Diabetes
What is type 1.5 diabetes? It's a bit like type 1 and a bit like type 2—but it's often misdiagnosed
While you're likely familiar with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, you've probably heard less about type 1.5 diabetes.
Aug 27, 2024
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Health
Does eating ham, bacon and beef really increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes?
That lunchtime staple, the humble ham sandwich, has come in for a bashing in the press recently. According to many reports, eating two slices of ham a day can increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Aug 26, 2024
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Diabetes
Significant link found between heme iron, found in red meat and other animal products, and type 2 diabetes risk
Higher intake of heme iron, the type found in red meat and other animal products—as opposed to non-heme iron, found mostly in plant-based foods—was associated with a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) in ...
Aug 13, 2024
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Health
Vegan diet better than Mediterranean, finds new research
Eating a low-fat vegan diet reduces harmful inflammatory dietary compounds called advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) by 73%, compared to no reduction on a Mediterranean diet, according to new research by the Physicians ...
Aug 9, 2024
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Diabetes
Stem cell therapy could be breakthrough against type 1 diabetes
An experimental stem cell therapy can essentially cure type 1 diabetes by restoring insulin production in some patients, early clinical trial results show.
Jun 25, 2024
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Neuroscience
Food in sight? The liver is ready in minutes: Study shows how adapting sugar metabolism starts in the brain
What happens in the body when we are hungry and see and smell food? A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research has now been able to show in mice that adaptations in the liver mitochondria take ...
Apr 25, 2024
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Medications
The new generation of weight-loss drugs
Wegovy, Mounjaro, Ozempic... These new drugs drawing such intense attention have raised the hopes of millions around the world suffering from diabetes or obesity. But what are they, how are they used and who makes them?
Dec 4, 2023
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Diabetes
Use of antiviral medication shown to preserve insulin production in children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes
Norwegian researchers have previously demonstrated an association between diabetes and virus infection. New research shows that, among children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes (T1D), treatment with antiviral drugs could ...
Oct 4, 2023
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Mouse study highlights potential therapeutic for one of the major chronic diseases of aging
Mopping up free radicals with antioxidants was the rage in the 1970s; people were taking large, sometimes massive doses of various general antioxidants, including vitamins and minerals, to try to remove harmful byproducts ...
Jul 10, 2023
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Medical research
A plant-based, oral delivery of insulin regulates blood sugar levels similar to natural insulin: Study
Insulin production has, for the last 50 or so years, come with some risks to the patient. Even so, the medication is lifesaving for the estimated 537 million adults living with diabetes worldwide, with that number expected ...
Jun 14, 2023
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