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 30, 2015February 2, 2015

Albiglutide-Metformin for Type 2 Diabetes Was Found to Add a Minor Benefit

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A new compound named Albiglutide (Eperzan), was recently approved by The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) as a treatment for type 2 diabetes patients that ... Read more

January 29, 2015January 29, 2015

Type 1 Diabetes Linked to Lower Life Expectancy, Study Shows

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A recent study published in The Journal of the American Medical, titled, “Estimated Life Expectancy in a Scottish Cohort With Type 1 Diabetes, 2008-2010“, compared Scottish patients aged 20 years old, with type 1 diabetes to ... Read more

January 28, 2015January 28, 2015

Conservative FDA Label Prevents Almost 1 Million Diabetics From Taking Metformin

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Certain patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the United States may have been unnecessarily dis-advised from taking metformin, a widely-prescribed oral diabetes medicine, since the FDA inappropriately classified the drug as unsafe for some ... Read more

January 27, 2015February 2, 2015

Low Birth-Weight Linked To Type 2 Diabetes

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Several studies have consistently shown that babies born weighing 6 pounds or less face a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes by the time they are adults. A new study ... Read more

January 26, 2015January 26, 2015

γδ T Cells May Be Crucial In Type 2 Diabetes and Insulin Resistance

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A new study published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology titled “γδ T cells may play a role in insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes“ suggests that a quite unusual sort of immune cells, ... Read more

January 23, 2015January 23, 2015

Tramadol May Increase Hospitalization Risk for Hypoglycemia

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Even though tramadol is a well known and established opioid pain-reliever, according to a new study, it can be related to an increased risk of hypoglycemia, a condition caused by low blood ... Read more

January 22, 2015January 22, 2015

WHO Reports Diabetic Patients Are More Susceptible to TB

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Rapidly urbanizing nations are experiencing an increased threat of diabetes-related tuberculosis (TB). According to a study, “Improving Tuberculosis Prevention and Care through Addressing the Global Diabetes Epidemic: From Evidence to ... Read more

January 20, 2015January 20, 2015

Healthy Diet Lowers Risks For Type 2 Diabetes In Minority Women

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According to a recent study from researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital and published in the Diabetes Care journal, a healthy diet is associated with a ... Read more

January 16, 2015January 16, 2015

Type 1 Diabetes in Children May Cause Slower Brain Growth

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Pediatric type 1 diabetes may cause slower development of the brain, according to a study conducted by the Diabetes Research in Children Network (DirecNet). The research demonstrated that children who suffer from ... Read more

January 15, 2015

Pancreatic Cell Transplantation Effective in Countering Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes

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Results from a new study by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine revealed that patients with Type 1 diabetes who develop hypoglycaemia as a complication of insulin treatments over time ... Read more

January 14, 2015January 14, 2015

American Diabetes Association Sets 2015 Legislative and Regulatory Priorities

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The American Diabetes Association recently released its annual leading priorities on federal and state legislation, and regulatory issues for 2015. For the following year, the main focus will be on targeting issues that ... Read more

January 13, 2015January 13, 2015

Researchers Find That Hepatic Triglycerides in Type 2 Diabetes are Produced in Spite of Insulin Resistance

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A new study revealed that triglycerides can be produced in the liver independently of insulin action in the liver. The study, entitled “Insulin-independent regulation of hepatic triglyceride synthesis by fatty ... 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