AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY IN A STUDY, BLACK RACE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED COVID-19 INFECTION RISK. view more CREDIT: ATS July 08, 2020 – Results of an analysis published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society found that Black individuals were twice as likely as White individuals to test positive for COVID-19. The average age...
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...
by Michael Addelman, University of Manchester A University of Manchester study of tens of thousands of patients in England with type 2 diabetes has shown that 77% of them have at least one other physical or mental health condition. The observational study highlights how some conditions, such as schizophrenia which is 2.4 times more likely...
Another pandemic is about to rise in the future. But its already taunting the lives of most people around the world. Diabetes, a worldwide-known disease that could affect anyone, has a new update involving the recent pandemic, coronavirus. It turns out that once you are diagnosed with positive COVID-19, there’s a lot of chances that...
Steroids may offer vital COVID-19 treatment strategy THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY WASHINGTON–People with endocrine disorders may see their condition worsen as a result of COVID-19, according to a new review published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. “We explored the previous SARS outbreak caused by the very similar virus SARS-CoV-1 to advise endocrinologists involved in...
by Osaka University were defined as PD-1+ CD153+ cells in CD4+ T cells. The proportion of senescent T cells in visceral adipose tissues (VAT) of the high fat diet (HFD) control group was significantly increased compared with that in the VAT of the normal diet (ND) control group. CD153-CpG vaccination of HFD mice resulted in...
After examining the genes of more than 200,000 people all over the world who have type-2 diabetes, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center (CMCVAMC) found hundreds of genetic variants never before linked to the disease....
by University of Bristol Early signs of being more susceptible to type 2 diabetes as an adult can be seen in children as young as 8 years old, decades before it is likely to be diagnosed, according to a new study published in Diabetes Care today. The research looked at the effects of a genetic...
The University of Edinburgh in Great Britain claims Asians are more likely to die in Coronavirus compared to other races, specifically South Asian. One of the main arguments that supported this claim is the fact that this race also shown increase cases in diabetes. Therefore, treating patients with both these diseases may have a more...
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...
