September 28, 2021August 24, 2022
African-Americans Face Higher Risks of Diabetes and PAD, More Susceptible to Preventable Amputations
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African-American people are at higher risk for diabetes and peripheral arterial disease (PAD), which combined make them more susceptible to preventable ... Read more
November 17, 2016November 17, 2016
MitoQ Antioxidant Lowers Oxidative Stress, Inflammation in Type 2 Diabetes Cells
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The antioxidant MitoQ was seen to lower oxidative stress and inflammation in white blood cells from patients with type 2 ... Read more
September 1, 2016September 1, 2016
Diabetes Much More Likely to Be Treated Than Obesity, Despite Link Between Two
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Healthcare clinicians prescribe 15 times more anti-diabetes medications than they do anti-obesity drugs, missing an important opportunity to control both ... Read more
August 30, 2016September 6, 2016
Metformin Works Better for Some Diabetics Because of Gene Variant, Study Finds
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Investigators in an international research effort have found genetic evidence as to why the world’s most common treatment for type 2 ... Read more
August 25, 2016August 25, 2016
Keratin-derived Protein May Bolster Benefits of Exercise in Diabetic Patients
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Exercise has repeatedly been shown in studies to benefit people with type 2 diabetes, but by varying degrees. Now, researchers from ... Read more
August 23, 2016September 6, 2016
Chronic Kidney Disease Can Cause Diabetes, Study Finds
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A recent collaborative study led by researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) suggests that chronic kidney ... Read more
August 18, 2016August 18, 2016
Wireless Blood Glucose Monitoring System for Diabetes Launched by Ascensia
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Ascensia Diabetes Care announced the commercial launch and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its new blood glucose monitoring ... Read more
August 16, 2016September 6, 2016
Twin Study: Obesity Increases Risk of Diabetes But Not Heart Attack
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Obesity has a greater impact on the risk for diabetes among twins than on the risk for heart disease or ... Read more
August 11, 2016August 11, 2016
Esysta Smart Insulin Pen for Diabetes Supports Automatic Bluetooth Data Transfer
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Emperra GmbH of Potsdam, Germany, is expanding its Esysta diabetes management product systems with what it says is the first Bluetooth insulin pen. ... Read more
August 9, 2016August 9, 2016
New Test Might Predict Kidney Disease in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Patients
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A team of researchers led by Ioannis Papassotiriou, PhD, of Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital in Athens, Greece has successfully tested a ... Read more
August 2, 2016August 2, 2016
ARA 290 for Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplant Granted Fourth Orphan Designation
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the fourth Orphan Drug Designation to Araim Pharmaceuticals’ ARA 290, an innate repair receptor ... Read more
July 29, 2016July 29, 2016
New Type 2 Diabetes Treatment, Adlyxin, Approved for Use in US
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Adlyxin (lixisenatide) as a new treatment for type 2 diabetes this week. ... Read more

January 4, 2016January 4, 2016

Diabetics’ Sugar Cravings May Have an On-Off Switch

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In a new study using mice models, researchers found that the fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) hormone, produced by the liver, suppresses the urge to consume simple sugars. The research article, ... Read more

December 29, 2015December 29, 2015

Cigna Donating $1 to Diabetes Association for Each Social Media Share of Its Preventive Care Badge

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Cigna, a health insurance company with an emphasis on preventive care, recently announced that it will donate $1 to the American Diabetes Association every time its campaign badge is shared on social ... Read more

December 28, 2015December 28, 2015

New Type 2 Diabetes Study Aims to Induce Disease Remission

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Scientists in Canada are preparing to test if an aggressive diabetes treatment approach, based on cancer therapies, may aid people recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes achieve disease remission. The REMIT Study, ... Read more

December 22, 2015February 9, 2016

Type 1 Diabetes Therapy Aiming to Improve on Insulin Heads into Clinical Trial

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REMD Biotherapeutics, Inc., along with its Beijing-based subsidiary Cosci-REMD Biotherapeutics, recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the company’s clinical study to assess its drug candidate REMD-477 ... Read more

December 21, 2015February 9, 2016

Type 2 Diabetics with Heart Failure May Do Best on Moderate Treatment Regime

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Researchers found that patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic heart failure (CHF) have a lower risk of mortality when administered drugs that maintain their glycemic levels far from either ... Read more

December 19, 2015December 21, 2015

FDA Approves Basaglar for the Treatment of Diabetes

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a version of insulin glargine injection (Basaglar, Eli Lilly and Company) for the treatment of diabetes. The drug was approved for ... Read more

December 17, 2015December 17, 2015

New Pancreas May Be Possible Using a Diabetic Donor’s Damaged Organ

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A team of researchers recently suggested that building a new pancreas is possible when unused human pancreata is the “hardware” for a new organ. The study, titled “The Human Pancreas as ... Read more

December 16, 2015December 16, 2015

Bariatric Surgery Reported as Effective Strategy to Induce Diabetes Remission

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A new study published in the journal Diabetes Care revealed that bariatric surgery is more effective in inducing diabetes remission than medical control. The study is entitled “Determinants of Diabetes ... Read more

December 15, 2015December 16, 2015

Online Doctor Visits May Make Diabetes Care a Bit Easier

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The online telehealth system is about to be extended to more doctors wanting to provide healthcare beyond their offices through a partnership between the mobile app maker American Well and Doximity, the largest professional network for ... Read more

African-Americans Face Higher Risks of Diabetes and PAD, More Susceptible to Preventable Amputations

MitoQ Antioxidant Lowers Oxidative Stress, Inflammation in Type 2 Diabetes Cells

Diabetes Much More Likely to Be Treated Than Obesity, Despite Link Between Two

Metformin Works Better for Some Diabetics Because of Gene Variant, Study Finds

Keratin-derived Protein May Bolster Benefits of Exercise in Diabetic Patients

Chronic Kidney Disease Can Cause Diabetes, Study Finds

Wireless Blood Glucose Monitoring System for Diabetes Launched by Ascensia

Twin Study: Obesity Increases Risk of Diabetes But Not Heart Attack

Esysta Smart Insulin Pen for Diabetes Supports Automatic Bluetooth Data Transfer

New Test Might Predict Kidney Disease in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Patients

ARA 290 for Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplant Granted Fourth Orphan Designation

New Type 2 Diabetes Treatment, Adlyxin, Approved for Use in US