Diabetes
New guidelines urge diabetics to move more
(HealthDay)—People with diabetes need to move more often than previously advised, new guidelines say.
Oct 26, 2016
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Genes influence response to glycemic control as a preventive therapy for cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetes
Genes play a role in how people with type 2 diabetes at high risk of cardiovascular disease risk respond to intensive glycemic control as an intervention to prevent the disease. That is the major finding of a Joslin-led study ...
Sep 19, 2016
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Diabetes
Study duration affects rate of diabetes remission post-RYGB
(HealthDay)—After Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery, variations in rates of diabetes remission are primarily related to differences in the definition of remission and study duration, according to a review published ...
Oct 29, 2016
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Medications
Diabetes vaccine gives promising results in a genetic subgroup
A clinical study led by Linköping University, Sweden, and financed by pharmaceuticals company Diamyd Medical has investigated whether immunotherapy against type 1 diabetes can preserve the body's own production of insulin. ...
May 24, 2021
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Diabetes
Microbiome intervention with niacin aids insulin sensitivity
(HealthDay)—A targeted microbiome intervention, accomplished through microencapsulated delayed-release niacin, beneficially affects insulin sensitivity in humans, according to a study published online Dec. 6 in Diabetes ...
Dec 18, 2017
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Diabetes
Women with GDM have elevated risk of future cardiac events
(HealthDay)—The risk of cardiovascular outcomes is elevated for women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), even in the absence of subsequent type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), according to a study published online Nov. ...
Nov 11, 2016
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Diabetes
Serum biomarker that reflects use, dose of metformin identified
(HealthDay)—The growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) is a novel biomarker for the use and dosing of metformin, according to a study published online Dec. 14 in Diabetes Care.
Dec 21, 2016
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Diabetes
Rapid improvement in insulin sensitivity with bariatric surgery
(HealthDay)—For obese patients without diabetes, bariatric surgery improves insulin sensitivity (IS), with more pronounced improvements for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) than for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding ...
Sep 5, 2016
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Online team-based game helps patients with diabetes lower blood glucose
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System have found that an online, team-based game designed to teach patients about diabetes self-management had a sustained and meaningful ...
Aug 8, 2017
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Treating oral disease could yield T2DM-related cost savings
(HealthDay)—Providing nonsurgical periodontal treatment to patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and periodontitis may significantly reduce tooth loss and diabetes-related microvascular diseases via improved glycemic control, ...
Jan 4, 2020
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