on Mar 2nd, 2006Byetta to Excess Pounds (Diabetics Only)
It’s pretty common to read about scientists who make stunning discoveries by chance. While investigating one problem, they turn and accidentally spill a beaker across the counter and bingo bango, an insight flashes through their head and they wind up patenting crazy glue.
With the rate of obesity and diabetes in the world climbing exponentially, the race to find a drug that might help combat this problem has begun. Now if the junk food manufacturers would get a conscious and stop producing worthless food, we would all be better off.
For diabetics, the weight loss caused by Byetta comes as a welcome contrast to the weight gain that often accompanies insulin and other diabetes medicines; the extra pounds can eventually worsen the disease. Some patients say Byetta has reversed the course of a disease that can lead to severe complications like amputations, blindness and kidney failure and even death.
Byetta: A Ray of Hope for Diabetics
By ALEX BERENSON
New York Times, March 2, 2006
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