Diabetes

Smart insulin patch delivers ‘fast, painless, continuous dose’

A ‘smart insulin patch’ that detects increases in blood sugar and responds by releasing necessary doses of the hormone could mean an end to painful injections, say US researchers. …

Perioperative care plan provides benefits for patients with diabetes

A London-based team, who helped reduce complications for patients with diabetes before and during surgery, were finalists in this year’s Pharmaceutical Care Awards.…

Assay screens compounds that target the endoplasmic reticulum

Researchers have developed an assay to monitor the effects of compounds on endoplasmic reticulum function, finding a potential drug candidate for type 2 diabetes.…

Liraglutide has positive effects on bone metabolism in obese women

Data on liraglutide’s effects on bone metabolism support its use as an anti-obesity therapy, say researchers.…

Study investigates antihypertensives in patients with diabetes and kidney disease

Researchers find no survival benefit from any blood pressure-lowering agents in adults with diabetes and kidney disease.…

Making funding decisions in primary care

Rajiv Dhir is senior prescribing adviser for the Wandsworth Clinical Commissioning Group in London. He explains why working in primary care allows him to be both a practitioner and a manager.…

EMA to review diabetes drugs after cases of ketoacidosis

A spate of acidosis cases in the United States has sparked a review by the European Medicines Agency into reported incidences of potentially life-threatening ketoacidosis linked to drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes.…

‘Yes’ to preventing type 1 diabetes

I read with excitement Debbie Andalo’s piece about administering oral insulin to children at risk of developing type 1 diabetes ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;29 4:472) but was somewhat baffled by Victoria Ruszala’s comment: “Would you wa…

At-risk children given oral insulin to develop diabetes immunity

Oral insulin powder was given to children with a high genetic risk of developing type 1 diabetes, as part of a phase I clinical trial, which researchers claim brings them a step closer to a vaccine.…

Health issues for those who stay up late

People who stay up late, so-called “night owls”, are more likely to develop particular health issues than those who go to bed early.…