https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. In the U.S., one in five of the 37 million adults who has diabetes doesn't know it. Current methods of diagnosing diabetes and prediabetes usually require a visit to a doctor's office or lab work, both of which can be expensive and time-consuming. Now, diagnosing diabetes and prediabetes may be as simple as breathing. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-diabetes-easy-bag.html Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:36:45 EDT news675092198 Type 2 diabetes (T2D) accounts for more than 90% of the confirmed diabetes cases. It has become a common metabolic disease and is expected to affect 380 million people worldwide by 2025. Currently, clinically used diagnostic tests are mainly based on fasting plasma glucose, oral glucose tolerance test and glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). Although these methods are highly accurate, they are all invasive tests based on blood sampling. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-sniffing-urinary-acetone-fast-diabetes.html Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:18:02 EST news597669481 Physicists at Radboud University Nijmegen have shown for the first time that the concentration of acetone in breath is a suitable marker of fat-burning during physical activity. Their study, conducted on walkers taking part in the International Four Days Marches in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, shows that there are differences between healthy walkers and those suffering from diabetes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-07-acetone-days-fat-burning.html Wed, 09 Jul 2014 08:50:02 EDT news324112123 A novel hand-held, noninvasive monitoring device that uses multilayer nanotechnology to detect acetone has been shown to correlate with blood-glucose levels in the breath of diabetics. This research is being presented at the 2013 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition, the world's largest pharmaceutical sciences meeting, in San Antonio, Nov. 10-14. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-11-breathalyzer-technology-acetone-blood-glucose.html Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:03:00 EST news303562967 Drug use is common among street children, posing serious threats to both their health and their chances for reintegration into society. It's difficult to reduce drug use among street children without a good understanding of the problem, and up to now the research has been confined mainly to local studies with inconsistent results. Today, Addiction has published a systematic review of 50 studies of drug use among street children in 22 countries, shedding new light on the magnitude of the problem, the causes and health consequences of drug use among street children, and areas where new research is badly needed. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-07-hidden-epidemic-street-children-high.html Fri, 12 Jul 2013 00:10:01 EDT news292774357 Their call comes just days before 100 World Health Organisation member states hold their first meeting to discuss the problem, and the authors hope it will help to influence the debate and lead to some concrete actions. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-international-action-quality-medicines-tackle.html Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:30:08 EST news272046750 Through the efforts and successes of University of Cincinnati researchers, we will one day live in a world with inexpensive, portable detection devices for home use. The application of direct concern now is a device to detect diabetes without drawing a single drop of blood. Thanks to Anastasios Angelopoulos, associate professor in the School of Energy, Environmental, Biological, and Medical Engineering (SEEBME), and his team of colleagues and students at UC's College of Engineering and Applied Science, one day soon, diabetics will simply exhale into a small, hand-held device that detects and measures acetone in their breath. Acetone is proving itself to be a positive indicator of blood glucose levels. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-real-optical-medical-biomarkers.html Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:11:40 EDT news264665486 (AP) -- Counterfeit versions of the popular cancer drug Avastin obtained by European regulators contain a variety of chemicals, but not the active ingredient found in the genuine drug, according to drugmaker Roche. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-fake-avastin-chemicals-drug.html Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:27:07 EST news249661614