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
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...]
Insulin-decreasing hormone discovered: Stanford University Study
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...]
‘Beiging’ white fat cells to fight diabetes: University of Pennsylvania Study
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...]
Loss of sleep during adolescence may lead to diabetes: A Study
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...]
Type 2 diabetes drug can exhaust insulin-producing cells: A Swedish Study
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...]
Treatment for unhealthy levels of fat in type 1 diabetes: Augusta University Study
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...]
Diabetes top health concern for Latino families: Harvard School of Public Health Study
A new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health poll was released today on the views of Latinos in America about their health and health care, communities, financial situation, and discrimination in their lives. The poll found that Latinos see diabetes as the biggest health problem for their own families. Nearly one in five (19%) Latinos said … [Read more...]
Oxygen and Diabetes Linked: University of California Study
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have, for the first time, described the sequence of early cellular responses to a high-fat diet, one that can result in obesity-induced insulin resistance and diabetes. The findings, published in the June 5 issue of Cell, also suggest potential molecular targets for preventing or reversing the … [Read more...]
Urgent need for multifactorial interventions to treat diabetes mellitus: Florida Atlantic University Study
Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., Dr.P.H., the first Sir Richard Doll professor and senior academic advisor to the dean in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University; Marc A. Pfeffer, M.D., Dzau professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School; John W. Newcomer, M.D., executive vice dean of FAU's College of Medicine and interim vice president for … [Read more...]
More than 10 percent of heart attack patients may have undiagnosed diabetes: American Heart Association Study
At least 10 percent of people who have a heart attack may have undiagnosed diabetes, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2014. Researchers studied data on 2,854 heart attack patients who did not have a known diagnosis of diabetes in 24 U.S. hospitals to understand the prevalence and … [Read more...]
Ingredients in chocolate, tea, berries safeguard against diabetes: University of East Anglia Study
Eating high levels of flavonoids including anthocyanins and other compounds (found in berries, tea, and chocolate) could offer protection from type 2 diabetes -- according to research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and King's College London. Findings published today in the Journal of Nutrition reveal that high intakes of these dietary compounds are associated with … [Read more...]
Diabetes, depression and impulse control disorders linked to binge-eating and bulimia: University of Groningen Study
New research published today shows that depression and impulse control disorders (eating disorders in particular) are independently associated with diabetes diagnosis, after adjustment for presence of other mental disorders. The research, published in Diabetologia (the journal of The European Association for the Study of Diabetes), supports the focus on depression as an … [Read more...]
‘Feeding and fasting’ hormone Adropin can improve insulin action: Saint Louis University Study
In a study published in Molecular Metabolism, a SLU researcher has found that adropin, a hormone that regulates whether the body burns fat or sugar during feeding and fasting cycles, can improve insulin action in obese, diabetic mice, suggesting that it may work as a therapy for type 2 diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association, 29.1 million Americans have … [Read more...]
Weekend catch-up sleep can reduce diabetes risk: University of Chicago Study
Two consecutive nights of extended sleep, a typical weekend occurrence, appears to counteract the increased risk of diabetes associated with short-term sleep restriction during the work week, at least in lean, healthy, young men eating a controlled diet. The finding, based on a study performed at the University of Chicago sleep laboratory published early online by the … [Read more...]
People with diabetes are at risk of bone fractures: University of Southampton Study
A Southampton study using high resolution imaging to create a "virtual bone biopsy" has shed new light on why people with type 2 diabetes are at risk of bone fractures. Researchers from the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, used high resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HRpQCT) to assess bone structure and … [Read more...]
Type 1 diabetes and lower vitamin D levels linked: A German Study
Vitamin D is known as a major regulator of calcium levels and bone metabolism. Furthermore, it also influences the immune system. Previous studies have shown that patients with recently diagnosed type 1 diabetes have significantly lower vitamin D levels. Scientists from the Institute of Diabetes Research (IDF) and the Helmholtz Zentrum München, a member of the German Center … [Read more...]
Overweight young people can avoid diabetes risk if they lose weight early: University of St George’s London Study
Obese young people can still turn their chances of developing life threatening illness around if they change before middle age, says new research. The study looked at the body mass index (BMI) of people when they were young and compared it to when they were middle aged to see whether it affected their risk of heart attack, stroke or diabetes. Men who had high BMI levels … [Read more...]
Pre-Diabetes: Five Changes to Make Now
Twenty-nine million Americans have diabetes, putting them at risk for stroke and heart attack. But you probably didn’t know that 86 million Americans have pre-diabetes, meaning they have elevated blood sugar. And because there are no signs, many don’t even know they are at risk. As an obstetrician, Dr. Robert Atlas knows the importance of monitoring his pregnant patients … [Read more...]
Diabetes drug metformin inhibits progression of pancreatic cancer: A Study
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators may have uncovered a novel mechanism behind the ability of the diabetes drug metformin to inhibit the progression of pancreatic cancer. In their report that has been published in the open access journal PLOS One, the research team describes finding that metformin decreases the inflammation and fibrosis characteristic of the … [Read more...]
‘Healthy’ fat tissue could be key to reversing type 2 diabetes: Australian and Japanese Study
Preventing inflammation in obese fat tissue may hold the key to preventing or even reversing type 2 diabetes, new research has found. Researchers from Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, with colleagues from the RIKEN Institute, Japan, found they could 'reverse' type 2 diabetes in laboratory models by dampening the inflammatory response in fat tissue. Dr Ajith … [Read more...]
Fish derived serum omega-3 fatty acids help reduce risk of type 2 diabetes: University of Eastern Finland Study
High concentrations of serum long-chain omega-3 fatty acids may help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a University of Eastern Finland study published recently in Diabetes Care. The sources of these fatty acids are fish and fish oils. Type 2 diabetes is becoming increasingly widespread throughout the world, including Finland. Overweight is the most significant … [Read more...]
Vitamin D helps immune cells prevent atherosclerosis and diabetes: Washington University Study
Altered signaling through the vitamin D receptor on certain immune cells may play a role in causing the chronic inflammation that leads to cardiometabolic disease, the combination of type 2 diabetes and heart disease that is the most common cause of illness and death in Western populations. The research appears March 19 in the journal Cell Reports. "Because low vitamin D … [Read more...]
Parathyroid hormone as important as vitamin D to assess vitamin’s role in diabetes: University of Toronto Study
Combined assessment of parathyroid hormone along with vitamin D may be needed to assess the impact of vitamin D status on sugar metabolism, according to Toronto researchers. Their study is published on-line in Diabetes on May 29 2014. The new findings might explain why studies of vitamin D alone have been conflicting and why clinical trials of vitamin D supplementation to … [Read more...]
Factors in the blood during dieting may have anti-diabetes properties: A Study
Factors in the blood from calorie-restricted rats can modify energy-producing mitochondria within the insulin-producing cells that regulate blood sugar levels, new research shows. This has a positive impact on glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and protects cells from fatty acid and glucose toxicity. The findings suggest that insulin-producing cells' mitochondria may be … [Read more...]
Lifestyle interventions are better than genetic tests for preventing type 2 diabetes: University of Cambridge Study
Targeted interventions based on genetic risk may not be the best approach for preventing type 2 diabetes and instead universal strategies to prevent obesity should be prioritized, according to new research published in this week's PLOS Medicine. This analysis, led by Claudia Langenberg from the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge, UK, suggests that the … [Read more...]
Parathyroid hormone as important as vitamin D to assess vitamin’s role in diabetes
Combined assessment of parathyroid hormone along with vitamin D may be needed to assess the impact of vitamin D status on sugar metabolism, according to Toronto researchers. Their study is published on-line in Diabetes on May 29 2014. The new findings might explain why studies of vitamin D alone have been conflicting and why clinical trials of vitamin D supplementation to … [Read more...]
Skin cell response to environmental stimuli like viruses may predict type 1 diabetes: Boston University Study
Type 1 diabetes is a genetically-driven autoimmune disease of pancreatic beta-cells, whose origins remain unknown. Researchers at the Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) discovered that skin cells from patients with type 1 diabetes display abnormal activity triggered by immune response mechanisms to environmental stimuli like a viral … [Read more...]
Gluten-free diet reduces risk of type 1 diabetes: University of Copenhagen Study
New experiments on mice show, that mouse mothers can protect their pups from developing type 1 diabetes by eating a gluten-free diet. According to preliminary studies by reseachers at the University of Copenhagen, the findings may apply to humans. More than 1% of the Danish population has type 1 diabetes, one of the highest incidence rates in the world. New experiments on … [Read more...]
Preventing diabetes at the office: Ohio State University Study
For people who already have high blood sugar, preventing diabetes could amount to just another day at the office. A new study found that employees enrolled in a workplace intervention program as a group lost more weight, showed greater reductions in fasting blood sugar and ate less fat than employees who received only written health guidelines for diabetes prevention. The … [Read more...]
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