THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL / MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE In a potential game changer for patients with type 2 diabetes, a team of researchers at the Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism Institute (DOMI) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has identified a therapeutic target for the preservation and regeneration of beta cells...
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JAMA study, led by Heritage College faculty, finds association between high insulin dosage and cancer
OHIO UNIVERSITY Dr. Yuanjie Mao has led a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Oncology looking at the correlation between daily insulin dose and cancer incidence (the number of new cases) among patients with type 1 diabetes, finding that higher insulin dose is positively associated with cancer incidence and that the association...
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Gut microbe peptide implicated in triggering type 1 diabetes
by Joslin Diabetes Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In type 1 diabetes, the body develops immune cells that target pancreatic beta cells, which play a critical role in the production and secretion of insulin. One of the earliest targets of this immune response is a specific sequence of amino acids, or peptide, within the insulin...
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Could drugs for type 2 diabetes help those with type 1?
by Medical Journal of Australia Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, such as empagliflozin, dapagliflozin, canagliflozin and ertugliflozin, have been game changers in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, but their potential for closing the mortality gap in type 1 diabetes has been a regulatory minefield, according to the authors of a...
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Fucoidan can alleviate cerebrovascular damage in type 2 diabetes mice
by Li Yuan, Chinese Academy of Sciences Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Fucoidan, a kind of sulfated polysaccharide present in brown algae, is considered as a promising therapeutic agent because of its multiple bioactivities. Despite growing evidence that fucoidan has a protective effect on diabetes, the effect of fucoidan on brain abnormalities in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients remains...
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When to Treat Low Testosterone in Diabetes and Obesity
Ute Eppinger July 15, 2022 Men with type 2 diabetes are at higher risk for testosterone deficiency. And in turn, hypogonadism is commonly associated with metabolic syndrome or type 2 diabetes. However, this does not imply a specific need for action, as Stephan Petersenn, MD, media spokesperson for the German Society of Endocrinology (Deutschen Gesellschaft...
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Diabetes: A step closer to a life without insulin
by University of Geneva S100A9 suppresses diabetic ketogenesis via hepatic TLR4. A Scheme indicating the generation of RIP-DTR;Tlr4WT (n = 5), RIP-DTR;Tlr4WT; S100A9OE (n = 6), RIP-DTR;Tlr4KO; S100A9OE (n = 7) and RIP-DTR;Tlr4Liver; S100A9OE (n = 6) experimental groups. Adenoviral injections and HTVI were done 3 days before or the same day of the first DT injection, respectively. B Plasma insulin levels of mice at day 0...
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Acidic activated charcoal prevents weight gain and insulin resistance in high-fat diet mice
SHINSHU UNIVERSITY IMAGE: ACIDIC ACTIVATED CHARCOAL FROM SHINSHU INA AKAMATSU (RED PINE) PREVENTS WEIGHT GAIN AND INSULIN RESISTANCE IN HIGH-FAT DIET MICE (ZHANG ET AL. FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION 2022 MAY 12;9:852767) CREDIT: CREDIT: NAOKI TANAKA, SHINSHU UNIVERSITY With the westernization of eating habits, the proportion of obese people is increasing all over the world. Obesity...
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Diabetes patients on Medicare Advantage plans more likely to have worse health, study finds
by University of Pittsburgh Credit: CC0 Public Domain While patients with diabetes on Medicare Advantage plans are more likely to receive preventive treatments, they were less likely to be prescribed newer, more expensive medications and were more likely to have higher blood pressure and worse blood glucose control than patients on Medicare Fee-For-Service plans, according...
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Sight of mouthwatering meals triggers inflammation linked to diabetes
By Nick Lavars July 03, 2022 A new study has shown that the anticipation of a meal can drive inflammatory responses before we even have the first bite Depositphotos The sight of a mouthwatering dish can certainly be enough to send our senses into overdrive, and a new study has demonstrated how the mechanisms behind...