A drug known for treating diabetes has been found to be an effective treatment for Parkinson’s disease. A drug known as MSDC-0160, initially designed for treating diabetes, may be the breakthrough drug for Parkinson’s disease many researchers have been looking for. This is according to the initial findings of researchers from the Van Andel Research Institute’s Center for Neurodegenerative Science located

A study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has identified a potential drug that is able to drive human insulin-producing beta cells to multiply. This may prove to be a potential treatment for diabetes, a disease characterized by a lack of beta cells in the pancreas to produce insulin, the hormone needed to regulate blood glucose levels. The findings are published in the online journal

Researchers from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center have conducted an observational study with regards to treatment combinations for diabetes. They found out that diabetics who took insulin in combination with metformin, a common first-line therapy drug for diabetes, have a 30 percent higher risk of stroke, heart attack and death compared to patients who took metformin with another anti-diabetic drug called s

A common diabetic drug called metformin has been helping people deal with type 2 diabetes. It helps control blood sugar levels by reducing the amount of glucose that the body can absorb from food. Not only that, metformin also helps reduce the levels of glucose that the liver produces and also improves the natural response of the body to insulin. But recent research shows that its benefits may extend to halting the

Type 2 diabetes is a disease that affects millions of people worldwide. One of the more effective and popular medications in use to control the disease is the drug called metformin. While the said drug is known to be effective in managing a diabetic’s blood sugar levels, doctors have not been able to fully explain how and why it works. But the researchers from McMaster University have been able to discover ho

Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center reported on the effects of a new anti-inflammatory drug when given to patients with type 2 diabetes. The said drug seems to help improve kidney function among diabetic patients. The study findings were recently reported by the researchers in the New England Journal of Medicine. The researchers have identified a new drug known as bardoxolone methyl, a type of anti-inf