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

November 12, 2014August 20, 2015

Fast-Food Near Deprived Neighborhoods Drive Obesity and Diabetes

While home cooking may seem like a basic life skill, today’s modern families and young professionals are relying more on easily available and seemingly cheap fast food for their daily ... Read more

November 12, 2014August 20, 2015

Solution For Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity May Be In Brown Fat Cells, Study Says

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A new signaling pathway has been identified that stimulates the glucose uptake in brown fat cells that might be helpful in treating type 2 diabetes and obesity. The study was published in The Journal of Cell ... Read more

November 10, 2014November 10, 2014

ConsultantLive By UBM Connect (Medica) Highlights National Diabetes Month

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UBM Medica US recently announced that the leading online community for primary care clinicians, ConsultantLive, has launched a new resource for diabetes to help busy clinicians to stay up-to-date with the latest news ... Read more

November 10, 2014November 10, 2014

Chinese Diabetes Study Emphasizes Risk Factors, Need For Public Awareness

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In a recent article entitled “Prevalence of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose among residents in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China,” published in the journal BMC Public Health, a team of ... Read more

November 7, 2014November 7, 2014

Drug That Reversed Diabetes in Mice to be Tested on Humans

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Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham will begin a pioneering clinical trial in 2015 named “The repurposing of verapamil as a beta cell survival therapy in type 1 diabetes,” ... Read more

November 7, 2014November 7, 2014

Cilia a New Focus in Groundbreaking Diabetes Study

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A new study entitled “Ciliary dysfunction impairs beta-cell insulin secretion and promotes development of type 2 diabetes in rodents” published in the Nature Communications journal, reports the unknown role of cilia ... Read more

November 6, 2014November 6, 2014

Diabetes Can Make You Go Blind

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Recent studies revealed that people at higher risk of developing diabetes are unaware that they can become blind or develop diabetic eyes diseases. These high risk groups are not undertaking preventive ... Read more

November 6, 2014November 6, 2014

Military Personnel with Insomnia are at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

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Getting a good night’s sleep is fundamental to maintaining good health and wellness, and largely determines how a person’s mind and body will function the following day. Proper sleep ensures the ... Read more

November 5, 2014November 5, 2014

Diabetes Patients Benefit From Medtronic Drug-Coated Balloon for Peripheral Artery Disease, According to Study

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Medtronic Inc. recently developed an innovative experimental medical device, the IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon for the treatment of peripheral artery disease in leg arteries above the knee, providing a promising treatment for patients ... Read more

November 5, 2014November 5, 2014

Diabetes Could Be Treated Using Bile Acids

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A new study entitled “TGR5 reduces macrophage migration through mTOR-induced C/EBPβ differential translation” reports that bile acids, a component that can be found in the bile of mammals and other ... Read more

November 4, 2014November 4, 2014

New Type 2 Diabetes Study Shows Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Risk of Disease

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A study entitled “Incidence of type 2 diabetes after bariatric surgery: population-based matched cohort study” published in the early online edition of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal suggests bariatric ... Read more

November 4, 2014November 4, 2014

NIH is Boosting Awareness and Action for National Diabetes Month

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November is National Diabetes Month, and on the 14th, advocates for the disease in the U.S. will join in the commemoration of World Diabetes Day. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is taking ... 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