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Vitamin D deficiency and type 1 diabetes linked: University of Pennsylvania Study

April 21, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

During the past two decades, vitamin D status, defined as serum concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, has emerged as a predictor of key clinical outcomes including bone health, glucose metabolism, cardiovascular health, immune health and survival. Now, a University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) team, including senior author Terri Lipman, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, the … [Read more...]

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Insulin pumps result in better blood sugar control than multiple daily injections in people with type 2 diabetes: University of Caen Côte de Nacre Study

April 15, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Type 2 diabetes is usually controlled by diet and medication, but most people with advanced disease also end up needing insulin therapy to achieve control of their blood sugar. However, roughly a third of these patients struggle to achieve the right level of blood sugar control with insulin injections many times a day. The growing obesity epidemic is adding to the problem by … [Read more...]

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Liver disease risk increased by type 2 diabetes: University of Southampton Study

April 14, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

People with type 2 diabetes are at greater risk of serious liver disease than those without the condition, new research has shown. Researchers warn that hospital admissions and deaths caused by liver disease are likely to rise if cases of type 2 diabetes continue to increase at current rates. The team, involving researchers from the Universities of Southampton and … [Read more...]

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Depression, metabolic factors combine to boost risk of developing diabetes: McGill University Study

April 14, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Depression may compound the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in people with such early warning signs of metabolic disease as obesity, high blood pressure and unhealthy cholesterol levels, according to researchers from McGill University, l'Université de Montréal, the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal and the University of Calgary. While previous studies have … [Read more...]

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New diabetes treatment: University of Birmingham Study

April 13, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Researchers have developed a light-activated tool to show how drugs need to be adapted to combat type 2 diabetes. The study, published in Angewandte Chemie, provides insight into the signalling process of receptors in cells. The team behind the research believe their findings could pave the way for a new generation of anti-diabetic drugs that are activated by the presence … [Read more...]

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Number of adults with diabetes reaches 422 million worldwide, with fastest increases in low and middle income countries

April 12, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Since 1980, the number of adults with diabetes worldwide has quadrupled from 108 million to 422 million in 2014, according to a new study published in The Lancet. The findings provide the most comprehensive estimates of worldwide diabetes trends to date and show that diabetes is fast becoming a major problem in low and middle income countries. "Diabetes has become a … [Read more...]

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Treating sugar addiction like drug abuse

April 12, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

With obesity rates on the rise worldwide and excess sugar consumption considered a direct contributor, the search has been on for treatments to reverse the trend. Now a world-first study led by QUT may have the answer. Neuroscientist Professor Selena Bartlett from QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation said the study, which has just been published by … [Read more...]

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Soy supplements appear to be safe, beneficial in diabetes: University of Hull Study

March 26, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Soy protein supplements, which contain natural estrogens, do not reduce testosterone levels in men with Type 2 diabetes who already have borderline-low testosterone, according to a new study. "Because soy contains phytoestrogens that are similar to the female hormone estrogen, it was not known whether consumption of soy could reduce testosterone levels in men with Type 2 … [Read more...]

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Blood sugar improves with first gastrointestinal microbiome modulator, NM504: A Study

March 26, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

In adults with prediabetes, a new drug that alters microbial populations and their environment in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract improves glucose tolerance -- the body's response to consuming carbohydrates -- after four weeks of treatment and without a change in diet. The not-yet-named therapeutic, NM504, is the first in a new class of therapies known as GI microbiome … [Read more...]

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Sleeve gastrectomy surgery improves diabetes control better than medical care: A Study

March 26, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Adults with Type 2 diabetes achieve better blood glucose (sugar) control two years after undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy than do patients who receive standard medical diabetes care without this weight loss surgery, a new study finds. In addition, 76 percent of surgery patients were able to reduce their use of diabetes medications, compared with only 26 percent of … [Read more...]

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Gut microbe levels are linked to type 2 diabetes and obesity: A Turkish Study

March 26, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

People with Type 2 diabetes or obesity have changes in the composition of their intestinal micro-organisms -- called the gut microbiota -- that healthy people do not have, researchers from Turkey have found. The study lends support to other recent reports that have found an association between specific bacterial species in the human digestive system and obesity and diabetes, … [Read more...]

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Type 1 Diabetes Cure?

March 22, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

A medication called Verapamil is a common treatment for controlling blood pressure, but researchers have stumbled onto another possible use for it: curing type-one diabetes. A first-of-its-kind trial is now underway, and it could be the cure for what is currently the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. Joy Myers didn’t always count carbs. And she didn’t always have … [Read more...]

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Yogurt consumption reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes: University of Cambridge Study

March 17, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that higher consumption of yoghurt, compared with no consumption, can reduce the risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes by 28%. Scientists at the University of Cambridge found that in fact higher consumption of low-fat fermented dairy products, which include all yoghurt … [Read more...]

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Non-traditional risk factors illuminate racial disparities in type 2 diabetes: A Study

March 16, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Two surprising risk factors -- diminished lung function and low serum potassium levels -- appear to have nearly the same impact as obesity in explaining why African-Americans are disproportionately prone to developing type 2 diabetes, researchers at Duke Medicine report. The finding, published in the February print edition of the Journal of General Internal Medicine, … [Read more...]

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Scientists create painless patch of insulin-producing beta cells to control diabetes: University of North Carolina

March 16, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

For decades, researchers have tried to duplicate the function of beta cells, the tiny insulin-producing entities that don't work properly in patients with diabetes. Insulin injections provide painful and often imperfect substitutes. Transplants of normal beta cells carry the risk of rejection or side effects from immunosuppressive therapies. Now, researchers at the … [Read more...]

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Genetic code for diabetes in Greenland broken: University of Southern Denmark Study

March 10, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

A spectacular piece of detective work has mapped a special gene variant among Greenlanders which plays a particularly important role in the development of type 2 diabetes. The results have been published in Nature and can be used to improve prevention and treatment options for those genetically at-risk. In collaboration with Greenland researchers from Steno Diabetes Center … [Read more...]

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Vitamin A derivative treats type 2 diabetes: University of Montreal Study

March 9, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

  At a time when obesity, type 2 diabetes, and their complications are a veritable epidemic worldwide, researchers at the University of Montreal and CHUM Research Centre (CRCHUM) recently demonstrated the potential of retinoic acid (RA), a derivative of Vitamin A, in treating obesity and type 2 diabetes and preventing their cardiovascular complications. The findings … [Read more...]

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Activating brown fat tissue: a new therapy for obesity and diabetes: University of Cologne Study

March 4, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

In recent decades, obesity has become a global problem. The disease goes hand in hand with a dramatic increase in the proportion of body fat. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research and the Cologne Cluster of Excellence in Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-associated Diseases (CECAD) at the University of Cologne have now succeeded in inhibiting a … [Read more...]

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Delivering the difficult news of a type 2 diabetes diagnosis: A Study

March 2, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

"You have Type 2 diabetes." When you deliver this news to patients, many are surprised, even shocked. Research shows some are so busy processing this unwelcome information, they have a difficult time focusing on what you are saying -- and about a fourth of them wonder whether it's even true. And yet you have a short time to ensure they understand just how serious the disease … [Read more...]

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Improving diet quality reduces risk for type 2 diabetes: Harvard School Study

March 1, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Improving the overall quality of one's diet helps to prevent type 2 diabetes, independent of other lifestyle changes, according to a study presented at the American Diabetes Association's 74th Scientific Sessions®. The study, by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, found that those who improved their diet quality index scores by 10 percent over four years -- … [Read more...]

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Canola oil recommended for people with type 2 diabetes: A Canadian Study

March 1, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Canola is Canada's oil and new research from St. Michael's Hospital suggests it should also be one of the oils of choice for people with Type 2 diabetes. Dr. David Jenkins, head of the hospital's Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre, compared people with Type 2 diabetes who ate either a low glycemic index diet that included bread made with canola oil, or a … [Read more...]

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Healthier, diabetic-friendly bread created: University of Singapore Study

February 27, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

A team of food scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has successfully formulated a recipe for making healthier bread by adding a natural plant pigment, called anthocyanin, extracted from black rice. This new bread option gets digested at a slower rate -- hence improving blood glucose control -- and is high in antioxidants, among other health benefits. This … [Read more...]

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Spike in blood sugar levels that can come after a meal is controlled by the brain’s neuronal mitochondria: Yale University Study

February 27, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

The spike in blood sugar levels that can come after a meal is controlled by the brain's neuronal mitochondria, which are considered the "powerhouse of cells," Yale School of Medicine researchers found in a new study. Published in the Feb. 25 issue of the journal Cell, the findings could provide a better understanding of how type 2 diabetes develops. Blood glucose levels … [Read more...]

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Intensive blood pressure lowering treatment may harm people with diabetes: Umea University Study

February 27, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

People with diabetes often have high blood pressure and an increased cardiovascular risk. They are therefore often recommended more intensive blood pressure lowering treatment that non-diabetics. However, for patients with systolic blood pressure levels under 140, antihypertensive drugs may increase the risk of dying from cardiovascular causes. This according to a study at Umeå … [Read more...]

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Fasting reduces cholesterol levels in prediabetic people over extended period of time: A Study

February 25, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

For prediabetics, many interventions focus on lifestyle changes and weight loss, but new research on periodic fasting has identified a biological process in the body that converts bad cholesterol in fat cells to energy, thus combating diabetes risk factors. Researchers at the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, noticed that after 10 … [Read more...]

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Insulin-decreasing hormone discovered: Stanford University Study

February 18, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

An insulin-regulating hormone that, until now, only had been postulated to exist has been identified by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The hormone, called limostatin after the Greek goddess of starvation, Limos, tamps down circulating insulin levels during recovery from fasting or starvation. In this way, it ensures that precious nutrients remain … [Read more...]

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‘Beiging’ white fat cells to fight diabetes: University of Pennsylvania Study

February 17, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Researchers are getting closer to learning how to turn white fat cells into brown fat cells, in a process called "beiging," to bring down blood sugar levels and fight diabetes. The team, led by Joseph Baur, PhD, an assistant professor of Physiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania published their findings this month in the journal … [Read more...]

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Loss of sleep during adolescence may lead to diabetes: A Study

February 16, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

How much slow-wave sleep a teenage boy gets may predict whether he is at risk for insulin resistance and other health issues, according to Jordan Gaines, a Penn State neuroscience researcher. Boys who experience a greater decline in slow-wave sleep as adolescents have a significantly higher chance of developing insulin resistance than those who more closely maintained their … [Read more...]

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Type 2 diabetes drug can exhaust insulin-producing cells: A Swedish Study

February 13, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Long-term use of liraglutide, a substance that helps to lower blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, can have a deteriorating effect on insulin-producing beta cells, leading to an increase in blood sugar levels. This according to a study on mice implanted with human insulin-producing cells conducted by a team of scientists from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and … [Read more...]

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Treatment for unhealthy levels of fat in type 1 diabetes: Augusta University Study

February 10, 2016 By Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

Researchers have new insight into the complex interchange that can raise blood levels of unhealthy lipids, or fat, in type 1 diabetes, and early evidence that a drug under study to block cancer cell growth can restore healthier levels. Too much glucose and fat circulating in the blood -- and consequently damaging the vascular system and major organs -- help make … [Read more...]

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