by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New medicines for people who have diabetes seem to pop up all the time. Drugs that help the body break down carbohydrates, drugs that increase excretion of glucose in the urine, drugs that help muscles respond to insulin and drugs that stimulate the pancreas to...
by McMaster University Researchers at McMaster University have unlocked one of the secrets behind the many benefits of metformin. One of the most widely used medications in the world; metformin is commonly prescribed for Type 2 diabetes. However, in addition to its effects on lowering blood sugar, in preclinical models, metformin shows benefits on aging and...
Posted Yesterday Science may be inching closer to thwarting obesity, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes, as Cornell biochemists have uncovered a key step in how the human body metabolizes sugar, according to new research published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Martha S. Field, assistant professor of nutritional sciences, has further characterized this human metabolic pathway, by identifying two enzymes called sorbitol dehydrogenase (SORD)...
There may be a connection between tau proteins, which are linked to Alzheimer’s, and insulin resistance. People with lifestyle-related diabetes are at an increased risk of developing dementia and, with both conditions on the rise, scientists are scrambling to understand their connection in the hope of finding new treatments. There are 54 million people...
Metformin is an FDA-approved drug to control blood glucose in type 2 diabetics But a study by Massachusetts General Hospital found it also controls cancer The drug shuts off molecules needed for cancer to invade and grow in cells An FDA-approved drug normally used to treat diabetes could control the growth of certain cancers,...
