Lab-Grown Mini-Organ Producing Insulin After Transplant
After decades of trying to replace insulin-producing cells, researchers have grown mini-organs that produce, and replenish, insulin after being transplanted. Researchers have spent decades trying...
Popular Type 2 Diabetes Drug Exhausts Cells, Raises Sugar Levels
A new study has shown that prolonged use of a popular type 2 diabetes drug may actually lead to increased sugar levels over time...
Key Contributor to Diabetic Peripheral Nerve Disease Found
New findings suggest a key contributor to the problem of painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy, which occurs in about one-half of all patients with diabetes. Emerging...
Cause for Higher Fracture Risk in Diabetics Identified
A study using high resolution imaging to create a "virtual bone biopsy" has shed new light on why people with type 2 diabetes are...
Life-Extending Hormone May Boost Immune Function in Diabetics
New Yale study finds that a life-extending hormone, named FGF21, could have future implications for improving immune function in the elderly, for obesity, and for...
Promising Method to Treat All Forms of Diabetes Found
Findings in human, mouse and zebrafish beta cells suggest a promising method to help treat all forms of diabetes, according to researchers at Joslin...
Diabetics with Foot Complications Have Impaired Cognitive Function
In a first-time study, BGU researchers revealed a new finding that people with diabetes who suffer from certain foot complications also have significantly impaired...
Warning: Diabetes Drug and Blood Thinner Mix Leads to Serious Interaction
University of Southern California study provides evidence of potent drug-to-drug interaction between a commonly used type of blood thinner and certain diabetes drugs. A blood...
Diabetes Patients are Overtested, Mayo Clinic Warns
Mayo Clinic researchers report a trend toward overtesting patients with type 2 diabetes, resulting in increased cost, time and potential overtreatment with drugs. In...
Researchers Reverse Type 2 Diabetes by Reducing Fat in Pancreas
Exciting news for people living with type 2 diabetes. A research team was able to reverse type 2 diabetes by reducing fat that built...
Breastfeeding Cuts Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Half Following Gestational Diabetes
Study finds that women with gestational diabetes who breastfeed more often and for longer durations helps the mother's health and can cut the risk...
Diabetes in Mexico Paints Grim Picture
If the current trend in new cases of diabetes in Mexico continues, the projected number of people that could be diagnosed with the disease...
Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity Harm Bone Health, Exercise Helps
Obesity and Type 2 diabetes have been linked to several health issues, including an increased risk of bone fractures. Researchers have found that exercise...
Lucentis Effective Against Diabetic Retinopathy
Results of a recent study show that Lucentis is highly effective at treating proliferative diabetic retinopathy and may be an alternative to laser therapy....
Free Tool Predicts Blindness and Amputation Risk in Diabetics
Researchers from University of Nottingham have developed software that helps predict the risk of blindness and amputation in people living with type 1 or...
Oral Insulin Capsule to Replace Injections Developed
Researchers have created a way to deliver insulin in the form of a capsule that can be taken orally. This is a huge development,...
