By Tim Newman Fact Checked by Isabel Godfrey Today, millions of people in the United States are unaware that they have diabetes. A recent study finds that data from a readily available smartphone app could help detect diabetes in people without requiring a trip to the clinic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...
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Dry eye disease and diabetes: New study reveals scale of issue and need for screening
Diabetes is a debilitating health condition which is expected to reach epidemic proportions in the next 20 years. According to the World Health Organisation, 108m people around the world had diabetes in 1980; by 2014 that figure was 422m. Three years later in 2017, 425m people worldwide were living with the disease and this figure...
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Lilly will sell a version of its popular insulin at half the price, but will this appease critics?
By ED SILVERMAN @Pharmalot MARCH 4, 2019 As drug makers come under increasing pressure to lower prices, Eli Lilly (LLY) is trying to thread a needle by introducing a new version of insulin at half the list price. Specifically, the product is a so-called authorized generic version of the Humalog insulin, which means the medicine is identical to the brand-name...
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SGLT-2 inhibitors work by inducing a fasting state that triggers metabolic benefits
IMAGE: INVESTIGATOR AT JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL view more CREDIT: JOHN SOARES SGLT-2 inhibitors are a relatively new class of diabetes drugs that have shown many benefits for people with type 2 diabetes who have not responded well to previous interventions, including diet changes and metformin. Patients who take this medication see...
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Scientists report new modeling of brain signaling
The release of neurotransmitters and hormones in the body is tightly controlled by complex protein machinery embedded in cell membranes. Manipulating that machinery with drugs could improve treatment of disorders ranging from diabetes to Parkinson’s disease. Progress has been slow, however, because of the lack of an animal model to test the effects of potential...
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Research changes GP guidelines on frailty in diabetes
New guidelines will help GPs get the best outcomes for older people with diabetes after they were changed to include specific advice around frailty. The newly revised GP contract, a five-year framework for GPs, includes the first specific guidance around how and when to stop treatment diabetes in particularly frail older people. The new guidance is informed by research led by Dr. David Strain at the University...
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Adipocyte glucocorticoid receptors play a role in developing steroid diabetes
Steroids act on adipocyte glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) :Activation of adipocyte GRs restricted healthy adipose expansion, causing insulin resistance, liver steatosis, and eventually diabetes. Credit: Osaka University Steroids are used for treating various diseases such as allergic disorders, but they occasionally cause adverse effects, such as steroid diabetes and other metabolic disturbances. Since steroids act throughout...
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TestCard, a $4 Urine Test Read by Your Smartphone
Recently announced as one of the Digital Trends’ Top Tech of CES 2019, TestCard is a UK-based company that allows users to turn their smartphones into a clinical-grade urinalysis kit. The process starts with a postcard-like card mailed directly to the consumer. The card costs about $4 and contains three fold-out urine test strips, each...
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Type 2 diabetes risk up with PCOS regardless of BMI
(HealthDay)—Irrespective of age and weight, women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online Jan. 31 in Diabetes Care. Nadira S. Kakoly, M.P.H., from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues estimated nationwide incidence rates and predictors of type 2 diabetes using data from...
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Vitamin D could lower the risk of developing diabetes
CLEVELAND, Ohio (January 30, 2019)–The benefits of vitamin D in promoting bone health are already well known. A new study out of Brazil suggests that vitamin D also may promote greater insulin sensitivity, thus lowering glucose levels and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Results are published online today in Menopause, the journal of...