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Innovation, Research

TEDDY study adds to a growing body of evidence that type 1 diabetes is not a single disease

October 22, 2021

Via: The Medical News

New findings from the international The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study add to a growing body of evidence indicating that type 1 diabetes is not a single disease. The presentation and, perhaps, cause of autoimmune diabetes […]


News

WHO’s new List of Essential Medicines prioritizes access to diabetes and cancer treatments

October 1, 2021

Via: The Medical News

WHO today published the new edition of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines and Essential Medicines for Children, which include new treatments for various cancers, insulin analogues and new oral medicines for diabetes, new medicines to assist people who want […]


Innovation, Research

Abnormal blood pressure patterns may increase risks of complications and death in adults with diabetes

September 27, 2021

Via: The Medical News

Adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes whose blood pressure increased at night had more than double the risk of dying compared to those whose blood pressure “dipped” during sleep, according to a 21-year study presented today at the […]


Innovation, Research

New study analyzes altered gene expression in severe COVID-19

August 30, 2021

Via: The Medical News

While the majority of those infected with SARS-CoV-2 experience only mild symptoms, a significant minority progress to severe or critical symptoms with high rates of mortality. Many risk factors associated with more serious symptoms such as respiratory failure and pneumonia […]


Wellness

What doctors wish patients knew about healthy eating

August 16, 2021

Via: Healthcare Dive

What you eat plays a leading role in your health and well-being. When someone eats healthy, it helps to protect against many chronic diseases such as heart disease, prediabetes, type 2 diabetes and obesity. But with so many fad diets […]


News

Cambridge University trials artificial pancreas in type 2 diabetes patients

August 5, 2021

Via: medicaldevice-network.com

A team of researchers at the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has developed an artificial pancreas that can benefit patients with both type 2 diabetes (T2D) and kidney failure. The research team had earlier developed […]


Biomarker, Innovation

Simple method to assess the risk of vascular inflammation for diabetes patients

July 27, 2021

Via: The Medical News

A team of international scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) in Singapore, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a simple method of extracting tiny biological particles from a person’s blood […]


Innovation, Research

Rare genetic variants have a big impact on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes

July 7, 2021

Via: The Medical News

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified rare genetic variants – carried by one in 3,000 people – that have a larger impact on the risk of developing type 2 diabetes than any previously identified genetic effect. Type 2 […]


Innovation, Research

New bacterium shows promise for treating type 2 diabetes, obesity

June 9, 2021

Via: The Medical News

It all started, when Patrice Cani, FNRS researcher at University of Louvain (UCLouvain), and his team repeatedly observed that a bacterium (called Subdoligranulum) is almost absent in obese and diabetic people, while it is systematically present in healthy people. So, […]


Innovation, Research

Study: Some Type 2 diabetes patients can benefit from bone marrow stem cell transplants

June 3, 2021

Via: The Medical News

Type 2 diabetes patients who are not overweight and who have had the disorder for less than a decade can benefit from stromal stem cells transplanted from their own bone marrow, according to a study published today in STEM CELLS […]


Wellness

Processed diets might promote chronic infections that can lead to disorders such as diabetes

April 28, 2021

Via: ScienceDaily Health

Processed diets, which are low in fiber, may initially reduce the incidence of foodborne infectious diseases such as E. coli infections, but might also increase the incidence of diseases characterized by low-grade chronic infection and inflammation such as diabetes, according […]


News

WHO’s new initiative aims to speed up action on diabetes

April 16, 2021

Via: The Medical News

The World Health Organization’s new Global Diabetes Compact aims to bring a much-needed boost to efforts to prevent diabetes and bring treatment to all who need it ̶ 100 years after the discovery of insulin. The Compact is being launched […]


Innovation, Research

Recovered COVID-19 patients may develop blood clots due to overactive immune response

April 13, 2021

Via: The Medical News

People who have recovered from COVID-19, especially those with pre-existing cardiovascular conditions, may be at risk of developing blood clots due to a lingering and overactive immune response, according to a study led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) scientists. […]


Innovation, Research

Insulin rises before cells develop resistance, new diabetes research implies

March 15, 2021

Via: ScienceDaily Health

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now presented results that may change our basic view of how type 2 diabetes occurs. Their study indicates that free fatty acids (FFAs) in the blood trigger insulin release even at a […]


Innovation, News, Research

Cancer patients less likely to receive life-saving therapy when suffering a heart attack

February 4, 2021

Via: The Medical News

A major study of nearly 2 million heart attack patients has found that many who also had cancer were not offered a potentially lifesaving treatment, despite the fact it had major benefits. The international research team, led by Keele’s Professor […]


News

Diabetes Etiology Varies by Race/Ethnicity

January 27, 2021

Via: MedPageToday

Ethnic differences emerged among subgroups of diabetes characteristics, a new study found. In an analysis of nearly 1,300 people with diabetes, five distinct types of diabetes cases were identified — older age at diabetes onset (43%), severe hyperglycemia (26%), severe […]


Innovation, Research

Exhaled breath can aid in the diagnosis of cancer

December 4, 2020

Via: The Medical News

The air we exhale contains information that can assist with the diagnosis of disease. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Project Hub for Microelectronic and Optical Systems for Biomedicine MEOS are now developing solutions designed to enable the analysis of breath gas […]


Innovation, Research

Researchers uncover potential glycine-based treatment for NAFLD

December 3, 2020

Via: The Medical News

A new study further implicates low levels of the amino acid glycine in development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD. It also suggests addressing this might hold the key to a future treatment for the disease. “We’ve uncovered a […]


Innovation, Research

Regulation of fat production is abnormal in obesity, shows study

November 25, 2020

Via: The Medical News

Gut hormones play an important role in regulating fat production in the body. One key hormone, released a few hours after eating, turns off fat production by regulating gene expression in the liver, but this regulation is abnormal in obesity, […]


Innovation, Research

Scientists find significant differences in liver-related mortality rates in the U.S

November 19, 2020

Via: The Medical News

When they set out to study local levels of death from liver diseases in the U.S., University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Emory researchers found significant differences in death rates even within the same state, according to a […]