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

December 1, 2015December 2, 2015

New Diabetes Detection and Treatment Methods Developed at Purdue

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Scientists at Purdue University have developed a number of technologies with the goal of improving diabetes detection and treatment. The further development and commercialization of these patent-pending technologies is underway ... Read more

November 30, 2015November 30, 2015

Genetic Test for Diabetes Developed by UK Scientists

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A recent study, led by researchers at the University of Exeter, U.K., revealed a new diagnostic method for diabetes that may lead to more effective disease diagnosis and patient care. The ... Read more

November 25, 2015November 25, 2015

Blood Glucose Increases in an Individual-Specific Manner in Response to Different Diets

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In a new study entitled “Personalized Nutrition by Prediction of Glycemic Responses,” a team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute showed that the body responds to food in a highly ... Read more

November 23, 2015December 2, 2015

Apple HealthKit Simplifies Care for Patients with Type 1 Diabetes

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The Apple HealthKit, released by Apple in September 2014, has proven to be a successful technology in the management and clinical surveillance of type 1 diabetes patients, offering a more ... Read more

November 23, 2015

Type 1 Diabetes: Sean Parker, Tech Billionaire, Donates $10 Million to Research

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Napster Co-Founder, Facebook investor and Tech Billionaire Sean Parker donated 10 million dollars for Type 1 Diabetes research. Parker is already known for giving back to his community but also ... Read more

November 20, 2015November 20, 2015

Sanofi and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Enter Collaboration on Diabetes Therapy Sotagliflozin

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Sanofi and Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., recently announced the start of a new partnership and license agreement for the development and commercialization of sotagliflozin, a novel orally-delivered investigational dual inhibitor of sodium-glucose cotransporters ... Read more

November 20, 2015

Update on Severe Obesity-Linked Type 2 Diabetes Therapy from Zafgen

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Zafgen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on therapies for obesity and complex metabolic disorders, recently announced a clinical update on its product candidate beloranib. Beloranib is a first-in-class, twice-weekly, subcutaneous ... Read more

November 19, 2015January 5, 2016

Engineered Micro Pancreas Raises Hope for Type 1 Diabetes Treatment

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Betalin Therapeutics, an Israeli biotechnology company specializing in diabetes treatments, recently announced the development of a new technology called Engineered Micro Pancreas (EMP) that enables the secretion of significant levels of glucose-regulated insulin ... 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