The researchers have developed a prototype laser-based system to allow sufferers of diabetes to check their blood sugar levels without using a needle stick to draw blood. The system works by directing a laser beam at the patient’s palm and measuring the amount of absorption and scattering when the laser interacts with dermal interstitial fluid, […]
Interval training, also called burst training, doesn’t necessarily have to be extremely taxing in order to offer health benefits for diabetics, according to a new study.
For patients with impaired glucose tolerance or early diabetes, use of insulin glargine (Lantus) was the best predictor of maintaining a lower hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level over 5 years, according to a subanalysis of the ORIGIN trial.
Researchers examined the effects on blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), and blood glucose (BG) associated with the intake of caffeine in comparison to maltodextrin (CHO) during prolonged periods of low-intensity exercise in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Patients who are being treated with metformin for type 2 diabetes might live longer than other people with the condition who aren’t taking the drug, according to researchers at Cardiff University.
Diabetic autonomic neuropathy, a common side effect of diabetes that is linked to a wide range of complications including digestive issues, erectile dysfunction, paralysis of the bladder and intestinal damage, is not only difficult to treat, it’s also difficult to diagnose.
Bioengineers from ETH Zurich’s Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering in Basel have created a prototype implantable molecular device which regulates the blood pH levels through a closed loop pH sensing and insulin production mechanism.
As part of the study, conducted at the Diabetes Center of the General Hospital of Nikaea in Athens, Greece, researchers served desserts after meals to 70 study participants with type 2 diabetes, and found that those containing sucralose and soluble fiber did not elevate after-meal levels of glucose, insulin or C-peptide, an amino acid associated […]
Now, a study published in the journal Diabetologia finds that interval training may help the millions of people with Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes who are trying to control their blood sugar.
For people with type 2 diabetes, eating pistachios could help reduce the body’s stress response – which may help lower blood pressure and decrease strain on the cardiovascular system.
Vitamin D-deficient individuals are twice as likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia as people who have sufficient levels of the vitamin, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).
For obese adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), a very low carbohydrate diet is associated with greater improvements in glycemic control and cardiovascular risk markers than an energy-matched high unrefined carbohydrate diet, according to a study published online July 28 in Diabetes Care.
Dulaglutide and liraglutide are both glucagon like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agents, require needle injections, and are used mainly in type 2 diabetes. A randomized clinical trial was conducted to compare the two drugs.
Low-carbohydrate diets should be the first line of attack for treatment of type 2 diabetes, and should be used in conjunction with insulin in those with type 1 diabetes.
Insulin pumps can be as beneficial for those with type 2 diabetes that require insulin as they have become for those with type 1, according to a new trial. The study results are especially positive since many of those with type 2 are failing to control their blood glucose levels, which can lead to potentially […]
There is an enzyme in the brain that plays a key role in sensing and controlling levels of glucose in the blood. The underlying mechanism that it triggers appears to link to both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, according to US researchers, who suggest the discovery could lead to new treatments for diabetes.
A comparison of the effects on A1c between users of once-weekly dulaglutide (made by Eli Lilly and Company) and once-daily liraglutide (sold as Victoza from Novo Nordisk) shows that both drugs have very similar effects.
A group of European health regulators have recommended the approval of a drug treatment that combines long-lasting insulin with a drug that promotes insulin secretion. Also in the news: A new study is examining whether a common gout medication can help prevent kidney disease in people with Type 1 diabetes.
Exposure of pregnant mice to the pesticide DDT is linked to an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol and related conditions in female offspring later in life, according to a study led by the University of California, Davis.
While experts have long noted that those with diabetes have a higher risk of heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular issues, a new study shows the risk of head and neck cancers is also higher for diabetics.