Diabetes
Biofilm researchers help doctors understand, treat chronic wounds
Like doctors around the world, Randy Wolcott was confounded by diabetic foot ulcers.
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Even in svelte adults, cutting about 300 calories daily protects the heart
New data from a two-year Duke Health trial suggests when it comes to cutting your risk for killer ailments such as diabetes and heart disease, there's always room for improvement.
Jul 11, 2019
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Diet and exercise do not reduce the risk of gestational diabetes
The assumption that minimizing weight gain in obese pregnant women is advantageous for avoiding gestational diabetes has not been borne out. This was shown by a study conducted by MedUni Vienna's Division of Endocrinology ...
Jul 11, 2019
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Can you live well with type 1 diabetes for 81 years? Just ask Don Ray
(HealthDay)—When he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1939, Don Ray was just 4 years old. Doctors told his parents he'd likely live well into his teens.
Jul 10, 2019
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Robotic pancreas transplant offers hope for obese patients with Type 1 diabetes
For patients with Type 1 diabetes who don't respond well to insulin or have other serious medical complications caused by their disease, pancreas transplantation offers hope for a cure. But obese candidates who need a pancreas ...
Jul 10, 2019
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Intermittent fasting protects mice from type 2 diabetes
Every-other-day fasting substantially reduces the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes in mice eating a fat-rich diet, according to new research out of the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke. These ...
Jul 10, 2019
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A tale of two proteins: The best and worst of metabolic adaptation
The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesis is supported by multiple human epidemiological studies and animal studies. It states that the nutritional environment in early life makes people susceptible ...
Jul 08, 2019
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Tiny change has big effects, reverses prediabetes in mice
A small chemical change—shifting the position of two hydrogen atoms—makes the difference between mice that are healthy and mice with insulin resistance and fatty liver, major risk factors for diabetes and heart disease. ...
Jul 04, 2019
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Learning diabetes skills on the inside helps ex-inmates stay out – of hospital
Training prisoners with diabetes how to manage their disease could prevent hospitalizations and diabetes-related medical crises after they are released, a team of researchers from UConn and the Connecticut Department of Corrections ...
Jul 04, 2019
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Researchers uncover protective factor in diabetic eye disease
Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have shown that a protein found in the eye can protect against and potentially treat diabetic eye disease. At high enough levels, Retinol Binding Protein 3 (or RBP3) prevents the development ...
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