Cancer Research Cartoon

Picture Source

In this comic it shows the government (the man talking to the scientist) talking to the medical researchers about a cure for cancer, the business owners that now have to do cancer prevention are breathing down his neck to have them find the cure and stop the cancer prevention. A lot of times this is true, the government is being pressured by the people to push scientists or other companies to do things to help other people that own other things that are effected. Sadly that is the way the government in America works and these things need to be fixed in our government and medical researchers.

~Stephanie

Diabetes Drug Retesting

Merck has been asked to retest their new drug after it has been approved by thee FDA. The FDA will sometimes decide to retest drugs if reports have come in about side effects not known about in the original testing. Companies may be fined up to $250,000 if they do not comply to retest their drug. The new drug on the market from Merck has been reported to cause pancreas inflammation. Not many companies refuse to do this but there are some that do. Refusing to retest drugs not only result in a in a fine, but it can result in people dying from diseases contracted or side effects to the drug. 

Article Source

~Stephanie

New Diabetes Drug

A new diabetes drug has been released that will effect people with type 2 diabetes. A medical researcher at the University of Michigan rounded up some 200 people for this study and most people had stabilized levels by week 12. New drugs on the market to help diabetes will change the way the diabetes market work. From what is told about this drug there have been no known serious side effects which is one of the only drugs I have seen without one or two at least. Who knows what will come up once people begin taking the drug?

Article Source

~Stephanie

Diabetes Type One Drug Helps Type Two

Researches at a college in Buffalo, NY recently found that a drug that was approved for Type One also helps people with Type two and have recently been awarded $600,000 in grants to continue their research on this drug hoping to have a new drug out on the market soon to help people with Type Two. More diabetes drug studies will lead to more breakthroughs and more things that will help people with diabetes.

Article Source

~Stephanie

New Diabetes Drug

After much testing and two rejections in 2010 Bydureon, a new diabetes drug, is now approved by the F.D.A. It isn't surprising that this drug was denied twice two years ago, because it was said to have caused irregular heartbeat rhythm. Finally after much debate the new drug is on the market. Third time is the charm. Everyday testing of new drugs to help with different numbers of things allow more and more drugs to be put out into the system so that maybe we can get virus's that are immune to most to actually be treated by a drug. As new drugs come out though, there will always be a new virus that will beat the system. There will always be a new side effect that could take lives or severally change people.

Article Source

~Stephanie

Mortality Risk

Pfeffer, a doctor doing studies on diseases linked to diabetes, says that having type two gives you almost double the normal mortality rate to kidney disease, they did a study on some 91,700 patients 7.5% of which died. Doing this study has opened up new doors to diseases linked to diabetes and how to treat them. Dealing with the increased risks of things and diabetes is hard for some people to handle but knowing that there are scientists and doctors working on ways to help is important.

Article Source

~Stephanie

Germ Cartoon

Picture Source

Describing how scientists will warp germs and bacteria and that they might not always be able to control it. It would be hard to control a gene the size of the room. Things are different when you look at how scientist could be severally harming you or have the possibility of harming you.

~Stephanie