Previously it was thought to only affect people with type 1 diabetes, but in a recent study that examined data from the past 30 years, researchers determined that the dawn phenomenon occurred frequently among patients with type 2 diabetes.
A chemical naturally occurring in the body, already proven to produce a feeling of being full when administered, has found an effective new route via a spray on the tongue, say health researchers from the University of Florida.
If you’ve resolved to improve your diet in 2014, there’s one small step you can take that will reap big rewards, according to new research from the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center: incorporating walnuts into your diet.
Insulin resistance was found to increase with an increase in body fat content, rather than absolute body fat amount.
The Journal of Physiology study showed that people who exercise on a daily basis are less affected by the negative health effects of one week of overeating, such as poor blood sugar control and expression of genes by fat cells linked with metabolic changes.
If you’re confused about the latest recommendations for treating high blood pressure, take heart. Doctors are confused, too. On Wednesday, a panel of specialists called the Eighth Joint National Committee published guidelines saying that many people over 60 don’t need to start taking medications to lower blood pressure until it’s above 150/90 millimeters of mercury.
When looking at progression, the FIELD study observed fundus photographs taken over 5 years which showed that taking fenofibrate decreased 2-step progression by 79% in patients with existing DR prior to the study.
Both patient age and the duration of type 2 diabetes independently determine the clinical course of the disease among adults aged 60 to 80-plus years, according to a report published online Dec. 9 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Type 2 diabetes patients with a BMI of 25-30 kg/m2 who received a laparoscopic gastric band achieved significantly greater weight loss (11 kg vs. 1 kg) and significantly higher rates of diabetes remission (52% vs. 8%) than did those who were treated with standard medical care.
According to a Swiss study surveying doctors worldwide, almost 90 percent believe obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and related nutritional issues–and the rising health care costs that accompany such health concerns–are tied to sugar consumption.
The findings of the large systematic review, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, challenge the prevailing wisdom among many scientists that vitamin D has a potential role in disease prevention, and will have important implications for nearly half of US adults who take vitamin D supplements at an overall cost of $600 million every […]
A recent study found that surgery may not always be the best course of action to treat people with diabetes who have foot osteomyelitis. An infection of the bone, osteomyelitis is the most frequent foot infection associated with diabetes.
Research has already shown that gastric bypass can ease symptoms of diabetes, but according to a new study, a less-invasive sleeve may also result in benefits for those with type 2 diabetes.
In the study the effect on blood glucose, blood lipids and different hormones after meals were compared using three different macronutrient compositions in patients with type 2 diabetes. The three diets were a low-fat diet, a low-carbohydrate diet and a Mediterranean diet.
Both metformin and MK2 inhibitors work by targeting the liver, but the way they each work is different and this, the researchers say, is key as it means that the benefits of MK2 inhibitors can build upon the benefits of metformin.
Patients with type 2 diabetes who fail to exercise regularly show a 70% greater risk for cardiovascular death than those who exercise at least 3 times a week, new research shows. In particular, the data indicate significant benefits to starting to exercise after being sedentary, strongly suggesting it is never too late to get active.
In addition, bypass patients lost more belly fat and had improved insulin secretion compared with patients who had sleeve gastrectomy, even though their total weight loss was the same, according to Sangeeta R. Kashyap, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic, and colleagues.
People with diabetes would be injected under the skin with ultra-small insulin-carrying nanoparticles. The porous particles leak insulin that forms a reservoir that is contained by the particles’ electrostatic properties. Until the insulin is needed, that electrostatic force prevents it from entering the bloodstream.
Patients with poorly controlled diabetes have improvements in hemoglobin A1c and medication adherence and fewer trips to the emergency room after receiving daily text messages, according to a study published online Nov. 13 in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found an innovative way to study glucose regulation in the body: by transferring the vital insulin-producing cells from the pancreas to the eye, the latter can serve as a kind of window through which health reports can be obtained from the former.