Diabetes
Researchers discover process that may explain how type 2 diabetes develops
A new study helps to explain the mechanism by which pancreatic cells secrete high levels of insulin during the early stages of diabetes.
Dec 20, 2019
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Insulin pill could make diabetes treatment 'ouchless'
Every day, millions of Americans with diabetes have to inject themselves with insulin to manage their blood-sugar levels. But less painful alternatives are emerging. Scientists are developing a new way of administering the ...
Aug 24, 2016
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Drinking kombucha may reduce blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes, pilot trial suggests
People with type 2 diabetes who drank the fermented tea drink kombucha for four weeks had lower fasting blood glucose levels compared to when they consumed a similar-tasting placebo beverage, according to results from a clinical ...
Aug 1, 2023
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Advancing the Edmonton Protocol for the improved treatment of type 1 diabetes
An antifreeze glycopeptide that mimics a naturally occurring glycoprotein found in Arctic fish is helping to significantly improve the efficacy of cell transplant treatments for diabetes patients—a procedure that transplants ...
Dec 17, 2015
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Healthy plant-based diet linked with substantially lower type 2 diabetes risk
Consuming a plant-based diet—especially one rich in high-quality plant foods such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes—is linked with substantially lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according ...
Jun 14, 2016
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Dry eye disease and diabetes: New study reveals scale of issue and need for screening
Diabetes is a debilitating health condition which is expected to reach epidemic proportions in the next 20 years. According to the World Health Organisation, 108m people around the world had diabetes in 1980; by 2014 that ...
Mar 1, 2019
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Medical research
Coffee bean extracts alleviate inflammation, insulin resistance in mouse cells
When coffee beans are processed and roasted the husk and silverskin of the bean are removed and unused, and often are left behind in fields by coffee producers.
Oct 11, 2019
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Sulforaphane in broccoli sprouts found to improve glucose levels in diabetics
A team of researchers from Sweden, the U.S. and Switzerland has found that treating rat liver cells with a compound called sulforaphane, which is found in cruciferous vegetables, reduced production of glucose. In their paper ...
Medications
Combo-drug treatment for type 2 diabetes remains effective after two years
Patients with Type 2 diabetes often take metformin as first-line therapy to help stabilize their blood glucose. Eventually, some patients no longer respond to metformin and require additional treatment. A few years ago, pivotal ...
Nov 2, 2020
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Why respiratory infections are more deadly in those with diabetes
Since the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) first emerged in Saudi Arabia in 2012, there have been more than 2,400 confirmed cases of the infection, resulting in greater than 800 deaths—an alarming ...
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