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

October 20, 2015October 20, 2015

Gestational Diabetes Found to Be Correlated to Fetus Delayed Response to Auditory Stimulus

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A new research study reports the correlation between gestational diabetes and fetuses’ brain responses to stimulus after the mother consumes drinks and foods containing sugar. The study, entitled “Gestational Diabetes ... Read more

October 19, 2015October 19, 2015

Long-Term Study Confirms that Type-2 Diabetes Patients May Benefit from Moderate Red Wine Consumption

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A new study, led by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, showed that red wine has beneficial effects in type-2 diabetes patients’ cholesterol management and cardiovascular health. ... Read more

October 15, 2015October 16, 2015

Pre-Conception High Levels of Triglycerides Associated with Increased Risk for Preeclampsia and Gestational Diabetes

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In a new study entitled “Pre-Conception Dyslipidemia Is Associated with Development of Preeclampsia and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus”, researchers investigated how the metabolic profile of women prior to conception, particularly their lipid ... Read more

October 13, 2015October 13, 2015

Insulin Devices: a Whole World to Explore!

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After living with diabetes for a while, you begin to realize that we actually have available several tools available in different shapes, colors and features to help us track Diabetes. In fact, there ... Read more

October 13, 2015October 13, 2015

NIH Involved in Knowledge Portal for Diabetes Researchers and General Public

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Researchers sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Foundation for the NIH (FNIH) extended a newly launched online library, known as knowledge portal, that permits open-access searching ... Read more

October 12, 2015October 12, 2015

Roche Announces New Cobas c 513 Analyzer for Testing Diabetes

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Roche, the world’s largest biotech company, recently announced that the new cobas c 513 analyzer, a dedicated high-throughput testing solution for HbA1c, is now available for countries that accept the CE ... Read more

October 8, 2015October 12, 2015

Potential Role of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Rich Diet on Managing Type 2 Diabetes

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In a new study entitled “Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on Glucose Control and Lipid Levels in Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis”, researchers performed a systematic analysis of randomized clinical ... Read more

October 7, 2015October 13, 2015

Study Investigates Risk Factors for Insulin Resistance and Associations with Both Depression and Diabetes Incidence

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In a recent study published in The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, researchers determined that the lack of physical activity, inadequate sleep and hypertension are risk factors 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