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

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016

Type 2 Diabetes Is Focus of Guidelines from American Diabetes Association for Long-Term Care Facilities

The American Diabetes Association recently issued a statement entitled “Management of Diabetes in Long-term Care and Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association,” published in the ... Read more

February 10, 2016February 10, 2016

Gene with Role in Type 2 Diabetes Found to Also Drive a Range of Psychiatric Ills

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Type 2 diabetes is known to be more common in people with psychiatric disorders, such as depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Now, researchers at the Diabetes Center of Excellence at the University of Massachusetts Medical ... Read more

February 8, 2016February 9, 2016

Type 1 Diabetes Blocked in Mice Treated with New Compound, Nicknamed BBQ

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In a breakthrough discovery, Oregon State University scientists have uncovered a compound with the ability to block the development of type 1 diabetes in mice by minimizing inflammation of the pancreatic ... Read more

February 5, 2016February 5, 2016

ADA Summer Camps Help Children Manage Life with Diabetes, Caregivers Affirm

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The American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) summer camps have a positive impact on children’s self-confidence and diabetes management abilities, the ADA reported, based on a three-year association survey of the children’s caregivers before ... Read more

February 4, 2016February 4, 2016

Maternal Diabetes and Obesity Associated with a 2x Higher Risk of an Autistic Child

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Diabetes combined with obesity in pregnant women increases their risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to research from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The study, published in ... Read more

February 3, 2016February 3, 2016

Intelligent Socks Paired With Smartphone App Helps Reduce Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Amputations

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A research team of students at Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) in Israel developed an innovative technology that than helps prevent the development of foot ulcers associated with diabetic neuropathy ... Read more

February 2, 2016February 2, 2016

Mice Lacking Certain Gene Appear to Be Protected Against Effects of High-Fat Diet

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An increased activity of brown fat in mice lacking the USF1 gene protects them from both arterial disease and becoming overweight – a finding that might be translated into new treatments ... Read more

February 1, 2016February 9, 2016

New Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Allows Insulin-Producing Cells to Thrive

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Two novel studies reported a new potential way of treating diabetes — a device that, once implanted in mice, protected human stem cell-derived beta cells from destruction by the immune system and allowed insulin ... Read more

January 29, 2016January 29, 2016

Why Type 2 Diabetes Patients Often Have Problems Identifying Odors

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Olfactory dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes can be counteracted with a drug that activates a hormone known as GLP-1R, according to recent research. The study, “Type 2 diabetes-induced neuronal pathology ... Read more

January 27, 2016January 28, 2016

Gestational Diabetes Risk Increases With Higher Levels of Iron

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Pregnant women with elevated levels of iron are at increased risk for gestational diabetes, according to research published in the journal Diabetic Medicine, titled “High maternal iron status, dietary iron intake and iron ... Read more

January 26, 2016January 26, 2016

Study of Weight Loss Surgery-Induced Remission of Type 2 Diabetes May Lead to New Treatments

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It’s a known fact that weight loss surgery often causes remission in type 2 diabetes patients. Researchers have now found that a bile acid receptor called TGR5 is an important link to this ... Read more

January 25, 2016February 9, 2016

Why Diabetics Have Higher Risk of Bone Fractures

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A research team at the University of Southampton in England, using high-resolution imaging technology, found new information on the reason patients with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of developing osteoporosis. The study ... 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