Diabetes

1,572 patients enrolled in ongoing trial Critical limb ischemia (CLI), a manifestation of peripheral arterial disease, is a debilitating and increasingly common disease that puts patients at a high risk for leg amputation, cardiovascular…

Minimally invasive procedure could help patients control blood sugarCredit: Fractyl Laboratories HOUSTON - Jan. 17, 2019 -- A same-day procedural therapy to improve glucose control for Type 2 diabetes patients will be investigated in a…

Insulin-producing cells more responsive to fluctuating glucose levelsCredit: Millman lab, Washington University Scientists working to develop more effective treatments for diabetes are turning to stem cells. Such cells can be transformed…

Screening nearly nearly twice as efficient at identifying babies at high risk of type 1 diabetes as existing methods, and oe effective at diagnosing adults A new way of screening babies and adults for future risk of type 1 diabetes will be…

Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Lifestyle and health factors that are good for your heart can also prevent diabetes, according to a new study by researchers at The Ohio State University College of Medicine that…

New research by the University of Bristol in collaboration with Medical Detection Dogs has found that the best trained alert dogs have the potential to vastly improve the quality of life of people living with Type 1 diabetes. As…

New model lets scientists activate health-promoting enzyme AMPK at any time and in any tissue LA JOLLA--(January 14, 2019) The metabolic protein AMPK has been described as a kind of magic bullet for health. Studies in animal models have…

Exercise programs for diabetics are a cost effective treatment and should be reimbursed Sophia Antipolis, 15 January 2019: Patients with type 2 diabetes should be prescribed physical activity to control blood sugar and improve heart…

People who eat higher levels of dietary fibre and whole grains have lower rates of non-communicable diseases compared with people who eat lesser amounts, while links for low glycaemic load and low glycaemic index diets are less clear.…

Credit: Marco Brancaccio Astrocytes, 'caretaker' cells that surround and support neurons in the brain, play a much more important role in circadian rhythms, the body's 24-hour internal clock, than previously understood. The Medical…