Extra 1000 Daily Steps Helps Kids with Type 1 Diabetes
New research shows improvements in cardiovascular health for type 1 diabetic children who take just 1000 extra steps each day. Keeping count of daily steps...
Diabetes Alert Dogs? Dogs Smell Scent of Hypoglycemia
Study explains why some dogs can smell dangerously low blood sugar levels in people and how people with diabetes can benefit. A chemical found in...
Automated OCL Insulin System Improved Glucose Control in Kids
A newly published journal article details the success of an overnight closed-loop (OCL) control system, intended to mimic pancreatic beta-cell function, among children with...
Air Pollution Linked to Poorer Blood Sugar and Cholesterol
Exposure to air pollution has an especially negative impact on people with diabetes, which includes worsening blood sugar levels. Exposure to air pollution can worsen...
Fluoride Risks to Diabetics, Kidney Patients and Thyroid Function
Diabetics and patients with kidney disease often consume increased amounts of fluorides from fluoridated water, which can harm thyroid function, the body and the...
Study: Germs Have a Role in Causing Type 1 Diabetes
New research suggests that germs may be partly to blame for the development of type 1 diabetes because they activate killer T-cells. Germs could play...
New Treatment Using Skin Cells Could Replace Insulin Shots
Stem cells from diabetic patients have been coaxed to become insulin-secreting cells which would replace the need for insulin shots. Researchers have produced insulin-secreting cells...
Baking Soda May Prevent Fatal Infections in Diabetic Ketoacidosis
A recent study has found that a simple treatment of baking soda could prevent the spread of mucormycosis in patients with Diabetic Ketoacidosis. Patients with...
Study: Nerve Damage Precedes Diabetic Retinopathy
New findings about the development of diabetic retinopathy represents a shift in the long-term understanding of these diabetes complications. A University of Iowa-led study of...
Patient Attitude About Diabetic Foot Ulcers Impacts Survival
Researchers expanded on previous research which linked depression to poorer clinical outcomes for diabetic ulcer patients. New research by health psychologists has shown that the...
Vitamin D Deficiency Found in Kids with Type 1 Diabetes
A high number of type 1 diabetic children that were previously considered at no or low risk of having low levels of vitamin D...
Potential Diabetes Treatment for Some Diabetes Patients
Findings point to a novel way to treat diabetes - but only in some patients. They also challenge the benefits of the strategy in...
Insulin Secreting Beta Cells Created – from Love Handles
Can you really turn love handles into beta cells? Yes, according to researchers who have reprogrammed stem cells taken from fatty tissue to make...
Phantom Limb Pain Frozen by Minimally Invasive Treatment
A recent study shows that interventional radiologists can use an innovative technique to relieve the pain that plagues millions of amputees, many of which...
Insulin Shock: Insulin Costs Tripled Over Last 10 years
Dramatic rise in insulin costs when compared with other diabetes therapies means it's time to look again at the effect, and the cost-effectiveness, of...
New Procedure Could Lead to Type 1 Diabetes Cure
Researchers have discovered a new potential therapy that can protect human pancreatic cells, which may lead to a possible cure for type 1 diabetes. New...
