The health of people with diabetes is being put at risk due to the failure of doctors to recognise which type of diabetes they have, a new study in the journal Diabetes Care reports. In the first ever study of its kind, researchers from the University of Surrey, examined the primary care records of more than 2...
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Flu shot key for people with diabetes
(HealthDay)—With predictions calling for a potentially bad flu season this year, doctors are urging people—particularly those with diabetes—to get vaccinated. Many people with diabetes don’t get a seasonal flu shot each year, according to the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE). Some people with the blood sugar disease don’t realize they’re at risk for flu-related complications. Others...
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Healing molecule discovery could reduce limb amputations for diabetes patients
Scientists have discovered new insights into a molecule which is part of the body’s tissue repair system, in a finding which could help treat non-healing wounds and injuries, such as diabetic foot body’s tissue repair system, in a finding which could help treat non-healing wounds and injuries, such as diabetic foot. The number of limbs...
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Cellular calcium handling in diabetes
Tight regulation of calcium levels in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) – a cellular organelle with multiple functions – contributes to insulin secretion by pancreatic beta cells. Although ER calcium handling is perturbed in diabetes, the molecular determinants of ER calcium balance are not clear. David Jacobson, Ph.D., and colleagues have now demonstrated that TALK-1 potassium...
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Diabetes drug helps obese people lose 12lbs over 3 months and could spell the end of costly gastric bypasses, study finds
The prescription-only drug helps to slow down the stomach from emptying American experts believe the drug could steer fat adults onto the right path Surgeons claim gastric bypasses are the most effective treatments for obesity A type 2 diabetes drug may stop thousands of obese people from needing gastric bypasses, scientists claim. US researchers at...
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Production of key diabetes cells can be improved
Beta cells release insulin in your blood, but when you suffer from Type 1 diabetes, you hardly have any of them left in your body. This is because the immune system attacks the beta cells. The role of insulin is to reduce and regulate the blood sugar level when it is too high. People with...
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Study identifies blood vessel as a therapeutic target for diabetes
Blood vessels have an often overlooked role of regulating the transfer of nutrients from the blood to organs in the body. In a new Yale-led study, researchers have identified a role of a secreted protein, apelin, in regulating the transfer of fatty acids across the blood vessels. The study offers insights into a potential target...
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A fat-regulating enzyme could hold the key to obesity, diabetes, cancer, other diseases
Rutgers researchers shed light on key enzyme’s role in human health IMAGE: FAT IS STORED IN LIPID DROPLETS (BRIGHT GREEN SPOTS) IN YEAST CELLS, WHICH IS ANALOGOUS TO HOW FAT IS STORED IN HUMAN TISSUE. It had already been known that the enzyme known as phosphatidic acid phosphatase plays a crucial role in regulating the...
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Too many older diabetes patients are being overtreated
New study shows that too few Medicare insured patients with well controlled diabetes have medication discontinued Up to 11 percent of older Americans insured through Medicare are receiving too much medication to control their diabetes, and around 7 percent are being undertreated. This is according to a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine which is...
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Hi-tech patch available on prescription could end the pain of needle tests for diabetes sufferers
The Freestyle Libre patch will be available on NHS prescription for the first time It could spell the end for patients having to subject themselves to finger pricks The device automatically reads blood sugar levels and sends it to a smartphone Thousands of people with diabetes are to get NHS access to a life-changing device which...