Researchers suggest that lifestyle interventions can be effective in helping women with metabolic syndrome prevent diabetes and heart disease THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY (NAMS) CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 1, 2020)–Perimenopause is a time when women become more vulnerable to a number of health problems. A new study based on data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study...
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Should diabetes treatment lessen for older adults approaching the end of life?
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY One in four people aged 65 or older has diabetes. The disease is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States and a major contributor to heart disease. Experts have recommended that the best way to slow the progression of diabetes–and help...
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Study discovers BAM15 as a potential treatment for obesity
by Pennington Biomedical Research Center A new study offers the first evidence that a protein named BAM15 acts as an energy uncoupler and could be an effective drug for treating obesity and related diseases. Obesity affects more than 650 million people worldwide and drives a number of dangerous health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, heart...
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DIY diabetics create artificial pancreas, push health-care industry, regulators to develop better treatments
U of A PhD candidate studies and participates in grassroots movement to hack diabetes equipment. People with Type 1 diabetes—including U of A graduate student Jonathan Garfinkel—are using free instructions from the internet to build an artificial pancreas. The patient-led movement is pushing pharmaceutical companies to improve the treatments they offer, according to U of...
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For people with diabetes and COVID-19, blood sugar control is key
by Cell Press A study reported in the journal Cell Metabolism on April 30 adds to the evidence that people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are at greater risk of a poor outcome should they become infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. But there is some encouraging news: people with T2D whose blood sugar...
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Diabetes cases soar, 1-in-11 adults affected: doctors
More than 460 million people—1-in-11 adults—now suffer from diabetes, largely brought on by an over-rich lifestyle short on exercise, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) said Thursday. Releasing its latest Diabetes Atlas, the IDF said the current number of 463 million sufferers would jump to 578 million by 2030 and to 700 million by 2045, posing...
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Key mechanism in insulin release by cholesterol metabolite found
LUND UNIVERSITY Insulin which is released by pancreatic beta-cells is the main regulator of blood sugar. Previous and current studies by a research group at Lund University in Sweden have identified around hundred different receptors on the surface of the beta-cells, with a diverse functional impact on the beta-cells. Now researchers at Lund University in...
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How blood sugar levels affect risks in type 1 diabetes
UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG A major new study on the association between blood glucose levels and risks of organ impairment in people with type 1 diabetes can make a vital contribution to diabetes care, in the researchers’ view. The Swedish study now published in BMJ (British Medical Journal) covers more than 10,000 adults and children with...
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Reduced carbohydrate intake improves type 2 diabetics’ ability to regulate blood sugar
Patients with type 2 diabetes improve their ability to regulate their blood sugar levels if they eat food with a reduced carbohydrate content and an increased share of protein and fat FACULTY OF SCIENCE – UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Patients with type 2 diabetes improve their ability to regulate blood sugar levels if they eat food...
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FDA approves first needle-free ‘Rescue’ drug for low blood sugar episodes
by E.j. Mundell, Healthday Reporter (HealthDay)—In what could prove to be a real advance for Americans with diabetes, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday gave the nod to a needle-free method of helping people recover from an episode of dangerous low blood sugar. The new formulation, called Baqsimi, contains the rescue medication glucagon,...