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 22, 2016January 23, 2016

Diabetic Vascular Disease Linked to High Levels of a Blood Vessel Protein

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Researchers discovered that a new protein, called pre-kallikrein (PK), is a potential therapeutic target for the vascular complications associated with type 1 diabetes. The study, titled “Plasma Prekallikrein is Associated ... Read more

January 22, 2016

What Did Dogs Teach Humans About Diabetes?

January 21, 2016January 21, 2016

Type 1 Diabetes Study to Test ‘Artificial Pancreas’ Technology

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A novel device developed by a team of researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences ... Read more

January 20, 2016January 20, 2016

High Blood-Sugar Levels Seen to Affect How Blood Vessels Contract

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A new research study has demonstrated, for the first time, how high blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia) influence the heart and blood pressure. According to the study, higher glycemia levels affect ... Read more

January 19, 2016February 9, 2016

Sugar Cravings: Are You Familiar With Them, Too?

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You don’t need to be a diabetic to understand what a sugar craving is. How many times were you reading a book or watching a movie when a sudden desire for ... Read more

January 19, 2016February 19, 2016

Diabetes Linked to Tooth Loss in US Adults, with Blacks at Highest Risk

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The physical tolls of type 2 diabetes — known for its risks of amputation and vision problems — also include tooth loss and gum disease, a recent study in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease reported. The ... Read more

January 19, 2016January 19, 2016

Gestational Diabetes Risk Appears Higher In Women Who Eat Many Potatoes

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A recent study suggests that elevated consumption of potatoes prior to pregnancy is linked to an increased risk of gestational diabetes, a condition where women without a previous history of ... Read more

January 18, 2016January 18, 2016

Endocrinology Field Attracting Fewer Doctors in US

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With the number of diabetics increasing in the United States, a growing disparity in the gender of endocrinology trainees may be of concern given the bias and challenges faced by female physicians in the ... Read more

January 15, 2016February 9, 2016

Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Seen to Have Common Effect on Brain Enzymes

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Scientists revealed a molecular link between the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease, shedding light on an association long thought to exist between the two diseases but poorly understood. In the ... Read more

January 14, 2016January 14, 2016

Type 2 Diabetes Can See Real Declines By Reducing Sugar in Soft Drinks, Juices

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A new study in the United Kingdom recently published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal suggests that by reducing the sugar content in sweetened drinks, without replacing it with any ... 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