A new algorithm for monitoring glucose may help combat serious complications from COVID-19 in patients with diabetes or high blood sugar, researchers say. After preliminary observations of 200 COVID-19 patients with severe hyperglycemia, a new Diabetes paper sheds light on why high blood sugar may trigger worse outcomes in people infected with the virus. “THIS...
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Does high blood sugar worsen COVID-19 outcomes?
Preliminary observations of COVID-19 patients with diabetes inspired an algorithm for glucose monitoring that’s suspected to help combat the virus’ serious complications MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN As COVID-19 continues to rage across the U.S., researchers are digging deeper into how the virus wreaks havoc on the body, especially for those with a pre-existing...
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Intestinal Insight
Every year, about 250,000 people in the U.S. with severe obesity and related health conditions undergo bariatric surgeries. These procedures can help people lose excess weight and rapidly improve high blood sugar, high blood pressure and heart disease. Some of these changes result from restricting the amount of food the stomach can hold. Others arise...
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Novel diabetes drug candidate shows promising properties in human islets and mouse models
The drug candidate is a non-toxic small molecule that given orally effectively rescued mice from models of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM ANATH SHALEV FROM UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM view more CREDIT: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Southern Research have discovered a...
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Adult stem cells/glaucoma drug combo promotes diabetic wound healing in mice
ALPHAMED PRESS A BIOENGINEERED SCAFFOLD CONTAINING HYPOXIA-PRECONDITIONED, ALLOGENEIC HUMAN MSCS COMBINED WITH A BETA-ADRENERGIC ANTAGONIST, TIMOLOL, TO TREAT DIABETIC WOUNDS IN MICE. THE OPTIMIZED TREATMENT IMPROVED RE-EPITHELIALIZATION BY 65.6% WITH THE… view more CREDIT: ALPHAMED PRESS Durham, NC – A new study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine shows promise of a major breakthrough...
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‘Good’ virus for common infection
Antibiotic-resistant diabetic foot ulcer application FLINDERS UNIVERSITY Australian researchers have shown how viruses can be used to save lives, developing the potential use of bacteriophages in bandages to treat life-threatening golden staph infections which may not respond to traditional antibiotics. Targeting multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (‘golden staph’) in diabetic foot ulcers, Flinders University microbiology researchers have...
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Research shows testosterone therapy can lead to remission in men with Type 2 diabetes
by Barbara Branning, University at Buffalo The findings from a recent study by a University at Buffalo researcher and others could prove to be a game-changer for men with Type 2 diabetes. The single-site study, conducted over 11 years in Bremerhaven, Germany, found that testosteronetherapy reversed Type 2 diabetes in a one-third of the study...
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Plant-based diets high in carbs improve type 1 diabetes, according to new case studies
Studies challenge misconception that carbs are bad for diabetes PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE WASHINGTON–Plant-based diets rich in whole carbohydrates can improve insulin sensitivity and other health markers in individuals with type 1 diabetes, according to two case studies published by researchers from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in the Journal of Diabetes &...
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Gene in fat plays key role in insulin resistance
Developing a better understanding of KBTBD2 could have implications for Type 2 diabetes, UTSW researchers say UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER THE ILLUSTRATION SHOWS THE IDENTIFICATION OF KBTBD2 AS A KEY GENE IN THE MAINTENANCE OF WHOLE-BODY INSULIN SENSITIVITY THROUGH ITS ROLE IN FAT. LOSS OF KBTBD2 LEADS TO THE ACCUMULATION… view more CREDIT: UT SOUTHWESTERN...
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City of Hope: Mechanism that may lead to metabolic memory/sustained diabetes complications
New data show how early episodes of hyperglycemia can have long-term effects CITY OF HOPE CITY OF HOPE’S RAMA NATARAJAN, PH.D., THE NATIONAL BUSINESS PRODUCTS INDUSTRY PROFESSOR IN DIABETES RESEARCH, view more CREDIT: CITY OF HOPE DUARTE, Calif. — For people with diabetes, vascular complications like kidney disease and atherosclerosis, which can lead to poor...