Starting menstrual cycles at a young age—before the age of 13—is linked to a heightened risk of developing type 2 diabetes in mid-life, finds US research published online in the open access journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health.
Researchers have discovered the novel mechanism that underlies a previously reported observation that infection by group A Streptococcus bacteria reduces the risk of later developing Type 1 diabetes.
A collaboration between researchers from Cornell and University of Alberta, Edmonton, has created a new technique to treat Type 1 diabetes: implanting a device inside a pocket under the skin that can secrete insulin while avoiding the immunosuppression that typically stymies management of the disease.
While sugar is the most frequently named culprit in the development of type 2 diabetes, a better understanding of the role of fats is also essential.
A dietary supplement developed by a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher significantly reduced high blood sugar caused by a diuretic used to lower blood pressure while also correcting electrolyte imbalances, UTSW researchers report. The findings, published in Hypertension, could offer a solution for the serious side effects associated with this class of drugs.
A Wayne State University College of Engineering professor has received a $2.65 million award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to develop a novel filtration platform to improve an advanced drug delivery device to optimize diabetes insulin treatments.
A young patient's design helps people with diabetes live easier lives
A common concern about gender-affirming hormone therapy for transmasculine people is the risk of red blood cell volume changes and erythrocytosis, a high concentration of red blood cells, with the use of prescribed testosterone. However, Mount Sinai researchers have found that testosterone treatment may be safer than previously reported.
“Just like any other parent who out of nowhere their child is suddenly ill, it pretty much takes your breath away. It is not something you know how to fix,” remembers Cindy Farmer.
Stay informed! Keep up with the latest research on the COVID-19 virus in the Coronavirus channel on Newswise.
Published just before World Diabetes Day, work by Dr. May Faraj, director of the Research Unit on Nutrition, Lipoproteins and Cardiometabolic Diseases at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) and full professor at the Department of Nutrition at the University of Montreal, highlight a new mechanism and a new role for LDL – commonly called bad cholesterol – in the development of type 2 diabetes, LDL already being involved in cardiovascular diseases in the human.
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from the University of California, Irvine, led a study that estimated the prevalence of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) of all ages and found that the AI/AN population has a notably higher prevalence of Type 2 diabetes compared to the general U.S. population across all ages starting at 10 years of age.
A combined $1.35 million from the Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust was awarded to two researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to advance their work on finding more effective treatments—and better options—for two debilitating diseases.
The world’s total population is expected to reach 9.9 billion by 2050. This rapid increase in population is boosting the demand for agriculture to cater for the increased demand. Below are some of the latest research and features on agriculture and farming in the Agriculture channel on Newswise.
A world-first research programme that will identify adults at high risk of developing type 1 diabetes has opened for recruitment in the UK.
Expressing outrage over the state’s plan to kill programs well-proven to slash diabetes and other chronic disease, activists, providers and patients rallied outside the state Health Department in lower Manhattan today, World Diabetes Day, to protest state negligence that will clearly impose even worse chronic disease on low-income communities already reeling from the aftermath of Covid-19.
Tuesday, November 14, is Diabetes Alert Day.
Analyses led by Corinne Keet, MD, PhD, at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, of two longitudinal studies reveal how an increased level of an antibody called immunoglobin (IgE) to cow’s milk is associated to cardiovascular-related death.
JDRF, the world’s largest nonprofit supporter of Type 1 diabetes research, has awarded a $750,000 grant to a team of Michigan State University researchers.
Compared with kidney transplant recipients who did not receive sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, those treated with the medications had lower risks of experiencing kidney transplant failure, kidney transplant rejection, major adverse cardiac events, all-cause mortality, and genitourinary infections.
تعد الذبحة الصدرية، وهي شعور بالانزعاج يصيب الصدر ناجم عن انخفاض تدفق الدم إلى القلب، عرضًا من أعراض مرض الشريان التاجي.
Results from the phase 3 SCORED trial indicate that sotagliflozin protects kidney and heart health in individuals with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease.
La angina, un malestar en el pecho causado por la reducción del flujo sanguíneo al corazón, es un síntoma común de enfermedad de las arterias coronarias.
New study shows that most people taking semaglutide do not develop diabetic retinopathy or experience a worsening of existing diabetic retinopathy.
A new Cochrane review has found that insulin can be kept at room temperature for months without losing potency, offering hope to people living with diabetes in regions with limited access to healthcare or stable powered refrigeration
Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a significant complication of diabetes, often leading to vision loss. A recent review paper published in the journal Pharmaceutics provides evidence-based recommendations on using intravitreal dexamethasone implants (DEX) for treating DME.
Among individuals receiving in-center hemodialysis treatment in Washington, Oregon, and California, exposure to wildfire-related air pollution was associated with elevated risks of hospitalization and mortality.
Investigators found that in patients with diabetes and cancer, sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors were associated with a higher risk of diabetic ketoacidosis and fracture and a lower risk of acute kidney injury and urinary tract infection compared with glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists.
• A tool that provides an automated prompt to physicians increased kidney disease screening in patients with type 2 diabetes. • Results from the study will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2023 November 1–November 5.
November is Diabetes Awareness Month.
A new study led by researchers at UChicago Medicine and Indiana University suggests that an existing drug could be repurposed to treat type 1 diabetes, potentially reducing dependence on insulin.
A new study published in Cell Reports Medicine presents exciting future possibilities for the management of type 1 diabetes and the potential reduction of insulin dependency. The study's findings' suggest repurposing of the drug α-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) may open doors to innovative therapies.
An often silent condition that can steal vision, diabetic retinopathy is a complication of diabetes that may have no noticeable symptoms in the early stages and is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in working-age Americans.
La retinopatía diabética, una enfermedad a menudo silenciosa que puede robarle la visión, es una complicación de la diabetes que pudiera no tener síntomas perceptibles en las primeras etapas, y es la principal causa de ceguera irreversible en los estadounidenses de edad de laboral.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, the academic core of Advocate Health, are launching their largest campaign for research. Designed with health equity at the forefront, funds raised in this campaign will transform health care for patients, communities and the next generation of health care leaders by integrating research with clinical care while enhancing the speed with which new ideas move from research labs to patients' bedsides and beyond.
With so many people in the U.S. at risk of developing diabetes, it is critical for the general public to understand that they can take action to prevent it, such as being more active and making small changes in their diet. Diabetes experts at Johns Hopkins Medicine are available to be interviewed throughout November about this important topic and to clear up common misconceptions surrounding this condition.
First detailed explanation of why people with obesity and Type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk of pancreatic cancer
Michael McDermott, MD Installed as President Christopher McCabe, PhD Installed as Secretary
Imaging tests in individuals with type 2 diabetes without symptoms of cardiovascular disease indicated that elevated albumin in the urine may be linked with sub-clinical coronary artery pathology, including coronary artery microcalcifications.
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine will play key roles in a national consortium led by Wake Forest University School of Medicine to study the use, interpretation and implementation of biomarkers to diagnose Alzheimer's disease. The multi-institution effort is funded by a five-year, $9 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, that will establish the Alzheimer's Diagnosis in Older Adults with Chronic Conditions (ADACC) Network.
More weight lost among people who fasted, compared to calorie restriction
A researcher from the Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing has been awarded a $3.5 million federal grant for research to improve sleep health and glucose management in young adults with type 1 diabetes. Positive findings could lead to adding the intervention in current care protocols.
Targeting NETs could reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke for diabetic patients
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