Sleeping In On The Weekend May Ward Off Type 2 Diabetes
Rebekah Eliason for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online For men who are losing sleep during the week, lowering the risk for type 2 diabetes may be as simple as catching a few extra hours of sleep on the weekend. A recent study lead by Peter...
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--Long-term study reveals that multiple islet autoantibodies in young children indicate a high risk of developing type 1 diabetes within 10 years, clarifying the window for potential prevention strategies-- NEW YORK, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A decade-long JDRF-funded study led by the Institute of Diabetes Research in Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany, is providing a deeper understanding of the link between autoantibodies and the risk of developing type 1 diabetes...
Multi-Partner Mobile Health Solution to Be Used To Examine the Effects of Endurance Exercise on People with Diabetes LONDON, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The GSMA today announced a first-of-its-kind clinical study for its mHealth Grand Tour in September 2013, which is designed to raise awareness of diabetes and promote the development and delivery of mHealth solutions in partnership with the International Diabetes Federation European Region (IDF Europe). The 13-day cycle ride will...
DrugRisk is the Web’s largest source for information on prescription drug warnings, side effects and legal news. Visit http://www.DrugRisk.com Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 18, 2013 The diabetes drug safety center at DrugRisk.com is announcing updated information for patients taking the medication Byetta. The FDA met with drug makers last week to decide additional safety studies of the drug after reports linking it to pancreatic cancer*. The goal of DrugRisk is to improve the safety of...
New Prediabetes Treatment Cartoon Warns People About Diabetes Danger Austin, TX (PRWEB) June 18, 2013 PreDiabetes Centers is excited to announce the release of a new animated diabetes health film in efforts to make people more aware of the dangers of type 2 diabetes, a serious health condition that affects how the body uses blood glucose, which can cause dangerous long-term health disorders. Titled “How to Improve Your Health with One Simple Test,” the short film explains who’s at...
Insulin degludec (Tresiba), a new ultra-long-acting insulin, has a similar or reduced risk of recurrent hypoglycemia-- low blood sugar-- compared with the commercially available insulin glargine, a new meta-analysis study finds. Results of the combined analysis, of five completed clinical trials, will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The studies included nearly 3,400 adults with type 2 diabetes who had a daily injection of either insulin...
Researchers have developed a risk assessment scoring system that they believe may better identify certain adults-– especially African Americans-– at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke than does the current system of diagnosing the metabolic syndrome. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. "We have found that the metabolic syndrome manifests differently between males and females and among...
Low testosterone worsens the harmful effects of obesity in the nervous system, a new study in mice finds. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. "Low testosterone and obesity are common in aging men, and each is associated with type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease," said the study's lead investigator, Anusha Jayaraman, PhD, of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. "Our new findings demonstrate that obesity...
Rebekah Eliason for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A new study finds skipping breakfast causes acute or rapid onset insulin resistance in overweight women. Chronic insulin resistance is a risk factor for diabetes suggesting that if breakfast is repeatedly omitted, it may contribute to an individual developing type 2 diabetes. Elizabeth Thomas, MD, an endocrinology fellow at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora explained, “Our study found that acute insulin...
Innovative Food and Nutrition Education Program Available Online at No Charge TARRYTOWN, N.Y., and WESTPORT, Conn., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bayer HealthCare, makers of the CONTOUR® NEXT portfolio of blood glucose meters, and dLife Healthcare Solutions, a leading diabetes behavior change solution, have created and are working together to offer Eat Well, Test Well, a 6-week food and nutrition program for people with diabetes. The Eat Well, Test Well program is...
Combination of BD's proprietary technologies represents critical step toward artificial pancreas FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. and NEW YORK, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JDRF and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX) are accelerating the development of new products that combine BD's proprietary insulin infusion and glucose sensing technologies through a new collaboration announced today. This new, three-year commitment is an extension of existing JDRF-BD collaborations focused on...
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Diabetes is a peer-reviewed medical journal published since 1952 by the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes is a separate journal from the journal Diabetes Care, which is also published by the ADA. Diabetes covers research about the physiology and pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus, including any aspect of laboratory, animal or human research. Emphasis is on investigative reports focusing on areas such as the pathogenesis of diabetes and its complications, normal and pathologic...
Diabetes Care is a peer-reviewed medical journal established in 1978 and published monthly by the American Diabetes Association. It covers research in the following five categories: clinical care/education/nutrition/psychosocial research; epidemiology/health services research; emerging treatments and technologies; pathophysiology/complications; and cardiovascular and metabolic risk. The journal also publishes clinically relevant review articles, letters to the editor, and commentaries....
Insulin, a hormone, is used to regulate carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells to take up glucose from the blood and store it as glycogen in the liver and muscle. This hormone stops the body from using fat as an energy source by inhibiting the release of glucagons. Without insulin the body fails to take glucose into the bodies cells and in turns uses fat as an energy source. It also has several other anabolic effects throughout the body. Diabetes mellitus results...
