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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

Group of anti-diabetic drugs can significantly lower cancer risk in women with type 2 diaBetes

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… Group of anti-diabetic drugs can significantly lower cancer risk in women with type 2 diabetes   

 
 

Newly discovered brown fat cells hold possibilities for treating diabetes, obesity
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Nov 21 13

Newly discovered brown fat cells hold possibilities for treating diaBetes, obeSity

Obesity and diabetes have become a global epidemic leading to severe cardiovascular disease. Researchers at the University of Utah believe their recent identification of… Newly discovered brown fat cells hold possibilities for treating diabetes, obesity   

 
 

New link between obesity and diabetes found
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Nov 21 13

New link between obeSity and diaBetes found

A single overactive enzyme worsens the two core defects of diabetes - impaired insulin sensitivity and overproduction of glucose - suggesting that a drug… New link between obesity and diabetes found   

 
 

Body mass index may predict heart disease risk for type-2 diabetic patients new study finds
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Obesity • Nov 17 13

Body mass inDex may predict heart diSease risk for type-2 diaBetic patients

Researchers from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, in collaboration with researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health, have discovered… Body mass index may predict heart disease risk for type-2 diabetic patients new study finds   

 
 

Cardiovascular complications of type 2 diabetes associated with levels of physical activity
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Physical activity -exercise • Nov 13 13

Cardiovascular coMplications of type 2 diaBetes associated with levels of physical activity

The risk of cardiovascular complications in people with type 2 diabetes is directly related to the frequency and duration of physical exercise, according to… Cardiovascular complications of type 2 diabetes associated with levels of physical activity   

 
 

Cleveland Clinic study shows long-term effects of bariatric surgery in patients with Type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • • Surgery • • Weight Loss • Sep 19 13

Cleveland Clinic study shows long-term effects of bariatric surgery in patients with Type 2 diabetes

Overweight patients with type 2 diabetes continue to experience the benefits of bariatric surgery up to nine years after the procedure, according to new… Cleveland Clinic study shows long-term effects of bariatric surgery in patients with Type 2 diabetes   

 
 

Amino acid with promising anti-diabetic effects
• Diabetes • Sep 10 13

Amino acid with promising anti-diabetic effects

New experiments conducted by researchers from the University of Copenhagen show that the amino acid arginine – found in a wide variety of foods… Amino acid with promising anti-diabetic effects   

 
 

MRI may predict heart attack and stroke risk in people with diabetes
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Stroke • Sep 10 13

MRI may predict heart aTtack and stroke risk in people with diabetes

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… MRI may predict heart attack and stroke risk in people with diabetes   

 
 

Endocrinologists Not Surprised by Cardiac Studies
• Diabetes • • Endocrinology • • Heart • Sep 04 13

Endocrinologists Not Surprised by Cardiac Studies

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… Endocrinologists Not Surprised by Cardiac Studies   

 
 

Diabetic stroke risk after AMI drops in 10 year period
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Stroke • Aug 31 13

Diabetic stroke risk after AMI drops in 10 year period

The findings were presented at the ESC Congress today by Ms Stina Jakobsson from Sweden. They reveal that reperfusion therapy and secondary prevention drugs… Diabetic stroke risk after AMI drops in 10 year period   

 
 

Depression with diabetes may speed mental decline
• Depression • • Diabetes • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 26 13

DePression with diaBetes may speed mental decline

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… Depression with diabetes may speed mental decline   

 
 

BPA, phthalates tied to kids’ weight, diabetes risk
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • • Obesity • Aug 19 13

BPA, phthalates tied to kids' weight, dIabetes risk

Children exposed to two chemicals commonly used in food packaging are more likely to be obese or show signs of diabetes precursors than those… BPA, phthalates tied to kids’ weight, diabetes risk   

 
 

Timing of first solid food tied to child diabetes risk
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • Jul 14 13

Timing of first solid food tied to child DIabetes risk

When babies already at increased risk for type 1 diabetes had their first solid foods before four months of age or after six months,… Timing of first solid food tied to child diabetes risk   

 
 

Undiagnosed pre-diabetes highly prevalent in early Alzheimer’s disease study
• Brain • • Diabetes • • Neurology • Jul 14 13

Undiagnosed pre-DIabetes highly prevalent in early ALZheimer's disease study

When Georgetown University neurologist R. Scott Turner, MD, PhD, began enrolling people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease into a nationwide study last… Undiagnosed pre-diabetes highly prevalent in early Alzheimer’s disease study   

 
 

New study reveals important role of insulin in making breast milk
• Diabetes • • Gender: Female • • Pregnancy • Jul 05 13

New study reveals important role of insulin in making breast milk

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… New study reveals important role of insulin in making breast milk   

 
 

Huge falls in diabetes mortality in UK and Canada since mid-1990s
• Diabetes • • Mortality and Morbidity • Jun 26 13

Huge falls in DIabetes mortality in UK and Canada since mid-1990s

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… Huge falls in diabetes mortality in UK and Canada since mid-1990s   

 
 

Exercise benefits patients with type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • • Physical activity -exercise • • Public Health • Jun 25 13

Exercise benefits patients with type 2 DIabetes

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… Exercise benefits patients with type 2 diabetes   

 
 

Insulin degludec lowers risk of recurrent low blood sugar or has similar risk to insulin glargine
• Diabetes • • Drug News • Jun 19 13

Insulin degludec lowers risk of recurrent low blood sugar

Insulin degludec (Tresiba), a new ultra-long-acting insulin, has a similar or reduced risk of recurrent hypoglycemia -  low blood sugar -  compared with the… Insulin degludec lowers risk of recurrent low blood sugar or has similar risk to insulin glargine   

 
 

Eating more red meat tied to higher diabetes risk
• Diabetes • • Dieting • Jun 17 13

Eating more red meat tied to higher DIabetes risk

Increasing the number of hamburgers and other red meat people eat on a daily basis is linked to a higher risk of developing diabetes… Eating more red meat tied to higher diabetes risk   

 
 

Heart Health Matters to Your Brain
• Brain • • Diabetes • • Heart • Jun 04 13

Heart Health Matters to Your Brain

People suffering from type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are at an increased risk of cognitive decline, according to a new study from… Heart Health Matters to Your Brain   

 
 

Youth with type 2 diabetes at much higher risk for heart, kidney disease
• Diabetes • • Heart • • Urine Problems • May 25 13

Youth with type 2 DIabetes at much higher risk for heart

The news about youth and diabetes keeps getting worse. The latest data from the national TODAY diabetes study shows that children who develop… Youth with type 2 diabetes at much higher risk for heart, kidney disease   

 
 

Dietary advice on added sugar is damaging our health, warns heart expert
• Diabetes • • Dieting • • Heart • • Obesity • May 21 13

Dietary advice on added sugar is damaging our health

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… Dietary advice on added sugar is damaging our health, warns heart expert   

 
 

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… Gastric bypass findings could lead to diabetes treatment   

 
 

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… Forthcoming study explores use of intermittent fasting in diabetes as cardiovascular disease   

 
 

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… Sugary drinks can raise diabetes risk by 22 percent -study   

 
 
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