In a small feasibility study, subjects with type 2 diabetes achieved significant improvement in long-term blood sugar levels following treatment with high-dose tadalafil, an erectile dysfunction drug. Tadalafil […]
Alex Miras is Professor of Endocrinology at the University of Ulster, UK and is an expert in obesity management and research. In 2021 a trial of semaglutide for […]
Professor Alex Miras, consultant endocrinologist at the University of Ulster, takes the view that obesity is a disease. He explains why this is and how the SELECT trial […]
Semaglutide works well on its own as obesity treatment but it works even better with the support and guidance of a multi-disciplinary weight-management team, according to Alex Miras, […]
In March 2023 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published Technology Appraisal Guidance for semaglutide for obesity. Professor Alex Miras explains the guidance and its […]
Alex Miras is Professor of Endocrinology at the University of Ulster, UK and is an expert in obesity management and research. In 2021 a trial of semaglutide for […]
Focus on age, not weight, to capture the greatest number of people in all racial and ethnic groups with prediabetes and diabetes, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. […]
For the millions of people living with diabetes, insulin is a life-saving drug. Unlike many other medicines, though, insulin cannot be easily delivered by swallowing a pill — […]
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions discovered that the rheumatoid arthritis drug auranofin can potentially be repurposed to improve diabetes-associated symptoms. The study, which was […]
A team of University of British Columbia researchers working on developing oral insulin tablets as a replacement for daily insulin injections have made a game-changing discovery. Researchers have […]
Researchers have successfully tested a device that may one day use the chemical biomarkers in sweat to detect changes in a person’s health. In a new study published […]
Not enough men in Alberta, Canada — especially those in their 40s — are getting tested for diabetes, putting them at risk for heart disease, cancer and other […]
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