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Change to Win, a group of several labor unions, on Friday will launch a campaign alleging that CVS Caremark violated patient privacy and improperly marketed an expensive diabetes drug, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to CTW, a letter sent by CVS to physicians urged them to prescribe

Biodel Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOD) today reported positive effects of VIAjectT insulin on microvascular function in patients with Type 2 diabetes which were superior to results seen with regular human insulin and insulin lispro. Professor Thomas Forst, MD, Institute for Clinical Research and Development (IKFE), Mainz, Germany, and principal investigator of the study, presented the findings today at the Eighth Annual Diabetes Technology Meeting in Bethesda, MD.

Clinicians have known for some time that people treated for HIV also become much more susceptible to diabetes and heart disease. A study by scientists at Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research has now shown some of the reasons why - enabling better patient management and monitoring.

To coincide with World diabetes Day, a diabetes uk volunteer has today launched a new messageboard website. Diabetes Support talking blood sugars will allow people with diabetes to exchange knowledge and experiences with other people with the condition, their family and carers.

The American diabetes Association will join International Diabetes Federation and their worldwide global diabetes efforts on World Diabetes Day, November 14, to raise awareness of the growing diabetes epidemic. This year's theme for World Diabetes Day is Diabetes in Children and Adolescents.

A study from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, in Sydney, Australia has shown why people who are treated for HIV are more vulnerable to diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Associate Professor...

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Reuters - Two popular leukemia drugs, Gleevec and Sutent, kept lab mice from developing type 1 diabetes and put 80 percent of diabetic mice in remission, an international team said on Monday.