http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A new link between obesity and type 2 diabetes found in mice could open the door to exploring new potential drug treatments for diabetes, University of Michigan Health System research has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-inflammation-hormone-link-pave-drugs.html Diabetes Tue, 15 May 2012 13:41:04 EST news256308049 Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in collaboration with Nurses' Health Study investigators have shown that levels of certain related proteins found in blood are associated with a greatly reduced risk for developing type 2 diabetes up to a decade or more later. The findings, published today in the online edition of Diabetes, could open a new front in the war against diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-blood-factors-diabetes.html Diabetes Thu, 03 May 2012 14:20:01 EST news255272099 Cardiothoracic surgeons and endocrinologists from Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found that among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, achieving Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) benchmarks for glycemic control may be irrelevant when perioperative continuous insulin infusion protocols are implemented. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-relevance-benchmarks-cabg-patients-insulin.html Cardiology Wed, 02 May 2012 02:57:28 EST news255146163 About 40 percent of ischemic stroke patients arrive at the hospital with high blood glucose levels that can worsen their brain damage, say physicians working to stop the additional loss. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-outcomes-optimizing-blood-glucose.html Medical research Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:00:03 EST news255015335 A combination of two diabetes drugs, metformin and rosiglitazone, was more effective in treating youth with recent-onset type 2 diabetes than metformin alone, a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found. Adding an intensive lifestyle intervention to metformin provided no more benefit than metformin therapy alone. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-drugs-youth-diabetes.html Diabetes Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:42:33 EST news254936319 Patients suffering from type 2 diabetes may not benefit from taking both an oral glucose lowering drug (metformin) and insulin instead of insulin alone, a study published on bmj.com claims. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-patients-diabetes-benefit-oral-medication.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:43:03 EST news254104964 Lowering glucose levels for people with diabetes is normally critical to improving health outcomes. But for those with heart failure, that might not always be the case, say UCLA researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-heart-failure-patients-diabetes-benefit.html Cardiology Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:48:46 EST news253194512 Scientists from the Monell Center report that blood glucose levels following starch ingestion are influenced by genetically-determined differences in salivary amylase, an enzyme that breaks down dietary starches. Specifically, higher salivary amylase activity is related to lower blood glucose. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-enzyme-saliva-blood-glucose.html Medical research Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:17:58 EST news252767866 Daily intake of vitamin D-fortified doogh (Persian yogurt drink) improved inflammatory markers in type 2 diabetics and extra calcium conferred additional anti-inflammatory benefits, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-vitamin-d-fortified-yogurt-heart-disease.html Diabetes Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:38:40 EST news252225486 A recent study shows that the presence of H. pylori bacteria is associated with elevated levels of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), an important biomarker for blood glucose levels and diabetes. This association was stronger in obese individuals with a higher Body Mass Index (BMI). The results, which suggest the bacteria may play a role in the development of diabetes in adults, are published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases and are now available online. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-link-pylori-bacteria-adult-diabetes.html Diabetes Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:51:58 EST news250919485 An automated on/off feature built into insulin pump systems can suspend insulin delivery when it detects low blood glucose levels (via continuous glucose monitoring), significantly reducing the severity and duration of hypoglycemia in individuals with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-automatic-suspension-insulin-delivery-hypoglycemia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:19:52 EST news248015978 (Medical Xpress) -- Pregnant women with diabetes are almost four times more likely to have a baby with a birth defect than women without the condition and the likelihood is linked to the mother's glucose level, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-diabetes-linked-higher-birth-defects.html Diabetes Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:09:23 EST news247824551 A new fact sheet from the National Institutes of Health explains the A1C test, a widely used and important test to diagnose type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, and to monitor blood glucose levels of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-nih-fact-sheet-diabetes-prediabetes.html Diabetes Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:39:41 EST news246875973 Type 1 diabetes is caused by the body's own immune system attacking its pancreatic islet beta cells and requires daily injections of insulin to regulate the patient's blood glucose levels. A new method described in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine uses stem cells from cord blood to re-educate a diabetic's own T cells and consequently restart pancreatic function reducing the need for insulin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-stem-cell-therapy-reverses-diabetes.html Medical research Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:40:03 EST news245395831 Linagliptin (trade name: Trajenta) has been approved since August 2011 to improve blood glucose control ("glycaemic control") in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus whose elevated blood glucose levels are inadequately controlled by diet and exercise. It is an option for patients who do not tolerate or should not take the usual treatment with the drug metformin. Moreover, linagliptin can be added if treatment with metformin alone is not sufficient. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-added-benefit-linagliptin-proven.html Medications Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:48:26 EST news245065697 Hyperglycemia, or having high glucose levels in the blood, is a common, serious and costly health care problem in hospitalized patients. Today, The Endocrine Society released a clinical practice guideline (CPG) providing recommendations for practical and safe glycemic targets and describing protocols and system improvements required to achieve glycemic goals for hospitalized patients in a non-critical care setting. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-experts-hospitalized-patients-blood-glucose.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:29:18 EST news244974551 People with diabetes may one day have a less expensive resource for monitoring their blood glucose levels, if research by a group of Missouri University of Science and Technology students becomes reality. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-student-team-glucose-sensor-dna.html Medical research Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:25:48 EST news244268716 Drinking two or more sugar-sweetened beverages a day may expand a woman's waistline and increase her risk of heart disease and diabetes, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2011. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-sugar-sweetened-beverages-cardiovascular-women.html Cardiology Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:21:54 EST news240409295 Two separate studies presented during the American Society of Nephrology's Annual Kidney Week agree that diabetics with kidney failure shouldn't lower their blood glucose levels as much as diabetics without kidney failure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-blood-glucose-diabetics-kidney-failure.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:10:49 EST news240167441 Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong disease characterized by high levels of sugar (glucose) in the blood. It is caused by the patient's immune system attacking and destroying the cells in their pancreas that produce the hormone insulin, which regulates blood glucose levels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-connexins-cells-diabetes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:50:30 EST news239892621 Fifty years after participating in studies of pentosuria, an inherited disorder once mistaken for diabetes, 15 families again welcomed medical geneticists into their lives. Their willingness to have their DNA analyzed with advanced genomics technologies has solved a mystery more than a hundred years old. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-modern-genetics-age-old-garrod-fourth.html Genetics Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:02:18 EST news239295728 Patients with diabetes face daily challenges in managing their blood glucose levels, and it has been postulated that patients could benefit from a system providing continuous real-time glucose readings. Today, The Endocrine Society released a clinical practice guideline (CPG) providing recommendations on settings where patients are most likely to benefit from continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-experts-glucose-beneficial-blood.html Health Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:23:36 EST news237558210 Researchers in Japan have discovered how a patient's neural stem cells could be used as an alternative source of the beta cells needed for a regenerative treatment for diabetes. The research, published in EMBO Molecular Medicine today, reveals how harvesting stem cells could overcome a lack of beta cell transplants from donors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-neural-stem-cell-transplant-tackle.html Medical research Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:17:11 EST news237179820 There is much interest in the unequal health care caused by postcode lotteries. The area you live in can impact the treatment you receive for cancer treatment, surgery or GP care. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health shows that there are also geographic differences in the implementation of public health programs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-postcode-lotteries-health-necessarily.html Health Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:57:03 EST news236401016 Visiting a primary care clinician every two weeks was associated with greater control of blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels among patients with diabetes, according to a report in the September 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-frequent-office-factors-patients-diabetes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:24:34 EST news236273066 Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have identified the key signal that prompts production of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas -- a breakthrough discovery that may ultimately help researchers find ways to restore or increase beta cell function in people with type 1 diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-key-prompts-production-insulin-producing-beta.html Medical research Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:23:05 EST news235041457 A simple finger prick test during routine eye examinations at high street opticians could help to identify millions of people with previously undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-simple-blood-high-street-opticians.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:39:03 EST news233987844 Floating in the Dead Sea for just 20 minutes may help diabetics lower blood sugar levels, according to a study by Israeli researchers highlighted in Haaretz on Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-dip-dead-sea-diabetics.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:33:46 EST news233922809 Research published in The Cochrane Library found that the risk of death and cardiovascular disease, such as stroke, was unchanged whether glucose control was intense or conventional. They did find, however, that when aiming to keep blood glucose levels at the lower intensive level, the chance of damaging small blood vessels in the body, potentially leading to damage in the eyes and kidneys, is reduced. But aiming for this lower level with the more intensive glucose control substantially increased the risk that a person's blood glucose could drop too low, potentially resulting in loss of consciousness or even death if untreated. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-diabetes-intensive-conventional-blood-glucose.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:50:01 EST news231413393 Whether patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus benefit from attempts to lower their blood glucose levels to near-normal levels through treatment ("intensive blood glucose control") remains an unanswered question. The studies currently available provide indications of a benefit but also of potential harm. This is the result of a report published by the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-benefit-blood-glucose-lowering-near-normal.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:44:31 EST news229859057