Posts by: Daniela Semedo, PhD

Daniela Semedo, PhD

Daniela holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, a MSc in Health Psychology and a BSc in Clinical Psychology. Her work has been focused on vulnerability to psychopathology and early identification and intervention in psychosis.

August 25, 2015August 26, 2015

Intarcia Announces Positive Phase 3 Data For ITCA 650 In Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

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Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc. an emerging biopharmaceutical company developing therapies that combine medicine with technology, recently announced positive data from its FREEDOM-2 study, a 52-week Phase 3 clinical trial that aimed to ... Read more

August 17, 2015August 18, 2015

Integrated Treatment Needed for Eating Disorder-Diabetes Mellitus Type 1

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Many type 1 diabetes patients discover that when they reach their teenage years, they can control their weight by reducing or restricting the amount of insulin they inject. Young diabetics ... Read more

August 7, 2015August 7, 2015

Researcher Finds That Certain Genes Exposed to Arsenic Increase the Risk for Diabetes

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Arsenic, naturally present at high levels in the groundwater of a number of countries, can alter an enzyme responsible for the modification of insulin secretion in the pancreas. Marta Ostrosky ... Read more

July 24, 2015July 27, 2015

Mesoblast Limited Publishes Results of Type 2 Diabetes Mesenchymal Precursor Cells In Diabetes Care

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Mesoblast Limited, a global leader in regenerative medicine, recently announced the publication in the journal Diabetes Care results of a Phase 2 clinical study for its intravenously-delivered Mesenchymal Precursor Cells (MPCs) for the treatment ... Read more

July 21, 2015July 27, 2015

Aerpio Therapeutics Announces Positive Data of TIME-2 trial of AKB-9778 in Diabetic Macular Edema

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Aerpio Therapeutics, a clinical‐stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of vascular disorders with an emphasis on diseases of the eye, recently announced top-line ... Read more

July 20, 2015July 20, 2015

Study Reviews Bariatric-Metabolic Surgery for Obese Diabetic Patients

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In a recent study published in the journal Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, a team of Italian researchers reviewed the effectiveness of bariatric-metabolic surgery for obese diabetic patients. ... Read more

July 7, 2015July 15, 2015

Weight Loss Surgery Better At Reducing Type 2 Diabetes Compared To Lifestyle Interventions Alone

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In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Surgery, a team of researchers discovered that obese patients with type 2 diabetes who underwent weight loss surgery along with two years of low-level lifestyle intervention ... Read more

July 2, 2015September 10, 2015

Weight Loss From Gastric Band Surgery Shown To Have An Anti-Diabetic Effect in Obese Patients

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In a recent study published in the journal Cirurgia Espanola, a team of researchers found that in individuals undergoing gastric band surgery, the weight loss attributed to the implantation of the ... Read more

June 30, 2015June 30, 2015

Dutch Study Reports Long-term Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Psychotherapy in Patients with Diabetes

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In a recent study published in the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic, a team of Dutch researchers led by professor Paul Emmelkamp assessed the long-term clinical outcomes of psychotherapy in ... Read more

May 28, 2015August 20, 2015

Connection Discovered Between Type 2 Diabetes Alternative Splicing Genes and Obesity

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According to a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Eastern Finland, alternative splicing of genes associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes might contribute to obesity’s pathophysiology. ... Read more