Lorcaserin Phase 3 Clinical Trial In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Shows Statistically Significant Weight Loss
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARNA) and Eisai Inc. reported that top-line results from the one-year lorcaserin BLOOM-DM trial demonstrate statistically significant weight loss in obese and overweight patients with type 2 diabetes. In this trial, lorcaserin met all three co-primary efficacy endpoints. In addition, as described below, lorcaserin patients taking lorcaserin 10 mg twice daily …

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Extra weight, extra problems
If you are carrying around excess body weight, you are also running the risk of developing serious illnesses that can reduce life expectancy, a recent study has shown.

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Health: Managing one’s weight through holistic health
With all the stress most of us have to go through daily from work, the food we eat and the air we breathe, it’s a wonder many of us still manage to get up in the morning and go through all of it again.

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Has any woman with type 1 diabetes on an insulin pump ever gone on a weight loss plan and have had it be successful? If so, what was your diet and ecercise schedule?
exercise, sorry spelling error!

I’m a 22 year old female who has nearly all of the classic symptoms of type-1 Diabetes (fatigue, extreme thirst, frequent urination, etc.) I have always heard that those that suspect that they have type-1 Diabetes usually experience unintentional weight loss. However, I’m experiencing unintentional weight gain! I’ve gained around 10 pounds, which is strange. Although I’m already overweight (which I know puts me at risk), I’m a vegetarian and I eat and exercise moderately; it’s not like I’m constantly snacking or eating mostly unhealthy things. Any thoughts, yahoo community?

Low-income women at greater risk for diabetes regardless of weight, ethnicity
Researchers suspect stress may contribute to the higher rate of Type 2 diabetes found in low-income women

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Can losing a large amount of weight do away with the diabetes type 2 ?

I am a 41 year old male who has hypothryoid, insulin-dependent diabetes, and little energy. My thyroid levels are all in the normal range, and I am getting better control of my blood sugars, but am having a difficult time keeping the weight off. I am 5’11" and weigh about 185-190. Would like to be around 170-175. I lift weights, do moderate cardio, and have a lower fat diet. Any ideas/suggestions would be most appreciated.

Byetta is irrelevant for type 1 diabetes. Also, Byetta does not have FDA approval for the treatment of type 1 diabetes (only type 2, an etiologically unrelated disease with a similar name). The only effective way to lose weight is to consume fewer calories than you eat. However, in trying to manage your glucose levels using only insulin, you are missing several other hormones that normally exist in the body, most notably amylin (another hormone which is produced by the beta cells). There is now a synthetic version of amylin, although most people find that reducing their insulin dosage by increased exercise and/or reduced carbohydrate consumption is often as effective.

I’ve come to realize I can’t weigh myself weekly if I want to keep any kind of sanity. So I’ll pop on once in a while to check progress but that’s about it. Still keeping on. I need motivation to check my blood sugar more often…..!!

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I’ve come to realize I can’t weigh myself weekly if I want to keep any kind of sanity. So I’ll pop on once in a while to check progress but that’s about it. Still keeping on. I need motivation to check my blood sugar more often…..!!

Duration : 0:3:35