Brian Shelton’s life was ruled by Type 1 diabetes. When his blood sugar plummeted, he would lose consciousness without warning. He crashed his motorcycle into a wall. He passed out in a customer’s yard while delivering mail. Following that episode, his supervisor told him to retire, after a quarter century in the Postal Service. He...
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Scientists to explore whether anti-inflammatory drugs control blood sugar
Inflammation and metabolic disorders are deeply intertwined. For example, people with inflammatory conditions such as Crohn’s disease and psoriasis are at risk of developing metabolic disorders such as insulin resistance and diabetes. However troubling that connection might seem, it also might point to some promising news. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis...
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Remote control of blood sugar: Electromagnetic fields treat diabetes in animal models
by Jennifer Brown, University of Iowa Calvin Carter and Sunny Huang (pictured in their lab at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine) may have discovered a safe new way to manage blood sugar non-invasively using electromagnetic fields (EMFs). Their findings, published in Cell Metabolism, show that exposing diabetic mice to a combination of static...
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AI-basedc device will help monitoring blood sugar without painful finger pricks
Would you like to stab your finger several times per day every day just to survive? Probably not and yet millions of people with diabetes live like that. Finger pricks are necessary to measure blood glucose levels, but they are also painful or at least uncomfortable. Now scientists found a better way – they designed...
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Non-fasting blood test can help screen youth for prediabetes and diabetes
Study suggests the hemoglobin A1c test can identify youth at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes and associated cardiovascular problems JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH A simple blood test that does not require overnight fasting has been found to be an accurate screening tool for identifying youth at risk for type...
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Exercise Enhancement
Loss of a specific enzyme increases fat metabolism and exercise endurance in mice. Sugars and fats are the primary fuels that power every cell, tissue, and organ. For most cells, sugar is the energy source of choice, but when nutrients are scarce, such as during starvation or extreme exertion, cells will switch to breaking down...
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CAN BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL PROTECT AGAINST COVID’S WORST EFFECTS?
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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Study links stress hormone with higher blood sugar in Type 2 diabetes
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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Could Your Hemoglobin A1C Test Be Wrong?
Sharon Orrange, MD, MPHDr. Orrange is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Geriatric, Hospitalist and General Internal Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.Posted on July 2, 2020 The preferred way to screen for diabetes is with an A1C test. It’s easily done with a fingerstick in your doctor’s...