High-Fat Fast-Food Breakfast Produces Rush Of Inflammatory Factors Into Blood Stream
A breakfast of Egg McMuffin and hash browns may taste good, but its high-fat, high-carbohydrate content wreaks havoc in the body's blood vessels.
Ed Drugs Prove Effective, Safe For Men With Diabetes
Popular drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction - Viagra, Levitra and Cialis - are safe and effective for men with diabetes, a new review has found.
Diabetes Perceptions Vary According to Risk Factors
Compared to those who had a first-degree relative with diabetes, those who did not were less concerned that they might have diabetes, reported a...
Fast Cooking Diabetics May Be Able To Lower Risk Of Heart Disease
Cooking food for short periods of time, at minimum safe temperatures, may lower the risk of heart disease for diabetics according to a new study appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Vitamin E Could Help 40% of Diabetics Ward Off Heart Attacks
Vitamin E supplements can significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and related deaths for the 40 percent of diabetics who carry a particular version of a gene.
Researchers Provide World’s First View of Type 1 Diabetes as it Develops
Researchers have created the first cellular movies showing the destruction underlying type 1 diabetes in real-time in models.
Insulin, Metformin Do Not Reduce Inflammatory Biomarkers for Diabetes Patients
In patients with recent onset type-2 diabetes, treatment with insulin or the diabetes drug metformin did not reduce inflammatory biomarkers, although the treatment did improve glucose control
Women With PCOS and Their Siblings With Hormone Problems Have Same Gene Defect
Siblings of women with polycystic ovary syndrome have metabolic and hormonal abnormalities that are linked to the same gene defect that causes PCOS, a disorder associated with an increased risk for diabetes.
Study: Dynamic Duo, Combination Therapy Reverses Type 1 Diabetes
Researchers have now carefully crafted a combination therapy that reverses recent-onset type 1 diabetes in 2 models of disease.
Herbal Medicine Silymarin May Help Sugar-Control in People with Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is a growing health problem. Giving antioxidants is recognised as one way of helping people with diabetes to control their blood sugar levels.
Doctors Aren’t Diagnosing or Treating Most Prediabetes Cases
More than 75% of people who meet the criteria for prediabetes did not receive any intervention or treatment from their physicians, according to a...
Breath or Urine Analysis May Detect Diabetes and Other Diseases
A future sensor may take away a patient's breath while simultaneously determining whether the patient has breast cancer, lung cancer, diabetes or asthma.
Gastric Bypass Surgery Riskiest For Those Who Need It Most
A study of gastric bypass surgery patients is being highlighted as an important warning for people considering the procedure.
Link Between Carbohydrate Quality and Vision Loss is Strengthened By New Data
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and its associated vision loss may be connected to the quality of carbohydrates an individual consumes.
China Faces Epidemic of Heart Disease and Stroke
Cardiovascular problems propelled by increases in high blood pressure and obesity are hitting the Chinese population, according to a new study. Is Western...
Scientists Show Knocking Out Two Key Signals Will Cause Diabetes
Scientists have discovered that the different metabolic abnormalities present in type 2 diabetes can be caused by knocking out two key signals in liver cells.
