SOCIETY OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING IMAGE: IMAGES SHOWING DETECTION AND SEGMENTATION OF BAT ON FDG PET IN ORDER TO MEASURE TOTAL BAT VOLUME. CREDIT: IMAGES CREATED BY J. CRANDALL, T FRAUM, R.L WAHL, MALLINCKRODT INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS, MO. Reston, VA — In a prospective study of young, lean adults,...
by Elsevier Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An analysis of data from a large, nationally representative survey of the US population shows that e-cigarette use is associated with increased odds of prediabetes. The findings, which are reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, add important evidence about the health effects of e-cigarettes and can help shape...
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY People with prediabetes were significantly more likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke or other major cardiovascular event when compared with those who had normal blood sugar levels, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 70th Annual Scientific Session. Researchers said the findings should serve as a wake-up call for clinicians...
by University College London Credit: CC0 Public Domain For the study, published in the journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, researchers analysed data from the UK Biobank of 500,000 people aged 58 years on average, and found that people with higher than normal blood sugar levels were 42% more likely to experience cognitive decline over an average of four years,...
by Deutsches Zentrum fuer Diabetesforschung DZD In people with prediabetes, there are six clearly distinguishable subtypes (clusters), which differ in development of the diseases, risk for diabetes, and development of complications. Credit: IDM All prediabetes is not the same: in people in the preliminary stages of type 2 diabetes, there are six clearly distinguishable subtypes,...
UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG THIS IS FREDRIK BACKHED, PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG. view more CREDIT: PHOTO BY JOHAN WINGBORG The individual mix of microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal tract provides vital clues as to how any future incidence of type 2 diabetes can be predicted, prevented and treated. This is demonstrated in a population...
(HealthDay)—The bone health of adults older than 40 years of age is declining for individuals both with normal glucose regulation and prediabetes, according to a study recently published in Diabetes Care. Chi Chen, M.D., from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and colleagues used data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination...
by American Heart Association People with Type 2 diabetes, but not those with prediabetes, had worse cognitive performance three to six months after a stroke than those with normal fasting blood sugar levels, according to new research published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association....
