Type 2 Diabetes News

October 20, 2014October 20, 2014

Those With Hypoglycemia, Diabetes To Benefit From First Predictive Low Glucose Management Technology

A critical step for the future development of an artificial pancreas for diabetics and hypogycemics has been launched by Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT). Medtronic, located in Minneapolis, just finished the first enrollment of ... Read more

October 17, 2014October 17, 2014

Canadian Associations Host 17th Professional Conference on Diabetes

The Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) is collaborating with the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (CSEM) to host the 17th Professional Conference and Annual Meetings, which is taking place in ... Read more

October 15, 2014October 15, 2014

Light-Activated Drug Could Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Medication Side Effects

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Scientists at the Imperial College London and Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) of Munich have created a drug for type 2 diabetes that is switched on by blue light, which they ... Read more

October 13, 2014October 13, 2014

New Fatty Acid Discovery Could Impact Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Prevention & Treatment

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A new study entitled “Discovery of a Class of Endogenous Mammalian Lipids with Anti-Diabetic and Anti-inflammatory Effects” published in the October online issue of Cell reports an unknown class of ... Read more

October 10, 2014October 10, 2014

Grapefruit Juice Lowers Glucose the same as Metformin in New Study

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A new study, entitled “Consumption of Clarified Grapefruit Juice Ameliorates High-Fat Diet Induced Insulin Resistance and Weight Gain in Mice” was published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS ONE by Dr. ... Read more

October 9, 2014October 9, 2014

Drug Gets Repurposed for Type 2 Diabetes

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A study entitled “Niclosamide ethanol amine–induced mild mitochondrial uncoupling improves diabetic symptoms in mice,” now published in October issue of Nature Medicine, reports modifications introduced to the current drug niclosamide may ... Read more

October 8, 2014October 8, 2014

Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors Included in New Screening Recommendations

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It is always a major step towards improved health care on a national or even global level when an amended set of evidence-based guidelines are released from a comprehensive evaluation and ... Read more

October 7, 2014October 7, 2014

Clues On How Type 2 Diabetes Develops Revealed Through Research Using Twins

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A new study, entitled “Altered DNA methylation and differential expression of genes influencing metabolism and inflammation in adipose tissue from subjects with type 2 diabetes” published in the journal Diabetes by Dr. ... Read more

October 6, 2014October 6, 2014

Data Shows New Type 2 Diabetes Therapy Improves Hyperglycemia Levels in Patients

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Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc. has just announced the results from two phase three clinical trials for ITCA 650 (exenatide) in Type 2 Diabetes, FREEDOM-1 and FREEDOM-1 High Baseline (HBL). These trials ... Read more

October 6, 2014October 6, 2014

Scientists Highlight Molecular Mechanism in Diabetes

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A group of scientists from the University of Auckland (New Zealand) may have recently discovered a major advance in diabetes research by uncovering what they believe to be the molecular mechanism that ... Read more