September 9, 2024 by George Hale, Texas A&M University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Diabetes affects millions of Americans, with 1.4 million new cases diagnosed each year. This chronic condition is one of the leading causes of death in the United States and accounts for more than $320 billion in annual health care costs. In addition,...
September 8, 2024 by Diabetologia Credit: CC0 Public DomainAltitude changes during commercial flights may affect the blood glucose levels of people with type 1 diabetes who are treated with insulin pump therapy, according to new research to be presented at this year’s Annual Meeting of The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Madrid...
Health & Wellbeing By Paul McClureSeptember 12, 2024 Transplanted cells enabled type 1 diabetics to be insulin-independent for years Depositphotos Implanting a pouch of stem-cell-derived pancreas cells under the skin of type 1 diabetics has enabled them to live without insulin injections for years and maintain non-diabetic blood sugar levels, according to the results of...
September 4, 2024 by Michigan State University Credit: ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsptsci.4c00418People with chronic diabetic foot ulcers could soon have a new way to treat their wounds for faster healing and fewer hospital stays. Researchers from Michigan State University and South Shore Hospital have uncovered that the combination of two common...
August 31, 2024 by Robin Foster Insulin can be a critical part of managing diabetes, but patients may not know all the ins and outs of using the medication effectively. Luckily, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has plenty of information and tips on using insulin. First, there are different types of insulin, depending on how...
JULY 23, 2024 by Tayler Shaw, CU Anschutz Medical Campus Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAfter publishing research in 2022 that compared the effectiveness of four common medications for type 2 diabetes, University of Colorado Department of Medicine faculty member Neda Rasouli, MD, and a national team of researchers decided to delve deeper into their data to...
by Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute Pharmacological inhibition of EZH2 catalyzes pancreatic progenitor activation and β-cell maturation. The schematic outlines the progression from pancreatic multipotent progenitors to mature insulin-secreting β-cells, highlighting the regulatory target of EZH2 inhibitors, GSK126 and Tazemetostat. Credit: Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41392-023-01707-xResearchers are zeroing in on the ultimate...
Miriam E. Tucker Youth with type 1 diabetes who use real-time continuous glucose monitoring (rtCGM) and an insulin pump spend more time in target glucose range than those using intermittently scanned CGM (isCGM) and/or multiple daily insulin injections, new data show. In the multinational cohort study of more than 4500 people younger than age 21...
A recently published study shows how nanoclusters of insulin can control insulin activity. Insulin pen, needle visible with a drop of insulin coming out – illustrative photo. Insulin nanoclusters could lead to new types of diabetes therapies. Image credit: Dennis Klicker via Unsplash, free license The results can lead to new types of insulin drugs,...
Rebecca Pifer Senior Reporter Courtesy of Amazon Dive Brief: Amazon on Tuesday added more than 15 new manufacturer-sponsored coupons for insulin brands and diabetes care products to its online pharmacy. The additions bring Amazon’s manufacturer coupons that are automatically applied during check-out for eligible customers to 36. The new coupons include some of the most commonly prescribed...
