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Diabetes treatments are improving. Racial disparities are wider than ever

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Despite advancements in insulin treatments over the past three decades, disparities in outcomes have widened among people with diabetes taking them, a new study found.

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Vision loss and high cholesterol identified as risk factors for dementia

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These new additions join 12 other risk factors outlined by the commission, affiliated with University College London, in previous reports on dementia prevention, intervention, and care in 2017 and 2020. Read the rest…

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Opinion: Personalized medicine: We’re not there yet

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By the year 2020, he opined, “gene-based designer drugs are likely to be available for conditions like diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, hypertension, and many other disorders. ” Collins didn’t stop there.

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STAT+: Akili, maker of a video game to treat ADHD, to be acquired for $34 million

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Akili made headlines in 2020 when it received Food and Drug Administration clearance for EndeavorRx, a video game designed to treat pediatric ADHD. A month after announcing it was seeking strategic alternatives , Akili Interactive, maker of a video game designed to treat ADHD, said it will go private in a merger with Virtual Therapeutics.

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India’s Breathe Well-being raises $5.5m for diabetes reversal app

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million in first-round financing, which it will use to scale up its clinical tool that it says helps people “prevent, manage and reverse type 2 diabetes.” It also sets competitive challenges to improve behaviours, provides a forum to interact with other people with diabetes, and access to a personal coach.

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STAT+: Akili to lay off 46% of its staff, explore strategic options amid sluggish sales

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Earlier this year, Better Therapeutics, developer of an FDA-cleared app for the treatment of type 2 diabetes shut down operations. Founded in 2011, Akili Interactive made waves in 2020 when it received Food and Drug Administration clearance for EndeavorRx , its treatment for young people with ADHD.

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Hims & Hers Health to introduce generic Liraglutide in 2025 amid growing demand for weight-loss medications

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Telehealth firm Hims & Hers Health said on Monday it plans to bring a generic version of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug, liraglutide, to its platform in 2025. It results in less weight loss on average than Novo’s newer in-demand Wegovy, which launched in 2020 and was approved in 2022 for adolescents aged 12 and older.