People with type 1 diabetes and many with type 2 have to constantly monitor their blood sugar levels and control them with insulin shots Swiss scientists developed cells that release insulin when they detect caffeine Coffee has also been shown to have protective effects against diabetes The experimental system proved safe in mice If it...
Category: <span>Diabetes</span>
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Scientists discover new clues about fat cell formation
In new research published in Nature, researchers say they’ve captured a detailed snapshot of how the body’s fat cells form. MATURE HUMAN FAT CELLS ON THE LEFT, MOUSE FAT ON THE RIGHT. THE NEWLY DISCOVERED CELLS THAT CAN SUPPRESS MATURE FAT CELL FORMATION ARE HIGHLIGHTED BY ARROWS. (BART DEPLANCKE / EPFL) In models of type 2 diabetes, the body sometimes...
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BCG vaccine leads to long-term blood sugar improvement in type 1 diabetes patients
Mass. General study finds novel mechanism underlying stable, durable blood sugar control MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL Long-term follow-up of participants in clinical trials of a generic vaccine to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes finds significant clinical benefits, including restoration of near-normal blood sugar levels. Three years after receiving two administrations of the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine...
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Diabetes defeated by diet: How new fresh-food prescriptions are beating pricey drugs
Spending on diabetes drugs in the U.S. reached $53.7 billion last year, more than double what it was in 2013. Roughly 100 million Americans have diabetes or prediabetes. The Fresh Food Farmacy program, being tested by Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania, which includes education and free nutritious meals, can lower diabetes treatment costs by 80 percent. The...
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New link identified between inflammation and depression in type-1 diabetes
Depression in type-1 diabetes patients is associated with higher levels of the inflammatory protein galectin-3, according to research published in Endocrine Connections. These findings suggest that galectin-3 levels may be useful for diagnosis of depression or maybe a new target for treating depression associated with type-1 diabetes, which could lead to better patient care. It is well established...
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New hope from the ‘seven year switch’ in type 1 diabetes
New research has shown that the rapid decline in insulin production that causes Type 1 diabetes continues to fall over seven years and then stabilises. A team at the University of Exeter Medical School found evidence that the amount of insulin produced declines by almost 50 percent each year for seven years. At that point, the insulin levels stabilise....
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New guidance on treating diabetes in elderly and frail adults
New guidance has been published on managing diabetes in the elderly, including for the first time how to manage treatment for the particularly frail The guidance was produced from a collaboration between experts in diabetes medicine, primary care and geriatric medicine, led by Dr David Strain at the University of Exeter Medical School. It will...
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Text messages provide support for people with diabetes
An innovative University of Auckland trial using text messages has proven a success in getting people to manage their diabetes better. Academics at the University’s National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI), part of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, developed a text message based self-management programme. The Self-Management Support for Blood Glucose (SMS4BG) was...
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Do you get diabetes from eating too much sugar?
There is a widespread belief that sugar is the sole cause of diabetes. After all, the disease is characterized by high levels of sugar in the blood. Diabetes was first identified through the sweet smell of urine, and it later became apparent that sweet, sugary urine signified a high level of blood sugar. Over time, diabetes treatment has swung...
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Diabetes-associated pain linked to disrupted insulin signalling
The chronic pain experienced by a number of patients with diabetes has widely been assumed to originate from damage to blood vessels or to local tissue surrounding neurons caused by high blood-sugar levels. However, a new study reports that in fruit flies, this pain hypersensitivity results instead from disrupted insulin signaling in pain sensory neurons....