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Heart Benefits from Alcohol: What do People Think?

The public is divided on the heart benefits from alcohol consumption - and a recent study details how perceptions vary between different groups of...
Microengineered Organ-Chip is made out of a flexible polymer that features tiny channels that can be lined with thousands of living human cells.

Implantable Organ Chips Created to Treat Diseases

Scientists have produced human intestinal lining that re-creates living tissue inside an organ-chip. The findings have the potential to advance personalized treatments for gastrointestinal diseases and others.
Pistachio Recall

Pistachios Recalled Due to Salmonella Risk

Pistachios are being recalled due to the possible risk of Salmonella, which can be especially dangerous for people with diabetes. The pistachios were distributed...
Is human insulin a better choice than insulin analogs?

For Type 2 Diabetics, Human Insulin is Safe, Effective and Cheaper

Human insulin is as safe and effective to treat type 2 diabetes as costlier insulin analogs, according to Yale researchers.
Blood Tests - Cutting Nerves and Insulin Resistance

Cutting Nerves to Kidneys Improves Insulin Resistance, Says Diabetes Study

An interesting Cedars-Sinai diabetes study has found that cutting specific nerves to the kidneys improved insulin sensitivity. Incapacitating specific nerves to the kidneys improves the...

Doctors Overtreating Seniors for Diabetes and Blood Pressure, Says Study

New studies published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggest doctors and patients should work together to scale back certain treatments for diabetes and high blood...
type 1 teens not being diagnosed

Serious Diabetes Complications Increasing Among American Youth

A potentially life-threatening complication of diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis, has increased by 55 percent in youths diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The incidence of a...

Cytokine Reversed Type 1 Diabetes in New Study

A new study shows promising progress for a new treatment of type 1 diabetes using a protein made by immune cells, which essentially cured...
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Diabetes Raises Heart Attack Death Risk by 50-percent

Having diabetes increases the risk of dying from the effects of a heart attack by around 50-percent, according to a large study. Researchers at the...

Low-Calorie Sweetener Could Mimic Sugar

A low-calorie sweetener that tastes like sugar and could help control diseases like diabetes and obesity may be closer to reality thanks to research recently published.
New Type 1 Diabetes Therapy Could Treat Humans and Dogs

New Therapy Offers Type 1 Diabetes Reversal within 24-hours in People & Dogs

The first minimally invasive therapy reverses Type 1 diabetes within 24 hours and maintains insulin independence created by Purdue Scientists.
Clay Pot with Veggies - Vegetarian - and Vegan - Diet Lowers Cholesterol

Lower Cholesterol with a Vegetarian Diet – and Vegan is Even Better

Researchers have found that plant-based vegetarian diets, especially vegan diets, are associated with lower levels of total cholesterol.

Link Between Gestational Diabetes in Mothers and Diabetes Incidence in Fathers

Study shows that gestational diabetes signals future diabetes risk not only in mothers, but also in fathers! Gestational diabetes, a type of diabetes that occurs...
Diabetes Medicine Helps with Heart Health

Diabetes Medicine with Additional Heart Benefits Rivals Statin Therapy

A drug used to manage diabetes may reduce heart disease and death in people with diabetes regardless of their cholesterol levels and whether they are on a statin therapy.
Per-Olof Berggren, Ph.D., is a Professor of Experimental Endocrinology at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden

Popular Type 2 Diabetes Drug Exhausts Cells, Raises Sugar Levels

A new study has shown that prolonged use of a popular type 2 diabetes drug may actually lead to increased sugar levels over time...

Antibiotic Use Linked to Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Can the use of commonly prescribed antibiotics increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes? Find out what a new study has found about...