabolic markers for type 2 diabetes. The study, which highlights the role of mitochondrial genome variation in the ...

Biotech Holdings moving forward with production facility for supply of Sucanon drug

03-Feb-2004 - VANCOUVER - Robert Rieveley, President of Biotech Holdings (the "Company") announced that the Company is moving forward immediately to bring its new facility up to operational status for the production of Sucanon, the Company's new diabetes drug. "We are currently moving equipment into our new ...