News tagged with clinical diabetes


'Light' sodas may hike diabetes risk: study (Update)

Artificially sweetened sodas have been linked to a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes for women than sodas sweetened with ordinary sugar, a French study unveiled on Thursday found.

Health created Feb 07, 2013 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 9

Reprogramming cells to fight diabetes

For years researchers have been searching for a way to treat diabetics by reactivating their insulin-producing beta cells, with limited success. The "reprogramming" of related alpha cells into beta cells ...

Medical research created Feb 22, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Clinical trial results support strategy for reversing type 1 diabetes

A phase I clinical trial has confirmed that use of a generic vaccine to raise levels of an immune system modulator can cause the death of autoimmune cells targeting the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas and temporarily ...

Diabetes created Aug 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Risk of disease partially set in womb, scientists say

Pregnant women sacrifice many of life's simple pleasures - caffeine, sushi, a glass of wine - in the hope that their baby will be born healthy. But according to a provocative new field of research, what happens during pregnancy ...

Health created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Two studies point to the illusion of the artificial sweeteners

In the constant battle to lose inches or at least stay the same, we reach for the diet soda. Two studies presented June 25 and 27 at the American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions in San Diego suggest this might ...

Health created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Cocoa may enhance skeletal muscle function

A small clinical trial led by researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) found that patients with advanced heart failure and type 2 diabetes showed improved mitochondrial structure ...

Health created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Type 2 diabetes: 'Intensive' versus 'conventional' blood glucose control -- no clear picture

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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Experimental drug raises 'good' cholesterol, may help control diabetes

A medicine designed to improve levels of "good" cholesterol may also help control blood sugar in people with diabetes who are taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, according to a new analysis in Circulation: Journal of the Am ...

Cardiology created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Physician's empathy directly associated with positive clinical outcomes, confirms large study

Patients of doctors who are more empathic have better outcomes and fewer complications, concludes a large, empirical study by a team of Thomas Jefferson University and Italian researchers who evaluated relationships between ...

Health created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Milk-drinking teens reap health benefits through adulthood: study

Developing healthy habits like drinking milk as a teen could have a long-term effect on a woman's risk for type 2 diabetes, according to new research in this month's issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1). R ...

Addiction created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Experts find continuous glucose monitoring beneficial in maintaining target blood glucose levels

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 ...

Health created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Diabetes screening study finds no reduction in mortality rates

The randomised trial, which is the first ever study evaluating the effect of type 2 diabetes screening programmes on overall mortality rates in a population, assessed the number of deaths over ten years in a group of more ...

Diabetes created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Head-to-head trial of two diabetes drugs yields mixed results

A direct, head-to-head comparison of two of the newer treatments available for type 2 diabetes yielded mixed results.

Diabetes created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Understanding pancreas size may help unlock cause of Type 1 diabetes

(Medical Xpress)—People at risk for Type 1 diabetes may have fewer insulin-producing "beta" cells than people not at risk, a finding that could help researchers shed light on what causes the disease, a new University of ...

Diabetes created Dec 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Diabetes drug makes lung cancer vulnerable to radiotherapy

The diabetes drug metformin slows the growth of lung cancer cells and makes them more likely to be killed by radiotherapy, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer today.

Cancer created May 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0