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Vitamin D Helps Prevent Diabetes and Clogged Arteries

Study: Vitamin D Prevents Diabetes and Atherosclerosis (Clogged Arteries)

New research suggests vitamin D plays a major role in preventing the inflammation that leads to type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis -- and may...
Stem Cells

Breakthrough: Type 2 Diabetes Can Be Treated with Stem Cells

Scientists at the University of British Columbia and BetaLogics have shown for the first time that Type 2 diabetes can be effectively treated with...
To create new types of sensors, gold films are patterned onto a substrate using microcontract printing and etching.

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...

Insulin Sensitivity Better in Women Than Men Thanks to PTEN Protein

It's long been known that obese men are more likely to develop type two diabetes than obese women. Find out how a certain protein,...
Diabetes and sleep apnea

Sleep Apnea Common in Women with Gestational Diabetes

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is prevalent in obese, pregnant Asian women with gestational diabetes, even when their diabetes is controlled by diet, a new...
Laura Solt, Ph.D., is a biologist at The Scripps Research Institute's Florida campus

Scientists Discover Compound that Prevents Type 1 Diabetes

Researchers tested a compound that eliminated the incidence of diabetes and minimized insulitis, which is the inflammation associated with, and destroyer of, insulin-producing cells....
Diabetes Drugs May Trigger Heart Failure According to New Study

Diabetes Drugs May Trigger Heart Failure According to New Study

Study shows that blood glucose lowering therapies pose an increased risk of heart failure directly linked to the medication or strategy being used. A comprehensive...
leader cells

Mysteries of Wound Healing Unlocked: Big News for Diabetes Patients

A research team discovered how cells know to rush to a wound and heal it, opening the door to new treatments for diabetes, heart...

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...
Pregnancy and Smoking Leads to Diabetes in Girls

Pregnancy and Smoking – Increased Risk of Diabetes in Girls Exposed as Fetuses by...

A new study shows that female fetuses exposed to smoke have a higher risk of diabetes as adults, adding yet another example of how...

Recall of Ultra ZX Weight Loss Supplements for Undeclared Sibutramine and Phenolphthalein

UltraZx, Labs, L.L.C. is voluntarily recalling “UltraZx” weight loss supplements. This product has been found to contain undeclared Sibutramine and phenolphthalein. FDA laboratory analysis of...

New CPR Devices Approved by FDA May Increase Heart Attack Survival

The FDA approved the ResQCPR System, devices for first responders that may improve a cardiac arrest patient's chance of surviving. The U.S. Food and Drug...

Losing 30-Minutes of Sleep Could Lead to Weight Gain and Diabetes

Someone that loses as little as 30-minutes of sleep per day can be on the road to obesity and metabolic disorders, like diabetes, according...

Anti-Diabetic Drug May Reduce Post-Stroke Brain Damage

Scientists have discovered a new potential therapy that may reduce brain damage following stroke in type 2 diabetic patients. The suggested drug, linagliptin, is...

Diabetics with Cancer: Get Your Act Together or Sugar Levels Will Kill You Before...

Diabetics are at a higher risk of getting cancer and uncontrolled high blood sugar is more likely to kill them and impairs their immune...
mitochondrial protonophore 2,4-dinitrophenol - DNP

Yale Researchers Reverse Type 2 Diabetes and Fatty Liver Disease Using Banned Weight Loss...

Did Yale researchers really discover a way to reverse type 2 diabetes, along with fatty liver disease, using a banned agent that had been...