Diabetes
Screen everyone over 45 for diabetes: US task force
(HealthDay)—Every American over the age of 45 should be screened for both type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, a U.S. task force has recommended.
Oct 8, 2014
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News tagged with glucose tolerance
Diabetes
Ever growing number of women with gestational diabetes suggests future will be filled with children with early diabetes
New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that children exposed to gestational diabetes in the wombs of their mothers are themselves around six times ...
Aug 25, 2014
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Diabetes
Progression of dysglycemia in youth similar to adults
(HealthDay)—For obese adolescents, glucose sensitivity deteriorates progressively across the spectrum of glucose tolerance, according to a study published online June 19 in Diabetes.
Jul 12, 2014
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Diabetes
Vitamin D does not improve glycemic control in prediabetes
(HealthDay)—Supplementation with vitamin D does not appear to improve glycemic indices or cardiovascular risk factors in individuals with prediabetes, according to research published online June 19 in Diabetes Care.
Jul 3, 2014
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Diabetes
Blood sugar improves with first gastrointestinal microbiome modulator, NM504
In adults with prediabetes, a new drug that alters microbial populations and their environment in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract improves glucose tolerance—the body's response to consuming carbohydrates— after four weeks ...
Jun 23, 2014
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Diabetes
New strategy for diabetes treatment: Newly-discovered compound slows natural degradation of insulin in the body
With the discovery of a compound that can slow the degradation of insulin in animals, scientists at Harvard have opened the door to a potential new treatment for diabetes.
May 21, 2014
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Diabetes
Intensive lifestyle reverses glucose abnormalities in youth
(HealthDay)—An intensive lifestyle intervention can reverse early glucose abnormalities in obese youth, according to a study published in the February issue of Diabetes Care.
Feb 1, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Experts clarify conflicting criteria for diagnosing polycystic ovary syndrome
The Endocrine Society today issued a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for the diagnosis and treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome, the most common hormone disorder in women of reproductive age and a leading cause of infertility.
Oct 24, 2013
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Neuroscience
Lower blood sugars may be good for the brain
Even for people who don't have diabetes or high blood sugar, those with higher blood sugar levels are more likely to have memory problems, according to a new study published in the October 23, 2013, online issue of Neurology, ...
Oct 23, 2013
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Diabetes
Rapid reversal of diabetes after gastric banding surgery
Clinical researchers from Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research and St. Vincent's Hospital have shown that a form of weight loss surgery, known as 'gastric banding', brings about reversal of diabetes in some patients, ...
Oct 15, 2013
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