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 13, 2016January 13, 2016

Xeris Pharmaceuticals Completes $41M Financing to Advance Glucagon Formulations

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Texas-based Xeris Pharmaceuticals, which develops and commercializes novel formulations of injectable drugs for multiple indications including diabetes, recently announced the closing of a Series C financing worth $41 million. The capital will go ... Read more

January 12, 2016January 12, 2016

Pancreatic Cells, Created from Skin Cells in Lab, Found to Produce Insulin

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Scientists have found a way to convert human skin cells into completely functional pancreatic cells able to produce insulin in response to changes in the levels of glucose, and which, when transplanted ... Read more

January 11, 2016January 11, 2016

Type 2 Diabetes May Be Prevented If Weight Loss Happens Before Middle Age

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A new three-decade study led by researchers at St. George’s University of London showed that obese young people can still avoid type 2 diabetes and other complications if they change their ... Read more

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016

Diabetic Kidney Damage Reversed in Mice on Low-dose Cytokine Treatment

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In a new study, researchers investigated the role of a cytokine, IL-17A, in diabetic kidney disease and found that low-dose IL-17A administration prevented or reversed kidney damage in mouse models. ... Read more

January 7, 2016February 9, 2016

Diet-to-Go Develops New Meal Plan for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes

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There is a new option on the market to help people diagnosed with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes manage their eating habits. Diet-to-Go has launched a special calorie-controlled meal plan designed ... Read more

January 6, 2016May 17, 2016

NIH Grants $1.68 Million to Research Into Chronic Pancreatitis and Type 1 Diabetes

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Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) were recently awarded a $1.68 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate improved treatments for chronic pancreatitis, hopefully ... Read more

January 5, 2016January 6, 2016

Adipose Tissue Hormone May Lead To Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

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In a novel research study, a team led by scientists at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health detailed the pre-clinical development of a promising therapeutic for metabolic conditions, including ... Read more

January 5, 2016February 9, 2016

For Diabetics, a New Year of Healthy Resolutions

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We’ve just come through the Christmas holidays, and what goes better with Christmas than great food? That’s right — Christmas and the New Year is a very sensitive time of the year ... 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