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New Treatment for Diabetic Eye Complications
Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in young Americans, and the swelling of the retina is due to chronic, long term retinal inflammation. Continue reading
Diabetes is not the only Unhealthy Consequence of Obesity
Excess body fat is not only unsightly, it can be deadly. People are often aware of the increased risk for hypertension, heart disease, diabetes in obesity. However there are other serious and deadly conditions associated with excess body fat. Continue reading
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Ground-breaking study to cap the growing trend of type 2 diabetes in overweight adolescents
Type 2 diabetes affects 85 to 90 per cent of all people with diabetes. While it usually affects mature adults, younger people and children are increasingly being diagnosed. Often people with type 2 diabetes also have high blood pressure, high cholesterol and are overweight or obese. Continue reading
Diabetes drug shows promise against multiple sclerosis
A drug currently FDA-approved for use in diabetes shows some protective effects in the brains of patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine report in a study currently available online in the Journal of Neuroimmunology. Continue reading
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Diabetics’ heart attack risk can be reduced, research finds
(University of Cambridge) People with diabetes who maintain intensive, low blood sugar levels are significantly less likely to suffer heart attacks and coronary heart disease, new research published today in the Lancet has shown. Continue reading
Regulating the sugar factory in diabetes
The liver is the sugar factory for the body – when blood sugar (glucose) levels fall, the liver makes and releases more. In people with diabetes, especially Type 2 diabetes, the liver doesn’t stop making sugar when it should, so blood sugar levels can rise overnight while they sleep even though they haven’t eaten. Continue reading
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More than a bad night’s sleep
Sleep apnea has long been known to be associated with obesity. But a new study published in the June issue of Diabetes Care finds that the disorder is widely undiagnosed among obese individuals with type 2 diabetes – nearly 87 percent of participants reported symptoms, but were never diagnose Continue reading
New evidence of how high glucose damages blood vessels could lead to new treatments
New evidence of how the elevated glucose levels that occur in diabetes damage blood vessels may lead to novel strategies for blocking the destruction, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. Continue reading