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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...
Mini-Organs Produce Insulin - Diabetes

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...
Common Insecticide Increases Diabetes Risk, Mimics Melatonin

Common Insecticide Increases Diabetes Risk, Tricks Melatonin Receptor

UB scientists have evidence that exposure to one of the most commonly used insecticides creates a higher risk for metabolic diseases like diabetes. Synthetic chemicals...
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...

Eating Peanuts and Nuts Reduces Diabetes Mortality Rate

People who eat at least 10 grams of nuts or peanuts per day had a reduced mortality rate from diabetes, as well as other...
Liraglutide - Brand name Victoza

Diabetes Drug Lowers Cardiovascular and Kidney Complication Risk

For the first time, a large clinical trial showed across-the-board cardiovascular benefit of a common diabetes drug, a much-needed outcome for people with type...
High Traffic, Inflammation and Diabetes

Living Near High Traffic Road Linked to Inflammation in Type 2 Diabetics Using Insulin

If you have type 2 diabetes, use insulin, and live near a high-traffic road, then you have a significant increase in risk factors for...

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...
OmniPod Safety Notice

Safety Alert: OmniPod Needle Mechanism Failure

A problem has been found in certain lots of OmniPod distributed in the U.S. and internationally. This failure may cause elevated blood glucose (hyperglycemia)...
Test for diabetes blindness and amputation

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...
alginate capsules for diabetes

Seaweed Capsules May Lead to Injection-Free Diabetic Living

A microencapsulation method, developed by OIST researchers, offers hope to patients suffering from type 1 diabetes to return to a life free of insulin...
Pollution from Power Plants - Increase Diabetes Risk

Air Pollution Raises Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Latino Children

High levels of pollution may make insulin-creating cells become less efficient, increasing the risk for type 2 diabetes, USC researchers say. Latino children who live...

Gestational Diabetes is Not Prevented by Diet and Exercise in Obese Women

A diet and exercise regime for high-risk obese pregnant women, while effective in promoting a healthy lifestyle, does not prevent gestational diabetes, finds a...
Blood Pressure Treatment Risk for Diabetic Patients

Blood Pressure Treatment May Harm Diabetic Patients

A new study has produced some alarming results about an increased risk of dying for people with diabetes based on the blood pressure treatment...
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...
Study Compares Two Type 2 Diabetes Insulin Regimens

Two Type 2 Diabetes Insulin Regimens Compared

Researchers compared two different insulin treatment regimens to see which was more effective for people with type 2 diabetes. Find out which regimen performed...