There could be a link between type 2 diabetes and hearing impairment, which makes hearing tests a critical part of managing the disease, according to a study published in Current Diabetes Reports.
Last November, JDRF officials announced that researchers had found biological markers for Type 1 diabetes long before symptoms appeared in children. Now another group of researchers hope to see if they can prevent Type 1 before children become symptomatic, and to do it they are planning to use a classic tool in diabetes management – […]
People with Type 1 are not immune from obesity, and some turn to bariatric surgery. However, researchers from the Cleveland Clinic found that 25 percent of those with Type 1 who received this surgery suffered from moderate to severe diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) afterwards.
According to the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, 40 percent of men struggling with obesity have low testosterone. Researchers now believe that adding testosterone treatments to a dieting plan could increase fat reduction.
JDRF and Sanofi have announced a $4.6 million, three-year initiative to expand development of insulins that require fewer injections and dermal patch-delivered insulin. In both cases, it’s hoped that the insulin delivered will be able to respond automatically to changes in blood sugar levels and other body metabolism signals.
People with both type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) might not experience improved glycemic control when using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), according to new findings published by the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
As with all type 1 diabetes cure research, a solution to the particular problem of encapsulation is elusive and still years (decades?) away. But despite the long timeline and the many hurdles still to be crossed before this material could potentially be used in a clinical setting, Vegas’s enthusiasm for the project is palpable.
Now researchers have come up with a simpler option – they’ve created a synthetic patch that’s covered in natural beta cells, which can be stuck painlessly to a patient’s skin to secrete insulin when it’s required and safely control blood sugar levels, no injection or monitoring required.
Sleep-deprived people experience higher levels of a chemical that enhances the pleasurability of eating – particularly of foods that are sweet, salty or high in fat, researchers found. Even when participants had eaten 90 percent of their daily calories two hours before, they couldn’t resist “highly palatable, rewarding snacks” when faced with the opportunity to […]
While the trial found that weight loss of 10 or 15 percent was linked to even better outcomes, individuals struggling to shed pounds for health reasons may be able to start with smaller steps, the research revealed.
For patients with elevated HbA1c, the use of combination antihyperglycemic medications after inadequate control with metformin alone is commonly prescribed to help patients achieve individualized glycemic levels. Is there actual benefit in dual therapy treatment? Study looks at canagliflozin plus metformin.
The five-year study, called the “Insulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke” trial or “IRIS” trial, investigated the effect of pioglitazone on strokes and heart disease. The results? Compared to a placebo, pioglitazone led to a striking 24% reduction in fatal and non-fatal heart attacks and strokes. Moreover, the rate of new diabetes cases was reduced by […]
Study researchers believe they have found that the liver of a person with Type 1 may produce an excessive amount of a protein that can hamper digestion, according to a Science Daily report.
Dr. Melton’s research group attracted a great deal of excitement in 2014 when it published a way of producing large quantities of insulin-producing cells from human stem cells. These cells successfully normalized blood glucose when implanted in rodents, but only those without a functioning immune system.
“Our hypothesis was that seafood consumption would be associated with less neuropathology, but that if there were higher levels of mercury in the brain, that would work against that. But we didn’t find that at all,” said Morris, who is lead author of the study, which was published Tuesday in the Journal of the American […]
Glucose-lowering agents have a difficult prediction on the mortality of diabetes patients due to the characteristics of the disease state. There is limited data on the impact on survival these agents have. Sulfonylureas and insulin have been associated with increased risk of mortality in diabetes patients. Metformin has a lower mortality risk in patients with […]
The research, published in a leading journal examined 25,970 patients over ten years and discovered statin users had a higher incidence of diabetes and also weight gain. Patients using the drugs also had more than double the risk of diabetic complications including eye, nerve and kidney damage.
A new study from Cornell Food & Brand Lab found that when people eat what they consider to be healthy foods, they are more likely to overeat – mainly because they associate “healthy” with less filling, the study found.
An FDA safety review on sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors resulted in additional warnings to the label on ketoacidosis, urosepsis, and pyelonephritis. SGLT-2 are sodium-dependent glucose transport proteins, which can be found in the kidneys.
New study shows that increasing testosterone levels can help male patients with type 2 diabetes increase their response to insulin. In individuals with insulin resistance, their body produces insulin, but does not effectively utilize their insulin.