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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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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Women who experience high blood pressure during pregnancy more likely to develop heart disease
by University of Cambridge Women who experience high blood pressure during pregnancy are more likely to develop heart disease and heart failure in later life, according to an international team of researchers. Between 1-6% of all pregnancies in Western countries are affected by high blood pressure, which usually returns to normal after giving birth. This...
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Targeting stem cells: The path to curing poor-prognosis leukaemia
Researchers at Children’s Cancer Institute have discovered what could prove a new and improved way to treat the poor-prognosis blood cancer, acute myeloid leukaemia or AML Researchers at Children’s Cancer Institute have discovered what could prove a new and improved way to treat the poor-prognosis blood cancer, acute myeloid leukaemia or AML. Unlike acute lymphoblastic...
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Urine test reveals quality of your diet — and whether it’s the best fit for your body
Scientists have completed large-scale tests on a new type of five-minute urine test that measures the health of a person’s diet, and produces an individual’s unique urine ‘fingerprint’. Scientists have completed large-scale tests on a new type of five-minute urine test that measures the health of a person’s diet, and produces an individual’s unique urine...
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Transgenic rice containing anti-hypertensive peptides lowers blood pressure in hypertensive rats
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. In the future, taking your blood pressure medication could be as simple as eating a spoonful of rice. This “treatment” could also have fewer side effects than current blood pressure medicines. As a first step, researchers reporting in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistryhave made transgenic rice that contains...
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Multi-ethnic study suggests vitamin K may offer protective health benefits in older age
Older adults with low vitamin K had higher death risk over 13 years compared to those with adequate vitamin K levels TUFTS UNIVERSITY, HEALTH SCIENCES CAMPUS BOSTON (June 15, 2020)– A new, multi-ethnic study found older adults with low vitamin K levels were more likely to die within 13 years compared to those whose vitamin...
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Overactive enzyme causes hereditary hypertension
by Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine A Turkish family from a village near the Black Sea caught the attention of medical researchers in the early 1970s, when a physician discovered that many members of this large family had both unusually short fingers and astronomically high blood pressure, sometimes twice as high as that of...
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High-salt diet impacts health of gut microbiome
AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 9, 2020) – Particularly in females with untreated hypertension, reducing salt intake to what’s considered a healthier level appears to be good for both their gut microbiome and their blood pressure, scientists report. In the blood of 145 adults with untreated hypertension, the scientists found that, particularly for the females, just six...
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INFLAMMATION MAY LINK BAD SLEEP AND HEART DISEASE
New research begins to reveal how disrupted sleep leads to the fatty arterial plaque buildup known as atherosclerosis that can result in deadly heart disease. “We’ve discovered that fragmented sleep is associated with a unique pathway—chronic circulating inflammation throughout the blood stream—which, in turn, is linked to higher amounts of plaques in coronary arteries,” says...