Researchers Focus On Diagnosing Eye Disease Using Adaptive Optics
A new optics technology may allow doctors to focus in on earlier diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as diabetes and glaucoma.
Researchers Find Promising Drug For Preventing Serious Complications of Diabetes
Researchers have shown that a drug can simultaneously block three of the major biochemical pathways responsible for the blood-vessel damage that causes serious diabetic complications.
Lower Blood Pressure Decreases Heart Attack Risk in Diabetics With Clogged Leg Arteries
Lowering blood pressure can reduce heart attacks and other cardiovascular events in people with diabetes who also have clogged leg arteries.
Obesity Not A Personal Failing, But A Battle Against Biology?
Obesity cannot be easily explained as simply a breakdown in willpower.
Hope For Isolating Beta Cells And Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes
Research into the insulin-producing beta cell of the pancreas may offer a key into the development of diabetes mellitus.
Cultural Values May Explain Low Vaccination Rates For Diabetic Minorities
Minorities with diabetes are less likely to be vaccinated for the flu and pneumonia than whites are - even when they have equal healthcare access, insurance and socioeconomic status.
Normal Weight Elderly Still May Be At Risk For Developing Diabetes, According To Pittsburgh...
Elderly men and women with normal body weight still may be at risk for developing type 2 diabetes if they have large amounts of muscle fat or visceral abdominal fat.
Female Hormones Found to Protect Against Harmful Effects of Fructose
Groundbreaking study in female mice links estrogen, lower blood pressure, and insulin resistance, despite a high fructose diet.
Fat That May Benefit Diabetics Reduces Weight, Blood Sugar
Supplementing the diet with a certain fatty acid may lead to better weight control and disease management in diabetics.
Vitamins C and E May Enhance Effectiveness of Insulin for Diabetes
Adding antioxidants to therapy improves drug's ability to reduce blood sugar.
UT Southwestern Researchers Develop New Model for Understanding Obesity, Diabetes
Through the study of fat storage in nematode worms, researchers have formulated a new model for understanding the mechanisms of obesity and diabetes in humans.
Early Diagnosis Of Childhood Diabetes
Researchers suggest that they have a technique that may be used to detect a group of self-destructive cells involved in autoimmune disorders, which may increase ability to predict the development of diabetes.
New Mouse Model Sheds Light on Lipoatrophic Diabetes
A collaboration of scientists has developed a new mouse model of lipoatrophic diabetes, and highlighted leptin therapy as a successful tool to combat this rare form of type II diabetes.
Gelatin Particles Show Promise for Delivering Therapeutic Genes
Researchers have successfully tested micro-sized gelatin particles that may one day deliver therapeutic genes to treat a type of kidney disease.
45-Percent of New Dialysis Patients are Diabetic; Longer Treatment and Highly Permeable Artificial Kidney...
Longer dialysis treatment and use of a highly permeable artificial kidney may not improve survival rates or reduce hospitalization of patients with end-stage kidney disease.
FDA Clears Home Glycated Hemoglobin Test For Diabetics
FDA has cleared the first over-the-counter test that measures glycated hemoglobin in people with diabetes.
