Photos Helping Researchers Understand Juvenile Diabetes
If a picture is worth a thousand words, UF Health Type 1 diabetes researchers and their colleagues have tapped into an encyclopedia, revealing new...
Fructose Contributes to Weight Gain, Body Fat, and Physical Inactivity
Fructose currently accounts for 10% of caloric intake for Americans. A new study has found that fructose causes significant weight gain, physical inactivity, and...
Skipping Meals May Actually Make Your Belly Fatter
A new study suggests that skipping meals sets off a series of metabolic miscues that can result in abdominal weight gain. In the study, mice...
Common Gene Mutation May Be Raising Your Risk of Heart Attack by 49%
A common gene mutation that regulates cholesterol levels may be raising your risk of heart attack by as much as 49% according to a...
Metformin May Reduce Risk of Open-Angle Glaucoma in Diabetic Patients
A new study finds that taking the medication metformin hydrochloride was associated with reduced risk of developing the sight-threatening disease open-angle glaucoma in people...
Diabetes Risk Linked to Faster Heart Rate
An association between resting heart rate and diabetes suggests that heart rate measures could identify individuals with a higher future risk of diabetes. In...
Brains of Obese Teens Affected by TV Food Commercials
Surprising results from a recent study show that TV food commercials set off a region of the brain that controls the mouths of overweight...
New Way of Preventing Diabetes-Related Blindess Found
Several recently developed drugs slow progression to proliferative diabetic retinopathy, but do not reliably prevent it. New research points to a new treatment that...
Study Finds Best Blood Pressure Treatment for Diabetics with Kidney Disease
Study shows that two specific types of drugs, alone or in combination, are the most effective regimen for preventing end-stage kidney disease. This is...
Mothers of Sons More Likely to Develop Gestational Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes
A recent study found that women who were having sons were more likely to develop gestational diabetes or Type 2 Diabetes than women who...
Higher Cardiovascular Death Risk for People with Metabolic Syndrome
About 22.9 percent of adults in the United States have metabolic syndrome and a new study shows that they are more likely to die...
Bigger Capsules the Key to Transplanting Islet Cells?
Something as simple as changing the size of the cell-carrying spheres may be the answer to the problem researchers have been having when it...
FDA Warning: SGLT2 Inhibitors for Diabetes May Lead to a Serious Condition
The FDA is warning people about a new class of diabetes drugs that could result in ketoacidosis and may require hospitalization. The U.S. Food and...
Cybersecurity Risks of the Artificial Pancreas
The risk of security threats targeting an artificial pancreas is a major concern and has not been sufficiently considered in the research and development...
Food Industry Failing to Improve Quality of Foods Advertised to Children
According to new study, food industry self-regulation has been unsuccessful and has achieved only baby steps in improving nutritional quality of foods advertised to...
Late-Night Snacking: Your Fault or Your Brain’s Fault?
Researchers are shedding new light on why you, your friends, neighbors and most everyone you know tend to snack at night. After gobbling the fourth...
