Archive: 03/10/2018
Domestic refrigerators may pose risk to insulin quality
New research being presented at this year's European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting in Berlin, Germany (1-5 October), suggests that insulin is often stored at the wrong temperature in patients' ...
Oct 3, 2018
Study reveals large regional variations on future trends of diabetes dependent on if obesity rates are tackled
New research presented at this year's annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Berlin looks into the rising prevalence of both obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) around the world and estimates ...
Oct 3, 2018
Potential mechanism by which BCG vaccine lowers blood sugar levels to near normal in type 1 diabetes discovered
Previous research has shown that the bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, used to prevent tuberculosis, can reduce blood sugar levels in people with advanced type 1 diabetes in the long term. New research being presented ...
Oct 3, 2018
Cardiovascular admissions more common among most deprived
People with diabetes from deprived backgrounds in England are twice as likely to end up in hospital with a major cardiovascular event such as a heart attack or stroke as those from more affluent communities, according to ...
Oct 3, 2018
Kidney care conflicts of interest: Experts call for transparency on joint-venture dialysis clinics
Penn Medicine experts in nephrology and health policy call for more transparency about joint-venture ownership of dialysis clinics to better understand what impact these arrangements may have on patient referrals and clinical ...
Oct 3, 2018
First large study details cognitive outcomes among older breast cancer patients
The first large U.S. study of cognition in older breast cancer patients found that within the first two years after diagnosis and treatment, most women do not experience cancer-related cognitive problems.
Oct 3, 2018
Sleeping too much or too little may affect stroke risk differently based on race
How many hours people sleep at night may affect their risk of stroke differently based on race, according to a study published in the October 3, 2018, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy ...
Oct 3, 2018