Mothers’ Future Diabetes Risk Linked to BPA Exposure During Pregnancy
Exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A during pregnancy may raise a mother's susceptibility to weight gain and diabetes later in life. This new information...
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...
Sugary Drinks Associated with Increased Type 2 Diabetes
Sugar sweetened drinks may give rise to nearly 2 million diabetes cases over 10 years in the US and 80,000 in the UK.
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Study: School Breakfasts Help Prevent Overweight Kids
A new study brings new evidence to the ongoing debate over policy efforts to increase daily school breakfast consumption, this time focusing on middle...
Metabolic Imbalance Increases Asthma Risk, Other Respiratory Diseases in Children
An imbalance in our metabolism can trigger inflammatory processes in the body and activate the immune system. In a recent study, published in the Journal...
Sobering Statistics on Physical Inactivity in the US
The statistics of physical inactivity in the U.S. are staggering and quite the eye opener. What do a prominent physiologist and two-time survivor of pancreatic...
Possible Target for Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Found
Researchers using embryonic rescue methodology have found that inhibition of a specific protein may be a potential treatment for type 2 diabetes. Currently, there are...
People Who Inherit Cholesterol Disorder Have Lower Rate of Diabetes
Rates of type 2 diabetes in people with familial hypercholesterolemia (a genetic disorder characterized by high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels) was lower than...
High-Fat Dairy Linked to Reduced Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Surprisingly, a new study indicates that high-fat dairy products are associated with a reduced risk of Type 2 Diabetes, more than low-fat dairy products,...
Vaccine for Diabetes Extended to Humans
A molecule that prevents Type 1 diabetes in mice has provoked an immune response in human cells, suggesting that a mutated insulin fragment could be used to prevent Type 1 diabetes in humans. See how this could lead to a vaccine and a treatment for diabetes.
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...
Experts: Greater Safety Review Needed for Insulin pumps
According to a joint statement by the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes about the safety and efficacy...
Additive Manufacturing to Make Diabetes Management Better, Cheaper, More Comfortable
Engineers are using additive manufacturing to create an improved type of glucose sensor for diabetes patients. It will become part of a system that...
Menopause Symptom Severity May Predict Heart Disease
How severe a women's menopause symptoms are may help determine her risk of heart disease, which is the leading cause of death in women.
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...
Menopause Lowers Good Cholesterol Benefits, Increases Artery Hardening
Good cholesterol (HDL) is supposed to help reduce the risk of heart disease, but a new study shows that women have a higher risk...
