GCI HEALTH NY ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Jul. 29, 2021 – A new study conducted by The Ohio State University and Abbott showed that half of the adults surveyed living with diabetes did not consume the daily recommended intake of protein, which is associated with lower diet quality, increased carbohydrate intake, and greater physical limitations. The study highlights...
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Study shows high rates of kidney disease among adults with diabetes
by National University of Ireland, Galway Dr. Tomás Griffin, consultant endocrinologist specializing in diabetes care at Galway University Hospitals, Honorary Senior Lecturer at NUI Galway and lead researcher on the study, along with Clinical Trial Nurse Michelle Hennessy with patient Brian Curran at UHG. Credit Aengus McMahon. Credit: Aengus McMahon Some 42% of patients attending a...
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Major study of diabetes trends shows Americans’ blood sugar control is getting worse
by Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Credit: CC0 Public Domain Blood sugar control among adults with diabetes in the United States declined significantly in the past decade, according to a nationwide study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The findings highlight the ongoing challenges of controlling one of...
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Have trouble sleeping? You’re at higher risk of dying, especially if you have diabetes
by Northwestern University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Having trouble falling or staying asleep may leave you feeling tired and frustrated. It also could subtract years from your life expectancy, according to a new study from Northwestern Medicine and the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom (UK). The effect was even greater for people with diabetes...
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Enhanced autophagy could help treat diabetes
by Will Doss, Northwestern University When activated, the autophagy protein Beclin 1/Becn1 (red) is localized to adiponectin vesicles (green) in fat cells to facilitate their secretion. Credit: Northwestern University Enhancing autophagy—the cellular process that breaks down and removes unneeded components—in fat tissue could help treat diabetes, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Cell Reports. Beclin...
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Skeletal muscle loss exacerbated by diabetes improved with oligo DNA
SHINSHU UNIVERSITY IMAGE: MYODN RECOVERS THE IMPAIRED MUSCLE DIFFERENTIATION OF PATIENTS WITH TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 DIABETES CREDIT: MODIFIED FROM NAKAMURA ET AL., FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY (2021) 12: 679152 Skeletal muscle is the largest organ in the body that accounts for 30 to 40% of body weight and is responsible for multiple functions such...
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Bayer claims another win on its CKD and diabetes hopeful, though the question remains over just how big it is
Max GelmanAssociate EditorAfter earning priority review for a top CKD and diabetes program back in January, Bayer is revealing more data that it hopes will boost its pitch to regulators. Bayer’s finerenone has passed another Phase III test, the pharma announced Monday, saying the candidate met the primary endpoint in a second study evaluating treatment...
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Two Pandemics Clash as Doctors Find That Covid Spurs Diabetes
By Jason Gale May 4, 2021, 9:00 PM MST When Ziyad Al-Aly’s research team told him how often diabetes appeared to strike Covid-19 survivors, he thought the data must be wrong, so he asked his five colleagues to crunch the numbers again. Weeks later, they returned the same findings after sifting through millions of patient records. By...
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Risk factors for a severe course of COVID-19 in people with diabetes
People with diabetes are at increased risk of developing a severe course of COVID-19 compared to people without diabetes. The question to be answered is whether all people with diabetes have an increased risk of severe COVID-19, or whether specific risk factors can also be identified within this group. A new study by DZD researchers...
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Heart patients three times more likely to have diabetes than general population
by European Society of Cardiology Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Nearly 30% of patients with coronary artery disease have diabetes, according to a large study published on World Health Day in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). That compares to a diabetes prevalence of around 9% in the general...