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Group of anti-diabetic drugs can significantly lower cancer risk in women with type 2 diabetes
• Cancer • • Diabetes • Dec 05 13
Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, Cleveland: A Cleveland Clinic-led study shows that a specific type of diabetes drug can decrease the risk of cancer in…
Newly discovered brown fat cells hold possibilities for treating diabetes, obesity
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Nov 21 13
Obesity and diabetes have become a global epidemic leading to severe cardiovascular disease. Researchers at the University of Utah believe their recent identification of…
New link between obesity and diabetes found
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Nov 21 13
A single overactive enzyme worsens the two core defects of diabetes - impaired insulin sensitivity and overproduction of glucose - suggesting that a drug…
Body mass index may predict heart disease risk for type-2 diabetic patients new study finds
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Obesity • Nov 17 13
Researchers from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, in collaboration with researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health, have discovered…
Cardiovascular complications of type 2 diabetes associated with levels of physical activity
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Physical activity -exercise • Nov 13 13
The risk of cardiovascular complications in people with type 2 diabetes is directly related to the frequency and duration of physical exercise, according to…
Cleveland Clinic study shows long-term effects of bariatric surgery in patients with Type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • • Surgery • • Weight Loss • Sep 19 13
Overweight patients with type 2 diabetes continue to experience the benefits of bariatric surgery up to nine years after the procedure, according to new…
Amino acid with promising anti-diabetic effects
• Diabetes • Sep 10 13
New experiments conducted by researchers from the University of Copenhagen show that the amino acid arginine – found in a wide variety of foods…
MRI may predict heart attack and stroke risk in people with diabetes
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Stroke • Sep 10 13
Whole-body MRI may serve as a valuable noninvasive tool for assessing the risk of heart attack and stroke in diabetic patients, according to a…
Endocrinologists Not Surprised by Cardiac Studies
• Diabetes • • Endocrinology • • Heart • Sep 04 13
Study results showing two DPP-4 inhibitors neither increased nor decreased the risk of cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes patients came as no surprise…
Diabetic stroke risk after AMI drops in 10 year period
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Stroke • Aug 31 13
The findings were presented at the ESC Congress today by Ms Stina Jakobsson from Sweden. They reveal that reperfusion therapy and secondary prevention drugs…
Depression with diabetes may speed mental decline
• Depression • • Diabetes • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 26 13
In a study of middle-aged and older people with type 2 diabetes, declines in thinking and memory that are often linked to later dementia…
BPA, phthalates tied to kids’ weight, diabetes risk
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • • Obesity • Aug 19 13
Children exposed to two chemicals commonly used in food packaging are more likely to be obese or show signs of diabetes precursors than those…
Timing of first solid food tied to child diabetes risk
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • Jul 14 13
When babies already at increased risk for type 1 diabetes had their first solid foods before four months of age or after six months,…
Undiagnosed pre-diabetes highly prevalent in early Alzheimer’s disease study
• Brain • • Diabetes • • Neurology • Jul 14 13
When Georgetown University neurologist R. Scott Turner, MD, PhD, began enrolling people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease into a nationwide study last…
New study reveals important role of insulin in making breast milk
• Diabetes • • Gender: Female • • Pregnancy • Jul 05 13
Why do so many mothers have difficulty making enough milk to breastfeed? A new study by scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and…
Huge falls in diabetes mortality in UK and Canada since mid-1990s
• Diabetes • • Mortality and Morbidity • Jun 26 13
Both the UK and Canada have experienced huge falls in diabetes-related mortality since the mid-1990s, with the result that the gap in mortality risk…
Exercise benefits patients with type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • • Physical activity -exercise • • Public Health • Jun 25 13
Moderate-intensity exercise reduces fat stored around the heart, in the liver and in the abdomen of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, even in…
Insulin degludec lowers risk of recurrent low blood sugar or has similar risk to insulin glargine
• Diabetes • • Drug News • Jun 19 13
Insulin degludec (Tresiba), a new ultra-long-acting insulin, has a similar or reduced risk of recurrent hypoglycemia - low blood sugar - compared with the…
Eating more red meat tied to higher diabetes risk
• Diabetes • • Dieting • Jun 17 13
Increasing the number of hamburgers and other red meat people eat on a daily basis is linked to a higher risk of developing diabetes…
Heart Health Matters to Your Brain
• Brain • • Diabetes • • Heart • Jun 04 13
People suffering from type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are at an increased risk of cognitive decline, according to a new study from…
Youth with type 2 diabetes at much higher risk for heart, kidney disease
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Urine Problems • May 25 13
The news about youth and diabetes keeps getting worse. The latest data from the national TODAY diabetes study shows that children who develop…
Dietary advice on added sugar is damaging our health, warns heart expert
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Heart • • Obesity • May 21 13
He calls on the UK’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition and the Department of Health “to act swiftly” to tackle the rising obesity crisis…
Gastric bypass findings could lead to diabetes treatment
• Diabetes • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • May 01 13
A Lund University research team has shed new light on why gastric bypass often sends diabetes into remission rapidly, opening the door to developing…
Forthcoming study explores use of intermittent fasting in diabetes as cardiovascular disease
• Diabetes • • Heart • Apr 27 13
Intermittent fasting is all the rage, but scientific evidence showing how such regimes affect human health is not always clear cut. Now a scientific…
Sugary drinks can raise diabetes risk by 22 percent -study
• Diabetes • • Food & Nutrition • Apr 25 13
Drinking just one can of sugar-laced soda drink a day increases the risk of developing diabetes by more than a fifth, according to a…