by University of Otago Graphical abstract. Credit: Molecular Therapy – Nucleic Acids (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2022.07.007 University of Otago researchers are closer to preventing immature death and improving the overall health of people with diabetes. More than 60% of people worldwide with type 2 diabetes die from some sort of heart disease. Associate Professor Rajesh Katare, of the Department...
by Kersti Mitchell, University of Leeds Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A drug used to treat people living with Type 2 diabetes could also help improve their heart function, according to new research. An estimated 3.7 million people in the UK are diagnosed with the condition which can damage the walls of the arteries and lead to...
by Cedric Ricks, University of Cincinnati Donald Lynch Jr., MD, shown at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Credit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati Laura Riesenberg was visiting a local amusement park with three of her children when she suffered a massive heart attack. “I was down for about 20 minutes and they defibrillated me twice...
Monitoring a wound is critical, especially in diabetic patients, whose lack of sensation due to nerve damage can lead to infection of a lesion and, ultimately, amputation. Clinicians and healthcare professionals at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and other hospitals believe that the use of a new app, Swift Skin and Wound, which accurately...
