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IOWA CITY, Iowa, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IDx LLC, a company focused on deploying cutting-edge technology to make medical diagnostics more effective, announced earlier today that its first commercial product, IDx-DR, has received CE approval as a Class IIa medical device. CE marking clears IDx-DR for sale in 31 countries that comprise the European Economic Area. Developed over the course of two decades by a team of the world's leading retina experts, IDx-DR software runs on...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Newly-developed nanoscale particles could be injected into the bodies of diabetic patients, triggering insulin release when glucose levels rise, maintaining normal blood sugar levels for at least a week, claims a new study published online Thursday by the journal ACS Nano. The particles were developed by researchers from North Carolina State University (NCSU), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), the...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online A team of Swedish scientists has developed a new mouse model which could explain what exactly happens to the body when type 2 diabetes develops, as well as how drug treatment affects the physiology. Writing in the journal Diabetologia, researchers from Lund University explain they fed normal mice food that was high in fat from the age of eight months through the age of two (which is, on average, the end of their natural lives)....

The Rottenstein Law Group, which represents clients in Actos bladder cancer lawsuits, encourages those looking to file lawsuits to not be disheartened by the ruling. (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 On May 1 a Los Angeles Superior Court judge nullified a $6.5 million verdict in the nation’s first Actos trial.* About a week prior a jury had recommended awarding plaintiff Jack Cooper the damages. The Rottenstein Law Group, which represents clients in Actos bladder cancer lawsuits, encourages those...

Find out Why--and What to Do About the Pain STATESVILLE, N.C., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Institute for Preventive Foot Health (IPFH) urges seniors with foot pain to use its Foot Pain Self-Assessment Tool during World Foot Health Awareness Month (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130502/CG06282) May is World Foot Health Awareness Month, and in support of the initiative, which this year targets seniors, the Institute for Preventive Foot Health (IPFH) has...

--- Data Presented at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 22nd Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress --- BRIDGEWATER, N.J., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Valeritas, makers of the V-Go(® )insulin delivery device, announced new interim analysis from an observational study today that suggest patients with Type 2 diabetes who switched to the V-Go insulin delivery device from their previous baseline treatment experienced potentially significant improved glycemic control...

The SGLT disease education campaign provides resources for healthcare professionals about the role of sodium glucose co-transporters in maintaining blood sugar balance RIDGEFIELD, Conn. and INDIANAPOLIS, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced the launch of an educational campaign designed to provide healthcare professionals (HCPs) with a greater understanding of the role sodium glucose...

Common Stock Will Now Trade Under "ROTH" LAS VEGAS, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PharmaRoth Labs, Inc. (OTCPink: FROI) (the "Company") announced today its name change to PharmaRoth Labs, Inc. will be effective upon the open of trading on May 2, 2013. The Company's common stock will begin trading under the new trading symbol "ROTH". "We are pleased to announce the effectiveness of our name and trading symbol changes as they now more adequately reflects our focus on the production,...

NORWALK, Conn., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US announces that Consultant Live has created photo-rich topic centers to help busy primary care physicians recognize physical signs of diabetes. Diabetes mellitus is a major public health problem; the number of people with this disease has grown significantly since 1995, and the CDC is calling for strategies to help prevent and better control it. Clinicians will find concise summaries of guidelines, news, and real-life...

New study from University of Michigan found patchwork coverage for children with diabetes Federal funding for health care coverage of children with diabetes varies significantly from state to state across the United States, according to new research from the University of Michigan. The new research, published earlier this year in the Journal of Pediatrics, examines a public program for children with chronic diseases called the Children with Special Health Care Needs program, which is...