(HealthDay)—Among adults with overweight or obesity, once-weekly subcutaneous semaglutide plus counseling for diet and physical activity results in significantly greater weight loss at 68 weeks than once-daily subcutaneous liraglutide, according to a study published in the Jan. 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Domenica M. Rubino, M.D., from the Washington Center for...
by Anne Trafton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT engineers are working on an app that identifies and quantifies food content, which can aid in carbohydrate counting for people with diabetes. Credit: MIT News, stock images Before consuming a meal, many people with diabetes need to inject themselves with insulin. This is a time-consuming process that...
by Li Yuan, Chinese Academy of Sciences Schematic of hiPSCs derived multi-organoid-on-chip system to model human liver-pancreatic islet axis in vitro. Credit: Tao Tingting Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a systematic multi-organ metabolic disease, which is characterized by dynamic interplay among different organs. Pancreatic islet-liver axis is closely associated with normal glucose regulation and homeostasis...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO IMAGE: JOHN BELLETTIERE, PH.D., M.P.H. SENIOR AUTHOR AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AT THE HERBERT WERTHEIM SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN LONGEVITY SCIENCE AT UC SAN DIEGO, AND COLLEAGUES WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER 10,000 STEPS A DAY IS NECESSARY FOR PEOPLE TO REDUCE THEIR RISK FOR DIABETES. CREDIT:...
January 17, 2022 | By Lila Reynolds Individuals living with Type 1 diabetes must carefully follow prescribed insulin regimens every day, receiving injections of the hormone via syringe, insulin pump or some other device. And without viable long-term treatments, this course of treatment is a lifelong sentence. Pancreatic islets control insulin production when blood sugar levels...
by Jennifer Rooke, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain One of my patients—who had been struggling with obesity, uncontrolled diabetes, and the cost of her medications—agreed in June 2019 to adopt a more whole-food plant-based diet. Excited by the challenge, she did a remarkable job. She increased her fresh fruit and vegetable intake, stopped eating...
by University of Geneva Pancreatic beta cell under electronic microscopy. The white circles visible in the centre of the cell correspond to fat storage droplets. Credit: © UNIGE – laboratoire Maechler With nearly 10% of the world’s population affected, type 2 diabetes is a major public health issue. An excessively sedentary lifestyle and excessively caloric...
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL Nearly 80 percent of deaths from type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are associated with thrombosis, a condition that occurs when blood clots block a vein or artery. Traditionally, it’s been thought that proteins released by damaged blood vessels may lead to inappropriate blood clotting, but a new study from investigators at...
by Karolinska Institutet Dietary change leading to weight loss normalizes T2D-induced neuroinflammatory changes after tMCAO. a Iba-1 expression in striatum after sham surgery. b Iba-1 expression in contralateral striatum after tMCAO surgery. c Iba-1 expression in ipsilateral striatum after tMCAO surgery. d CD68 expression in ipsilateral striatum after tMCAO surgery. Data are presented as mean ± SD....
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, Jan. 10, 2022 — Fewer than 1 in 5 adults with Type 2 diabetes in the U.S. are meeting targets to reduce heart disease risk. Fortunately, available therapies can help when combined with new approaches that address social determinants of health and other barriers to care, according to a new American...
