Tag Archive for 'Diabetes'

Perry et al show that three days of a VLCD lowered plasma glucose and insulin concentrations in a rat model of type 2 diabetes (T2D) without altering body weight. Image credit: Perry et al, doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2017.10.004.

Study: Very-Low-Calorie Diet Rapidly Reverses Type 2 Diabetes by Multiple Mechanisms

Nov 10, 2017 by News Staff

In a new study, Professor Gerald Shulman of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Yale and colleagues show that just three days of a very-low-calorie...

A finger stick helps patients with diabetes take control of their blood sugar levels. Image credit: Darryl Leja National, Human Genome Research Institute.

Type 2 Diabetes is Reversible Condition, Researchers Claim

Sep 14, 2017 by News Staff

A body of research putting type 2 diabetes patients on a low calorie diet has confirmed that the condition is reversible. For many patients it can be reversed...

Higher intake of red meat and poultry is associated with significantly increased risk of developing diabetes. Image credit: Snufkin.

Red Meat and Poultry Consumption Increases Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds

Sep 7, 2017 by News Staff

In a research article published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, Professor Koh Woon Puay of the Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, and colleagues...

According to Rowley IV et al, cocoa compounds have beneficial effects on beta-cell function. Image credit: Pernilla Klockars.

Study: Cocoa Compounds Help Cells Release More Insulin

Sep 1, 2017 by News Staff

When a person has diabetes, their body either doesn’t produce enough insulin or doesn’t process blood sugar properly; at the root of that is the failure...

ANCOVA (analysis of covariance) comparing decline in DaTscan (electrocardiographic and single photon emission CT) binding between the placebo and exenatide groups: (A) placebo group: reduced DaTscan binding in the left caudate, right caudate, and left putamen; (B) exenatide group: reduced DaTscan binding in the left caudate and right caudate; (C) significant clusters derived from the first level of analysis used to do an ANCOVA between placebo and exenatide groups showing a reduced rate of decline in the right caudate, left putamen, and right putamen. Image credit: Athauda et al, doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31585-4.

Diabetes Drug Exenatide Shows Promise against Parkinson’s Disease

Aug 7, 2017 by News Staff

Exenatide, a drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes, may have disease-modifying potential to treat Parkinson’s disease, according to new research...

Consumption of nonnutritive sweeteners is associated with increases in weight and waist circumference, and higher incidence of obesity, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular events, according to Azad et al. Image credit: Lauri Andler / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Regular Consumption of Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Increased Risk of Obesity, Diabetes, Other Health Issues

Jul 18, 2017 by News Staff

A literature review of 37 studies has found that regular consumption of artificial sweeteners is associated with long-term weight gain and an increased...

Map of the United States (including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico), showing the mean annual temperature and the magnitude of the β coefficients from the obesity-adjusted meta-regression analysis, per state or territory over the period 1996–2009. The β coefficient from meta-regression analysis, representing the difference in diabetes incidence rate per 1 degree Celsius increase in temperature; red circles indicate a positive β coefficient, while blue circles indicate a negative β coefficient. Adjusted for the effect of time passage. Diabetes incidence rate is the age-adjusted diabetes incidence rate per 1,000. Image credit: Lisanne L. Blauw et al, doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2016-000317.

Rising Global Temperatures Could Be Contributing to Worldwide Diabetes Epidemic

Mar 21, 2017 by News Staff

Growing global temperatures may be playing a part in the rising numbers of people developing type 2 diabetes, suggests new research from the Leiden University...

According to Danmei Su et al., vitamin D improves gut flora. Image credit: Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

Vitamin D Improves Gut Microbiota, Study Finds

Dec 22, 2016 by News Staff

According to a study published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology, extra vitamin D can restore good bacteria in the gut, giving hope in the fight against...

This image is a digital reproduction of a painting by John Lewin of a platypus in 1808.

Platypus Venom Could Hold Key to Successful Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Dec 1, 2016 by News Staff

The same hormone produced in the gut of the duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) to regulate blood glucose is also produced in the animal’s...

TRPA-1/TRPA1 activation via a-dicarbonyls (a-DCs) is relayed through UNC-43 (CaMKII), PMK-1, and SEK-1 (MAPK) to SKN-1/Nrf, resulting in the expression of various downstream glyoxalases to achieve organism-wide a-DC detoxification. Image credit: Jyotiska Chaudhuri et al, doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.09.024.

New Research Provides Path to Study Diabetic Complications

Nov 8, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of scientists from the United States and China has found a sensor for the reactive molecules linked to diabetic complications. The...

Altered microRNAs in anxiety and metabolic disorders. Image credit: Chanan Meydan et al, doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2016.07.001.

Scientists Find Molecular Link between Anxiety and Metabolic Disorders

Oct 12, 2016 by News Staff

Scientists in Israel have identified molecular elements that bridge anxiety and metabolism — a type of microRNA that influences shared biological...

Postnatal maturation of pancreatic beta cells necessary for maximal glucosestimulated insulin secretion is coordinated by the estrogen-related receptor g (ERRg). ERRg drives a transcriptional program promoting mitochondrial oxidative metabolism, and its expression in iPSC-derived beta-like cells generates functional beta cells in vitro. Image credit: Eiji Yoshihara et al.

Scientists Create Insulin-Producing Beta Cells in a Dish

Apr 14, 2016 by News Staff

Generating functional pancreatic β (beta) cells in the lab has been a challenge for diabetes researchers. When human stem cells develop into beta cells...

Prevalence of diabetes worldwide in 2000 (per 1,000 inhabitants). Image credit: Lokal_Profil / CC BY-SA 2.5.

Scientists Discover New Genetic Form of Type 2 Diabetes

Jun 30, 2015 by News Staff

A new inherited form of type 2 diabetes and obesity has been discovered by a team of scientists co-led by Dr Anthony Goldstone and Prof Alexandra Blakemore...

A new painless technique uses infrared laser light to measure sugar levels in the fluid in and under skin cells. Image credit: Bitesizebio.com.

Novel Painless Technique Measures Blood Sugar with Light

Nov 4, 2013 by News Staff

German researchers have developed an innovative approach for measuring blood glucose levels in diabetic patients. A new painless technique uses infrared...

Link to Diabetes Identified in South Asians

Aug 31, 2011 by Natali Anderson

Six new genetic variants associated with type 2 diabetes in South Asians have been identified by a team of international researchers. Writing in the journal...