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Discovery of C-reactive protein's inflammatory pathway in diabetic kidneys offers new treatment avenues

A research team from the School of Chinese Medicine in the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has discovered that C-reactive protein (CRP) can exacerbate kidney inflammation caused by diabetes, ...

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Managing your diabetes can help prevent associated vision loss

Diabetes affects more than 1 in 10 adults worldwide and has been accompanied by an increase in vision-threatening diabetic retinal disease (DRD).

Oncology & Cancer

Aggressive breast cancer linked to obesity-driven diabetes

More than 120 million Americans suffer from diabetes or pre-diabetes. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive form of breast cancer, and TNBC patients with obesity-driven diabetes often have worse outcomes.

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Gestational diabetes: What to know during pregnancy

Pregnancy is a time of significant change for a woman's body. Hormones fluctuate, energy levels shift and new challenges arise. One challenge that some women face is gestational diabetes, a condition where blood sugar levels ...

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Early menopause linked to higher type 2 diabetes risk in study

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease linked to severe health complications, including cardiovascular diseases and increased mortality. While genetics, obesity, and lifestyle factors are known risk factors, this study emphasizes ...

Diabetes

Diabetic eye disease up, but most severe forms down since 2014

Although the prevalence of diabetes-related eye diseases has almost doubled since 2014, the rates of the most severe forms of the disease have actually decreased, according to a new study led by researchers at the Perelman ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

GLP-1 diabetes drugs not linked to heightened suicidality risk

Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists to treat type 2 diabetes is not associated with an increased risk of suicidality compared with two other groups of diabetes drugs known as DPP-4 inhibitors and SGLT-2 inhibitors, finds a large ...