About one-fourth of people with diabetes develop painful foot ulcers, which are slow to heal due to low oxygen in the wound from impaired blood vessels and increased inflammation. These wounds can become chronic, leading to poor quality of life and potential amputation. Representative images of wounds treated with or without gel and oxygen-release microspheres...
by Trina Wood, UC Davis Study design, experimental testing days, and dietary protocol. Asp (Aspartame). SB (sweetened beverage). Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). *<2% added sugar. % = % of energy requirement. Credit: DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgab508 Consuming sucrose, the more “natural form of sugar,” may be as bad for your health as consuming high fructose corn syrup, according to...
by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain While most cases of type 1 diabetes are classified as autoimmune diseases, a minor proportion of these patients have non-immune-mediated type 1 diabetes, sometimes referred to as type 1 B diabetes. Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have identified 41 previously unreported genetic markers for this less common...
By Elizabeth Cooney FRED DUFOUR/AFP/GETTY IMAGES The age at which adults who are overweight or obese should be screened for type 2 diabetes is going down while the prevalence of both forms of the disease is going up among children and adolescents — two developments reported Tuesday that signal a growing burden of these chronic health...
The study, published in the September 2021 issue in the journal Pediatric Diabetes,comprises 237 individuals aged up to 18 with new-onset type 1 diabetes. At some point in the years 2015–17, these children and adolescents were admitted to hospital in Sweden with acid poisoning (diabetic ketoacidosis, DKA), a condition that can arise if the patient does...
by American Chemical Society Credit: Sasha Wolff/Wikipedia People who get migraines are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, while some people who develop diabetes become less prone to migraines. Today, scientists studying the link between these conditions report how the peptides that cause migraine pain can influence production of insulin in mice, possibly by regulating...
You need to take care of yourself in order to live a long and healthy life. But sometimes you needs some medicine to lower your risk of death. Scientists from the University of Glasgow have found that a new class of diabetes medications, called GLP-1 receptor agonists, can reduce the chance of heart attacks, strokes...
by Matthew Libassi, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research Figure 1. Functional magnetic resonance imaging and electrode placement. (A) Pre-surgical fMRI obtained while participant P1 pressed different buttons on a handheld device while watching videos showing desired movements. (B) Exemplary placement of SEEG electrodes (participant 3). (C) Photograph of HD ECoG electrode placement for recordings in participant...
by Asociacion RUVID Metformin 500mg tablets. Credit: public domain A research team from the Department of Physiology of the University of Valencia, the FISABIO foundation, and University Hospital Dr. Peset have proven that the mitochondrial dysfunction that occurs in type-2 diabetes can be countered with metformin. The study is published in Antioxidants & Redox Signaling. Mitochondria...
by UT Southwestern Medical Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at UT Southwestern announced successful results of a clinical trial for a commonly prescribed weight-loss drug called liraglutide. In adults who are overweight or have obesity combined with high cardiovascular risk, once-daily liraglutide combined with lifestyle interventions significantly lowered two types of fat that have been...
