Type 2 Diabetes News

December 4, 2014December 4, 2014

Solution For Blocking Diabetes’ Blood-vessel Dysfunction Uncovered

A new study funded both by the Diabetic Complications Consortium of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases is examining the effect of a protein in reversing ... Read more

December 1, 2014December 1, 2014

Pre-Diabetes Financial Burden Increased 74 Percent In 5 Years

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Diabetes and its economic burden in the United States continues to rise: more than $322 billion in medical costs and productivity lost ,or about $1,000 for each American is being spent, according ... Read more

December 1, 2014December 1, 2014

Daily Yogurt May Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk

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A recent study entitled “Dairy consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: 3 cohorts of US adults and an updated meta-analysis” suggests high yogurt intake might reduce the development of ... Read more

November 25, 2014November 25, 2014

Commonly Prescribed Muscle Relaxant May Also Be A Viable Treatment For Rare Form Of Diabetes

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A multi-institutional team of researchers led by senior investigator Fumihiko Urano, MD, PhD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (WUSTL) have discovered that a commonly prescribed muscle ... Read more

November 24, 2014November 24, 2014

20% of Type 2 Diabetes Patients Do Not Benefit From Exercise

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A study entitled “Resistance to the Beneficial Effects of Exercise in Type 2 Diabetes: Are Some Individuals Programmed to Fail?” reports that one in five people affected with type two diabetes do ... Read more

November 24, 2014November 24, 2014

Reata Licenses KU Drug Technologies for Diabetic Neuropathy

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The University of Kansas and Irving-based Reata Pharmaceuticals have just signed a new licensing agreement for a line-up of drug technologies developed by professor of medicinal chemistry Brian Blagg and professor of ... Read more

November 21, 2014November 21, 2014

Three to Four Cups of Coffee May Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk

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The Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC), a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of coffee’s impact on human health, has just published its yearly report on diabetes in ... Read more

November 20, 2014November 20, 2014

New Efforts Being Made to Correct Behavioral Risk Factors for Diabetes in Children

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Researchers at the University of Veracruz (UV), Mexico recently highlighted the life choices risks in young adulthood and their impact on the chances to develop diabetes later in life. Young ... Read more

November 20, 2014November 20, 2014

Enhancing Research with Diabetic Standards from CDISC and TransCelerate

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New therapeutic area standards for diabetes will make clinical research with diabetic patients more efficient and enhance diabetic treatments. The Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) and TransCelerate BioPharma, Inc. ... Read more

November 19, 2014November 19, 2014

NIH Publishes Guiding Principles on Diabetes for Health Care Providers

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently released a series of 10 guiding principles for the provision of healthcare in the treatment of diabetes, which are expected to be clinically useful in both ... Read more