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

August 12, 2015September 3, 2015

DexCom Collaborates With Google To Develop Diabetes Management Technology

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DexCom, Inc., a biotechnology company that develops continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology for those who suffer from diabetes, recently announced it has signed an agreement with the life sciences team at Google so that ... Read more

August 11, 2015August 11, 2015

Researchers Discover a Link Between Type 1 Diabetes and Interleukin-35

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Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden recently published in the journal Scientific Reports the finding that an anti-inflammatory molecule called interleukin-35 (IL-35) plays an important role in type 1 diabetes ... Read more

August 10, 2015August 10, 2015

Study Finds That Sleeve Gastrectomy Patients May Develop Diabetes in the Long-Term

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A study recently published in the journal JAMA Surgery revealed that patients undergoing sleeve gastronomy surgery for weight loss may in the long-term regain weight and develop obesity-related comorbidities such as ... Read more

August 7, 2015August 7, 2015

Researcher Finds That Certain Genes Exposed to Arsenic Increase the Risk for Diabetes

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Arsenic, naturally present at high levels in the groundwater of a number of countries, can alter an enzyme responsible for the modification of insulin secretion in the pancreas. Marta Ostrosky ... Read more

August 5, 2015August 5, 2015

Recent Study Examines Whether Weight Loss Surgery Impacts Diabetes

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Surgery is becoming increasingly popular for the treatment of obesity and medically supervised weight loss, but does it impact diabetes? A new study from Italy published in the journal Surgery ... Read more

August 3, 2015August 3, 2015

Newly Approved Non-Surgical Balloon Device Could Help Obese Patients With Diabetes

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Among the major comorbidities associated with obesity is type 2 diabetes, a progressive disease that significantly affects health and quality of life in patients, leading to high medical costs and ... Read more

July 31, 2015July 31, 2015

Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Positively Impacts Patients’ Metabolomic and Lipidomic Profile

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In a recent study entitled “Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Induces Early Plasma Metabolomic and Lipidomic Alterations in Humans Associated with Diabetes Remission,” authors sought to determine whether Roux-en-Y gastric bypass ... Read more

July 30, 2015August 2, 2015

Scientists Develop Molecule That Tricks Body Into “Thinking” It Has Exercised

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A team of scientists at the University of Southampton, U.K. have developed a molecule that acts as an exercise mimic, and shows potential to help in treating type 2 diabetes ... Read more

July 29, 2015July 29, 2015

Only 1 in 3 Older Americans Have Their Diabetes Under Control

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According to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, only 1 in 3 older Americans have their diabetes under control as defined by American Diabetes Association guidelines. Some researchers believe that the ADA ... Read more

July 28, 2015July 28, 2015

Researcher Says MitoQ an Ideal Candidate to Explore as Preventative Type 2 Diabetes Therapy

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More and more, researchers, clinicians, and scientists are discovering that mitochondrial dysfunction correlates with metabolic syndromes such as diabetes, specifically type 2 diabetes. While combating obesity through diet and lifestyle ... Read more

July 24, 2015July 27, 2015

Mesoblast Limited Publishes Results of Type 2 Diabetes Mesenchymal Precursor Cells In Diabetes Care

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Mesoblast Limited, a global leader in regenerative medicine, recently announced the publication in the journal Diabetes Care results of a Phase 2 clinical study for its intravenously-delivered Mesenchymal Precursor Cells (MPCs) for the treatment ... Read more

July 23, 2015July 23, 2015

Type 2 Diabetes Patients Found To Have Specific Genetic Traits That Result in a Higher Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease

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A study led by researchers at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai recently revealed that patients with type 2 diabetes can have specific genetic risk factors that lead to ... 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