The study, published online in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology, documents a clear link between the stress hormone cortisol and higher blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and The Ohio State...
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Gut microbiota provide clues for treating diabetes
UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG THIS IS FREDRIK BACKHED, PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG. view more CREDIT: PHOTO BY JOHAN WINGBORG The individual mix of microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal tract provides vital clues as to how any future incidence of type 2 diabetes can be predicted, prevented and treated. This is demonstrated in a population...
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Researchers discover potential treatment for rare degenerative disease
by Yale University Yale pharmacology professor Barbara Ehrlich and her team have uncovered a mechanism driving a rare, lethal disease called Wolfram Syndrome and also a potential treatment. Their findings appear in the July 6 edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Wolfram Syndrome—a progressive degenerative disease that affects about one in 500,000...
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Testosterone helps older men avoiding type 2 diabetes, but it is not a quick fix
Type 2 diabetes is a major burden on healthcare systems in the entire world. It is especially prevalent among older men, who typically don’t follow healthy diets, don’t exercise and generally don’t take good care of themselves. Now a team of scientists led by the University of Adelaide found that two years of testosterone might...
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Study reveals high prevalence of ‘hidden’ illnesses in people with type 2 diabetes
by Michael Addelman, University of Manchester A University of Manchester study of tens of thousands of patients in England with type 2 diabetes has shown that 77% of them have at least one other physical or mental health condition. The observational study highlights how some conditions, such as schizophrenia which is 2.4 times more likely...
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COVID-19 NEW Update: Diabetes is the Dynamite of Coronavirus? Here’s the Study
Another pandemic is about to rise in the future. But its already taunting the lives of most people around the world. Diabetes, a worldwide-known disease that could affect anyone, has a new update involving the recent pandemic, coronavirus. It turns out that once you are diagnosed with positive COVID-19, there’s a lot of chances that...
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Testosterone helps older men avoiding type 2 diabetes, but it is not a quick fix
Type 2 diabetes is a major burden on systems in the entire world. It is especially prevalent among older men, who typically don’t follow healthy diets, don’t exercise and generally don’t take good care of themselves. Now a team of scientists led by the University of Adelaide found that two years of testosterone might help...
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Researchers develop a new ultrafast insulin
by Taylor Kubota, Stanford University Researchers at Stanford University are developing a new insulin formulation that begins to take effect almost immediately upon injection, potentially working four times as fast as current commercial fast-acting insulin formulations. The researchers focused on so-called monomeric insulin, which has a molecular structure that, according to theory, should allow it...
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A vaccine targeting aged cells mitigates metabolic disorders in obese mice
by Osaka University were defined as PD-1+ CD153+ cells in CD4+ T cells. The proportion of senescent T cells in visceral adipose tissues (VAT) of the high fat diet (HFD) control group was significantly increased compared with that in the VAT of the normal diet (ND) control group. CD153-CpG vaccination of HFD mice resulted in...
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Researchers Identify Novel Genetic Variants Linked to Type-2 Diabetes
After examining the genes of more than 200,000 people all over the world who have type-2 diabetes, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center (CMCVAMC) found hundreds of genetic variants never before linked to the disease....