Australian researchers have come up with a nasal spray vaccine that could stop kids from developing Type 1 diabetes or childhood diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is a life-threatening chronic condition that can shorten life, cause kidney failure, heart disease, amputation and blindness. The pancreas stops insulin production in type 1 diabetes and the body cannot [...] Read more…
According to U.S. researchers, eating 37 strawberries a day can help keep diabetes, as well as a host of other complications at bay. Salk Institute‘s Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory researchers believe fisetin, a naturally-occurring flavonoid that’s found in abundance in strawberries & in lesser amounts in other vegetables and fruits, reduces complications of diabetes and helps [...] Read more…
Researchers say telly time could distract people from engaging in more healthy activities and prolonged television viewing increases the risk of diabetes & heart disease. A Harvard School of Public Health study reveals that every 2 hours spent watching TV each day ups the diabetes risk by 20% & risk of heart disease by 15%. [...] Read more…
Drug stores in France & Germany have pulled Actos off their shelves after a study found the diabetes drug raised the risk of bladder cancer. The French Medicines Agency has banned Actos as well as Competact, a pill that combines Actos & metformin and has advised doctors not to prescribe the drug to patients. German health officials [...] Read more…
A pacemaker-style gadget that sends mild electric signals to the stomach has been developed by scientists. This innovative medical device could help effectively manage type-2 diabetes. When this thumb-sized gadget known as the Diamond (Diabetes Improvement And Metabolic Normalization Device) is implanted under a person’s skin, it stimulates the patient’s stomach muscles while he is eating. This [...] Read more…
Gastric bypass weight loss surgery, according to a new study, appears to improve type 2 diabetes much before there is significant weight loss. When patients who underwent weight loss surgery were compared with those who lost similar amount of weight due to dieting, researchers discovered that the gastric bypass surgery patients showed reduced levels of amino [...] Read more…
Vitamin D deficiency is commonly seen in those with poor diabetes control. Blood Vitamin D levels below the normal range are associated with a heightened probability of developing diabetes. Australian researchers have found that people with below-normal Vitamin D levels definitely had a 57% greater possibility of developing type 2 diabetes as against those with normal Vitamin D levels. Vitamin [...] Read more…
