Scientists have developed a sensor that can monitor blood sugar levels by analysing sweaty skin. But rather than a gym-soaked t-shirt, it needs just one millionth of a litre of sweat to do the testing. The team – in South Korea – showed the sensor was accurate and think it could eventually help patients...
Tag: <span>Diabetes</span>
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Fasting-Mimicking Diet Promotes Ngn3-Driven β-Cell Regeneration to Reverse Diabetes
Highlights Fasting mimicking diet induces prenatal-development gene expression in adult pancreas FMD promotes Ngn3 expression to generate insulin-producing β cells Cycles of FMD reverse β-cell failure and rescue mice from T1D and T2D Inhibition of PKA or mTOR promotes Ngn3-driven β-cell regeneration in human T1D islets Summary Stem-cell-based therapies can potentially reverse organ dysfunction and...
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What primary care providers should know about diabetic neuropathy
New guidelines from Michigan Medicine researchers and the American Diabetes Association equip physicians with better information on the condition An estimated 60 to 70 percent of people with diabetes develop some form of diabetic neuropathy, or the chronic nerve damage diabetes causes, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. With...
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Diabetes or its rapid deterioration can be an early warning sign for pancreatic cancer
Patients and their doctors should be aware that the onset of diabetes, or a rapid deterioration in existing diabetes that requires more aggressive treatment, could be a sign of early, hidden pancreatic cancer, according to research presented at the European Cancer Congress 2017 today (Monday). Ms Alice Koechlin, from the International Prevention Research Institute in...
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Wearable biosensors can flag illness, Lyme disease, risk for diabetes; low airplane oxygen
Smart watches and similar portable devices are commonly used for measuring steps and physiological parameters, but have not generally been used to detect illness, until now. Can your smart watch detect when you are becoming sick? A new study from Stanford, publishing January 12th, 2017 in PLOS Biology, indicates that this is possible. By following 60...
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A diabetic drug controlling tumor division
Outline: Metformin is an FDA- approved drug to control blood glucose in type 2 diabetes. But a study by Massachusetts General Hospital found it also controls cancer The drug shuts off molecules needed for cancer to invade and grow in cells Metformin targets the liver to lower blood glucose in type 2 diabetes patients. But...