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STEP 2 trial: Semaglutide hope for patients with type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes patients treated with the new drug Semaglutide achieved an average weight loss of nearly 10kg and a significant improvement in blood...
Fat mass index, not BMI, associated with CVD events in people with diabetes
In people with diabetes, fat mass index, not body mass index (BMI), is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular events, according to data...
Wearable sensor provides minimally invasive glucose monitoring
Abbott has developed wearable sensor, used in conjunction with a smartphone, to to get a real-time glucose measurement, as well as trends, simply...
For patients with diabetes, ticagrelor reduced heart attacks, strokes
In late-breaking clinical trial results presented in a Hot Line Session at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2019, investigators from Brigham and Women's...
Omega-3 fats have little or no effect on type 2 diabetes — meta-analysis
Type 2 diabetes is a leading cause of illness and death, with annual costs estimated at over $800bn worldwide. The rise in type 2...
Study contradicts belief that glucose drives inflammation in type-2 diabetes
To date, the underlying causes of inflammation in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have been poorly understood, which has hampered efforts to...
Reduced carbs help type 2 diabetics regulate blood sugar levels
Patients with type 2 diabetes improve their ability to regulate blood sugar levels if they eat food with a reduced carbohydrate content and an...
Undetected diabetes link to heart attack risk and periodontitis
People with undetected glucose disorders run a higher risk of both myocardial infarction and periodontitis, according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet...
In milestone trial, experimental drug markedly delays type 1 diabetes
Marking the culmination of a 33-year odyssey, scientists report a milestone in type 1 diabetes: the first time the disease has been markedly delayed...
A1c test 'highly unreliable' at diagnosing diabetes
The haemoglobin A1c blood test is 'highly unreliable' at diagnosing diabetes and tends to underestimate the prevalence of the disease, according to a study...
Losing weight helps decrease the incidence of migraines
For migraine sufferers with obesity, losing weight can decrease headaches and improve quality of life, researchers from Italy and the US report. The results...
Eating later could contribute to weight gain
Eating later in the day may contribute to weight gain, according to a study presented at ENDO 2019, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in...
Pre-diabetes: A boon for pharma but is it good medicine?
Labelling people as having pre-diabetes could do more harm than good, experts have said, as research reveals that even some of those involved in...
New screening method to detect future type-1 diabetes risk
A new way of screening babies and adults for future risk of type 1 diabetes will be much more effective at identifying the condition...
Sweetened drinks pose greater diabetes risk than other sugary foods
Sweetened drinks pose a greater risk of type 2 diabetes than most other foods containing fructose, a naturally occurring sugar, finds an evidence review....
Marijuana may double mortality risk in people with type 1 diabetes
People with type 1 diabetes who use marijuana may double their risk of developing a life-threatening complication, found a University of Colorado study. Called...
Milk at breakfast lowers blood glucose through the day
Milk consumed with a high-carbohydrate breakfast reduced blood glucose even after lunch and the effect was increased by high-protein milk, found randomised, controlled, double-blinded study...
Early type 1 diabetes shortens women's lives by 18 years
Women who developed type 1 diabetes before the age of 10 years die an average of nearly 18 years earlier than women who do...
Single blood test accurately diagnoses diabetes
A combination of elevated fasting glucose and HbA1c levels from a single blood sample was found to be accurate for diagnosing diabetes. This is...
Artificial pancreas better controls blood sugar levels
Use of an artificial pancreas is associated with better control of blood sugar levels for people with type 1 diabetes compared with standard treatment,...
Non-invasive, adhesive patch measures glucose levels through skin
Scientists in the United Kingdom have created a non-invasive, adhesive patch that promises the measurement of glucose levels through the skin without a finger-prick...
High-energy breakfast has a positive effect on diabetics
In patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes, a meal schedule that includes a high-energy breakfast promotes weight loss, improves diabetes and decreases the...
Endocrine Society: Both low-carb and low-fat diets work
Whether you pick low-carb, low fat or another diet plan, scientific research indicates each can help some people achieve modest long-term weight loss with...
Paradigm shift in the diagnosis of diabetes
A completely new classification of diabetes that also predicts the risk of serious complications and provides treatment suggestions, are the first results of the...
Evidence for changing the way type 2 diabetes is treated
A Virta Health study shows that its novel metabolic and continuous remote care model can support adults with type-2 diabetes to safely improve glycosylated...
Prostate cancer mortality rate higher in men with diabetes
Men with type 2 diabetes are less likely to develop prostate cancer than patients without diabetes. However, the mortality rate is higher. Researchers of...
Up to a third not taking prescribed type 2 diabetes drug
Up to a third of people in the UK prescribed metformin – the most commonly prescribed drug for treating type 2 diabetes – are...
Type 2 diabetes reversed by intensive weight management programmes
Type 2 diabetes can be reversed following an intensive weight management programme, according a randomised trial in adults who have had the condition for...
Malaria drug does not show potential to treat diabetes
A drug used to treat malaria does not, after all, create new insulin-producing cells, according to a University of California study, refuting an earlier...
Third type of diabetes is frequently identified wrongly
Diabetes of the exocrine pancreas, type 3c, is frequently labeled type 2 diabetes but has worse glycaemic control and a markedly greater requirement for...
Close to a third of US diabetes patients delay insulin treatment
Although delaying insulin therapy leads to a worsening progression of diabetes, research by Brigham and Women's Hospital has found 30% of type 2 diabetic...
Widely used diabetes test may not be suitable for Africans
People of African descent may mistakenly get the all-clear from a widely used type 2 diabetes test called HbA1c, according to an international study. The...
High-fat diet in pregnancy link to mental health problems in offspring
A high-fat maternal diet is linked to mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression in children, found a non-human primate study from the...
A toast to moderate alcohol use – Danish and US studies
Moderate alcohol consumption over three-to-four days a week is associated with a markedly reduced risk of diabetes in both men and women, according to...
Weight gain between pregnancies link to increased GDM risk
The risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) increases with increased weight gain between pregnancies, according to a study by Linn Sorbye of the...
Early or normal onset menopause link to higher type 2 diabetes risk
Women with early or normal onset menopause are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those with late onset menopause.
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Heart rate link to diabetes risk
An association between resting heart rate and diabetes suggests that heart rate measures could identify individuals with a higher future risk of diabetes, according to a large international study.
BP drugs effective in end-stage kidney disease
Blood pressure lowering drugs do not improve life expectancy among adults with diabetes and kidney disease. However, the study, which brings together 157 studies involving more than 43,000 adults, shows that angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB) treatments, are the most effective drug regimen for preventing end-stage kidney disease
Gastric bypass: Better control, worse infection
Two years after surgery, people who had a gastric bypass have better control of their type 2 diabetes, but also had higher risk of infections and bone fractures.
Study finds diabetes/statin link
In a database study of nearly 26,000, those taking statin drugs to control their cholesterol were 87% more likely to develop diabetes.