UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA A new study, led by Professor Elina Hyppönen from UniSA’s Australian Centre for Precision Health, presents the strongest evidence yet of a causal relationship between obesity and a wide range of serious conditions, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and neurological, musculoskeletal and respiratory afflictions. The study, published in Lancet Digital Health, draws data from the UK Biobank – a...
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Routine blood test could lead to earlier diabetes diagnosis
Posted Yesterday The results of random plasma glucose (RPG) tests, which are commonly measured as part of routine outpatient laboratory testing, could help physicians identify individuals at high risk for type 2 diabetes for screening earlier than is done in current practice, according to research published online in the journal PLOS ONE. “We found that...
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Vitamin D supplementation may slow diabetes progression
by European Society of Endocrinology Vitamin D supplementation may slow the progression of type 2 diabetes in newly diagnosed patients and those with prediabetes, according to a study published in the European Journal of Endocrinology. The study findings suggest that high-dose supplementation of vitamin D can improve glucose metabolism to help prevent the development and progression of diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is an increasingly prevalent disease that places a huge burden on patients and society...
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Following a healthy plant-based diet may lower type 2 diabetes risk
by JAMA Internal Medicine People who follow predominantly plant-based diets with greater adherence may have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those who follow these diets with lower adherence, according to a new meta-analysis from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The researchers also found that the association was stronger for...
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List of tests for diabetes
By Rachel Nall, MSN, CRNA Reviewed by Deborah Weatherspoon, PhD, RN, CRNA It can take time for the symptoms of diabetes to appear. However, a doctor may be able to detect the condition in its earlier stages by performing various medical tests. These tests can detect different forms of diabetes, including type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. In...
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Gravity of dialysis treatment appears to elude many patients
New research suggests that people who undergo dialysis treatment for end-stage kidney disease tend to be overly optimistic about their life expectancy, relative to national mortality data for that patient population. This optimism might limit the benefit of planning for a late-stage illness and fuel the aggressive end-of-life care that these patients often receive, the authors said. JAMA Internal Medicine...
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Antidepressants reduce deaths by more than a third in patients with diabetes
THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY WASHINGTON–Antidepressants reduce deaths by more than a third in patients with diabetes and depression, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. People with diabetes are two to three times more likely to have depression than people without diabetes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Half to three-quarters of people...
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Study suggests genetic testing for young people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes
A subset of patients treated for decades for autoimmune disease may have monogenic diabetes that can be treated by pills. JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER BOSTON — (July 2, 2019) — A Joslin Diabetes Center study among people treated for type 1 diabetes for many years has discovered that a minority may have monogenic diabetes, a non-autoimmune inherited condition that in...
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Is a diabetes drug the key to aggressive breast cancer?
By Ana Sandoiu Fact checked by Paula Field New research finds that the diabetes drug metformin changes stem cancer cells in a way that makes them easier to target with a new form of treatment. The findings could help treat triple-negative breast cancer, which is particularly aggressive. Triple-negative breast cancer is an aggressive form of breast cancer...
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Promising approach: Prevent diabetes with intermittent fasting
DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER DIABETESFORSCHUNG DZD Intermittent fasting is known to improve sensitivity to the blood glucose-lowering hormone insulin and to protect against fatty liver. DZD scientists from DIfE have now discovered that mice on an intermittent fasting regimen also exhibited lower pancreatic fat. In their current study published in the journal Metabolism, the researchers showed the mechanism by which pancreatic fat...