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February 17, 2016February 17, 2016

Study Shows Type 2 Diabetes Long-Term Drug Use Can Deteriorate Insulin-Producing Cells

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In a new study, a team of researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Miami in Florida analyzed the effects of treatment with analogues of the incretin ... Read more

February 15, 2016May 17, 2016

Phase 2 Clinical Trial for Type 2 Diabetes Drug Candidate Shows Promise

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Transition Therapeutics Inc. recently announced in a press release positive results in the Phase 2 clinical trial assessing the company’s drug candidate TT401 for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. ... Read more

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016

Type 2 Diabetes Is Focus of Guidelines from American Diabetes Association for Long-Term Care Facilities

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The American Diabetes Association recently issued a statement entitled “Management of Diabetes in Long-term Care and Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association,” published in the ... Read more

February 10, 2016February 10, 2016

Gene with Role in Type 2 Diabetes Found to Also Drive a Range of Psychiatric Ills

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Type 2 diabetes is known to be more common in people with psychiatric disorders, such as depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Now, researchers at the Diabetes Center of Excellence at the University of Massachusetts Medical ... Read more

February 8, 2016February 9, 2016

Type 1 Diabetes Blocked in Mice Treated with New Compound, Nicknamed BBQ

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In a breakthrough discovery, Oregon State University scientists have uncovered a compound with the ability to block the development of type 1 diabetes in mice by minimizing inflammation of the pancreatic ... Read more

February 5, 2016February 5, 2016

ADA Summer Camps Help Children Manage Life with Diabetes, Caregivers Affirm

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The American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) summer camps have a positive impact on children’s self-confidence and diabetes management abilities, the ADA reported, based on a three-year association survey of the children’s caregivers before ... Read more

February 4, 2016February 4, 2016

Maternal Diabetes and Obesity Associated with a 2x Higher Risk of an Autistic Child

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Diabetes combined with obesity in pregnant women increases their risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to research from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The study, published in ... Read more

February 3, 2016February 3, 2016

Intelligent Socks Paired With Smartphone App Helps Reduce Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Amputations

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A research team of students at Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) in Israel developed an innovative technology that than helps prevent the development of foot ulcers associated with diabetic neuropathy ... Read more

February 2, 2016February 2, 2016

Mice Lacking Certain Gene Appear to Be Protected Against Effects of High-Fat Diet

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An increased activity of brown fat in mice lacking the USF1 gene protects them from both arterial disease and becoming overweight – a finding that might be translated into new treatments ... Read more

February 1, 2016February 9, 2016

New Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Allows Insulin-Producing Cells to Thrive

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Two novel studies reported a new potential way of treating diabetes — a device that, once implanted in mice, protected human stem cell-derived beta cells from destruction by the immune system and allowed insulin ... Read more