Diabetes
Diabetes in rats treated with engineered probiotic
Imagine a pill that helps people control diabetes with the body's own insulin.
Jan 28, 2015
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Early blood glucose control lengthens life in people with type 1 diabetes
People with type 1 diabetes who intensively control their blood glucose (blood sugar) early in their disease are likely to live longer than those who do not, according to research funded by the National Institutes of Health. ...
Jan 6, 2015
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Medications
Aflibercept in diabetic macular oedema: Added benefit not proven
Since August 2014, aflibercept (trade name Eylea) has been available also for patients with visual impairment due to diabetic macular oedema (DMO). The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) examined ...
Dec 15, 2014
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The artificial pancreas shown to improve the treatment of type 1 diabetes
The world's first clinical trial comparing three alternative treatments for type 1 diabetes was conducted in Montréal by researchers at the IRCM and the University of Montreal, led by endocrinologist Dr. Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret. ...
Nov 26, 2014
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Program improves diabetes control in world's poorest children
A nonprofit program that brings diabetes care and education to some of the world's poorest children has successfully improved control of the disease, according to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health ...
Nov 26, 2014
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Medical research
Grapefruit juice stems weight gain in mice fed a high-fat diet, study finds
Fad diets come and go, but might there be something to the ones that involve consuming grapefruit and grapefruit juice? New research at the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that a closer look at grapefruit juice ...
Oct 8, 2014
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Combining gut hormone with insulin proves more effective at controlling type 2 diabetes than other common treatments
Combined treatment with a drug that mimics the action of a gut hormone and basal insulin is more effective at improving blood sugar control than other anti-diabetic treatments, with similar rates of hypoglycaemia (dangerously ...
Sep 12, 2014
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One injection stops type 2 diabetes in its tracks in mice without side effects
In mice with diet-induced diabetes—the equivalent of type 2 diabetes in humans—a single injection of the protein FGF1 is enough to restore blood sugar levels to a healthy range for more than two days. The discovery by ...
Jul 16, 2014
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Largest study to date finds insulin pumps result in better blood sugar control than multiple daily injections
Insulin pumps are significantly more effective at controlling blood glucose (sugar) in people with type 2 diabetes who have failed to respond to the usual standard of care, multiple daily insulin injections, according to ...
Jul 2, 2014
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Combined aerobic and resistance training, rather than either method alone, is best for controlling blood sugar
A systematic review and meta-analysis of available data published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) suggests that combined aerobic and resistance training, rather than either ...
Jul 2, 2014
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