Although metformin was introduced as a treatment for type 2 diabetes nearly 60 years ago and is now the recommended first-line treatment for newly diagnosed patients, researchers still debate precisely how the drug works. Now, a study published online in Diabetes Care by researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Elcelyx Therapeutics, and other leading … [Read more...]
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Brief bouts of exercise begin to reverse heart abnormalities in people with type 2 diabetes: A Study
A new study in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) is the first to show that high intensity intermittent exercise training improves heart structure and benefits diabetes control in patients with type 2 diabetes. The study is led by Professor Michael Trenell and Dr Sophie Cassidy from Newcastle University (UK) and was funded by the … [Read more...]
New strategy to lower blood sugar may help in diabetes treatment: A Washington University Study
Some treatments for type 2 diabetes make the body more sensitive to insulin, the hormone that lowers blood sugar. But new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests a different strategy: slowing the production of glucose in the liver. Working in mice, the researchers showed they could reduce glucose production in the liver and lower blood … [Read more...]
Interrupting sitting with walking breaks improves children’s blood sugar: Endocrine Society Study
Taking 3-minute breaks to walk in the middle of a TV marathon or other sedentary activity can improve children's blood sugar compared to continuously sitting, according to a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). A sedentary lifestyle can put children at risk of developing … [Read more...]
Surgery achieves better long-term control of type 2 diabetes than standard therapy: King’s College London Study
Metabolic or bariatric surgery may be more effective than standard medical treatments for the long-term control of type 2 diabetes in obese patients, according to a new study by King's College London and the Universita Cattolica in Rome, Italy. The study, published in the Lancet, is the first to provide data on five-year outcomes of surgery from a randomized clinical trial … [Read more...]
Medication improves measure of kidney disease in patients with diabetes
Among patients with diabetes and kidney disease, most receiving an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker, the addition of the medication finerenone compared with placebo resulted in improvement in albuminuria (the presence of excessive protein [chiefly albumin] in the urine), according to a study in the September 1 issue of JAMA. Diabetes … [Read more...]
Diabetic Eye Injection: A Shot for Life
Diabeties is a leading cause of blindness in American adults. Partially because it is often missed until it is too late. Now, a new treatment is helping save patients’ sight. Sixty-eight year old Charles Cavill was in danger of losing his sight, but now, for the first time in years, he can play golf again. Cavill told Ivanhoe, “When you can’t make good contact with the ball … [Read more...]
Neck manipulation may be associated with stroke: American Heart Association Study
Manipulating the neck has been associated with cervical dissection, a type of arterial tear that can lead to stroke. Although a direct cause-and-effect link has not been established between neck manipulation and the risk of stroke, healthcare providers should inform patients of the association before they undergo neck manipulation. Treatments involving neck manipulation may … [Read more...]
Traditional Chinese medicines stall progression of diabetes: Endocrine Society Study
Traditional Chinese herbal medicines hold promise for slowing the progression from prediabetes to an official diabetes diagnosis, according to new research accepted for publication in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Prediabetes is diagnosed an individual has developed elevated blood sugar levels, but glucose levels have not … [Read more...]
Scientists report success using zebrafish embryos to identify potential new diabetes drugs
In experiments with 500,000 genetically engineered zebrafish embryos, Johns Hopkins scientists report they have developed a potentially better and more accurate way to screen for useful drugs, and they have used it to identify 24 drug candidates that increase the number of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. The novel fish embryo technique, which the researchers say … [Read more...]
Long-term effects of blocking inflammation: University of Cambridge Study
Inflammation -- the body's response to damaging stimuli -- may have a protective effect against cardiovascular disease, according to a study published today in the journal Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. The finding is one of the outcomes of research using a powerful new genetic tool that mimics the behaviour of certain anti-inflammatory drugs. The technique allows … [Read more...]
Grape skin extract may soon be answer to treating diabetes: A Wayne State University Study
The diabetes rate in the United States nearly doubled in the past 10 years. Approximately 26 million Americans are now classified as diabetic, stressing an urgent need for safe and effective complementary strategies to enhance the existing conventional treatment for diabetes. Preliminary studies by researchers at Wayne State University have demonstrated that grape skin … [Read more...]
Diabetes, previous joint pain and overall physical health predicts arthritis pain: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Study
Diabetes and previous joint pain, along with a patient's overall physical health status, may predicts arthritis pain with nearly 100 percent accuracy, in new research presented today at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). An estimated one out of five adults is living with an arthritis diagnosis, according to the U.S. Centers for … [Read more...]
Diabetics who skip breakfast provoke hazardous blood sugar spikes
Very little was known regarding the effect of skipping breakfast on the health of diabetics -- until now. A new Tel Aviv University study reveals the substantial impact of skipping breakfast on type-2 diabetics. "Fasting" until noon triggers major blood sugar spikes (postprandial hyperglycemia) and impairs the insulin responses of type-2 diabetics throughout the rest of the … [Read more...]
New non-invasive device for diabetes patients
According to data from the 2014 National Diabetes Statistics Report, over 9.3% of the American population has diabetes, and over 8.1 million cases were undiagnosed. Patients with the disease have to watch their blood glucose levels and the traditional way was through finger pricking and test strips. But researchers at the University of Leeds, UK have developed a device that … [Read more...]
Link between Type 2 diabetes and cognitive impairment with regard to different cultures: A Study
Diabetes is a known risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia, age-related conditions that affect memory and thinking skills. However, little is known about how the diabetes-cognitive decline link compares across cultures. Scientists from Mayo Clinic and Huashan Hospital in Shanghai explored the association between Type 2 diabetes and cognitive impairment to find out if … [Read more...]
New potential anti-diabetes compound found: A Harvard School of Public Health Study
A new drug screening technology developed at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has identified a new potential anti-diabetes compound--and a powerful way to quickly test whether other molecules can have a positive effect on a critical molecular pathway believed to be central to diseases ranging from diabetes to retinitis pigmentosa, cystic fibrosis, Huntington's … [Read more...]
Diabetes medication reduces dementia risk: A Study
Patients with type 2 diabetes have a dysfunctional sugar metabolism because the essential hormone insulin does not work effectively. Once the disease reaches an advanced stage, the body stops producing insulin altogether, which means that it has to be administered externally. Type 2 diabetes most commonly occurs in late adulthood, and it has long been known that it can affect … [Read more...]
South Asian people management of diabetes linked to cultural and social beliefs: A Manchester University Study
Researchers from The University of Manchester in collaboration with Keele and Southampton Universities have published new findings which shed light on the poor outcomes of South Asian people with diabetes in the UK. Analysis of interviews with South Asian people, published in a paper in the journal BMC Family Practice, shows that especially among first generation immigrants, … [Read more...]
“Smart” Insulin: Medicine’s Next Big Thing?
Imagine how tough it is for new parents to find out their baby has diabetes and then have to learn as they go how to regulate blood sugar and dose insulin. A mistake could bring coma or death. But now, a researcher in Utah’s “smart” insulin could someday eliminate guesswork and more. Seven-year-old Foster Dunstan was diagnosed with type I diabetes as a baby. Tricia … [Read more...]
Ultrasound accelerates skin healing in diabetics: A University of Sheffield Study
Healing times for skin ulcers and bedsores can be reduced by a third with the use of low-intensity ultrasound, scientists from the University of Sheffield and University of Bristol have found. Researchers from the University of Sheffield's Department of Biomedical Science discovered the ultrasound transmits a vibration through the skin and wakes up cells in wounds helping … [Read more...]
Nanomedicine in the fight against thrombotic diseases
Future Science Group (FSG) has announced the publication of a new article in Future Science OA, covering the use of nanocarriers and microbubbles in drug delivery for thrombotic disease. Ischemic heart disease and stroke caused by thrombus formation are responsible for more than 17 million deaths per year worldwide. Molecules with thrombolytic capacities have been developed … [Read more...]
Long-term effects of type 2 diabetes on the brain: American Academy of Neurology Study
In just two years, people with type 2 diabetes experienced negative changes in their ability to regulate blood flow in the brain, which was associated with lower scores on tests of cognition skills and their ability to perform their daily activities, according to a new study published in the July 8, 2015, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy … [Read more...]
Blood test could identify diabetes decades before it develops: Imperial College London Study
Scientists at the MRC's Clinical Sciences Centre (CSC) in West London are the first to show that a small molecule circulates in the blood of people who are in the early stages of type 1 diabetes. A simple blood test could detect this biological marker years, maybe decades, before symptoms develop. "If we can identify and treat patients earlier, we may be able to help them to … [Read more...]
Healthy diets for youth with type 1 diabetes difficult to find: A Study
Patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) often need to modify their eating habits, but many youths with T1DM do not consume a healthful diet. To learn more about the challenges their parents may face in providing them with a more healthful diet, researchers set out to discover the availability of healthier food options and the price difference of the food items at stores … [Read more...]
Islet Cell Transplantation for Type I Diabetes
People with type I diabetes may develop complications from long-term use of insulin and develop hypoglycemia, or severe low blood sugar. Now researchers have developed a therapy that may help protect type I diabetics from this life-threatening condition. As mom to 10-year-old twins Kendall and Garrett, Erika Totten is never off-duty. But just a few years ago, a chronic … [Read more...]
New approach in two decades for treating the damage that diabetes inflicts
It started out as a treatment for arthritis. But steered by science, it could become a first new approach in two decades for treating the damage that diabetes inflicts on the kidneys of millions of people. This past weekend, University of Michigan Medical School researchers and their colleagues presented promising results from a clinical trial of the experimental drug … [Read more...]
Genetic variation determines response to anti-diabetic drug: A University of Pennsylvania Study
In the first study of its kind, Penn researchers have shown how an anti-diabetic drug can have variable effects depending on small natural differences in DNA sequence between individuals. Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD, Raymond Soccio, MD, PhD, and colleagues at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, aim to apply this knowledge to develop personalized … [Read more...]
Brown fat transplant reversed type 1 diabetes: An American Physiological Society Study
An estimated 1.25 million people in the U.S. have type 1 diabetes (T1D). T1D is an autoimmune disease in which the pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that helps the body process glucose (sugar) from food. The disease can strike suddenly in children and adults and leads to a lifelong dependence on insulin injections or an insulin pump. Subhadra C. Gunawardana and … [Read more...]
‘Artificial Pancreas’ could help diabetes patients control their blood sugar: The American Chemical Society Study
Living with Type 1 diabetes requires constant monitoring of blood sugar levels and injecting insulin daily. Now scientists are reporting in the ACS journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research the development of an implantable "artificial pancreas" that continuously measures a person's blood sugar, or glucose, level and can automatically release insulin as … [Read more...]
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