Hospitals in England are amputating more limbs than EVER because of diabetes with more than 27,000 body parts cut off since 2015 A total of 27,465 lower limb amputations were done on diabetics in 2015-2018 The number of people with type 2 diabetes is continuing to rise in England More must be done to reduce the […]
Removal of ‘zombie cells’ alleviates causes of diabetes in obese mice
Mayo Clinic researchers and their collaborators have shown that when senescent cells — also known as “zombie cells” — are removed from fat tissue in obese mice, severity of diabetes and a range of its causes or consequences decline or disappear. The findings appear in Aging Cell. Inflammation and dysfunction of fat tissue cause some […]
How Eli Lilly’s new generic insulin could impact prices across the market
This story is from Kaiser Health News When Erin Gilmer filled her insulin prescription at a Denver-area Walgreens in January, she paid $8.50. U.S. taxpayers paid another $280.51. “It eats at me to know that taxpayer money is being wasted,” said Gilmer, who has Medicare and was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes while a sophomore […]
Moderate muscle strength may lower risk for type 2 diabetes
Of the 30 million Americans with diabetes, 90 to 95 percent have type 2, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New research shows building muscle strength may be one way to lower risk for the disease. The study of more than 4,500 adults found moderate muscle mass reduced the risk for type […]
First steps after a diabetes diagnosis
(HealthDay)—When you’re diagnosed with diabetes, your doctor is likely to start you on a program to lower blood sugar and help insulin work more efficiently—a regimen that may include a modified diet, exercise and possibly medication. Starting (or ramping up) an exercise program can be the hardest of all these lifestyle changes. Typical exercise guidelines […]
A High-Fat Diet May Be Bad for Your Gut Bacteria
Eating too much fat may be bad for your gut bacteria, a new study from China suggests. The study involved more than 200 young, healthy adults who were assigned to eat either a low, moderate or high-fat diet for six months. Those in the high-fat diet group saw "unfavorable changes" in their levels of certain […]
Human cells can also change jobs
Biology textbooks teach us that adult cell types remain fixed in the identity they have acquired upon differentiation. By inducing non-insulin-producing human pancreatic cells to modify their function to produce insulin in a sustainable way, researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, show for the first time that the adaptive capacity of our cells […]
Quality of overall diet is key to lowering type 2 diabetes risk
Consistent with studies in other populations, findings from the first local study, The Singapore Chinese Health Study, conducted by researchers in the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Duke-NUS Medical School, have shown that a high-quality diet defined by low intake of animal foods such as red meat, […]
Improved genetic risk score aids type 1 diabetes classification
(HealthDay)—An improved type 1 diabetes (T1D) genetic risk score (GRS), the T1D GRS2, is highly useful for classifying adult incident diabetes type and improving newborn screening, according to a study published in the February issue of Diabetes Care. Seth A. Sharp, from the University of Exeter Medical School in the United Kingdom, and colleagues analyzed […]
Hope for millions of German scientists celebrate breakthrough in Diabetes research – Diabetes
According to information of the Robert Koch-Institute more than 4.5 million Germans are suffering from a Form of Diabetes. Due to the significant result of faster progress is the disease in the research value of Gold. Austrian scientists have now made a first breakthrough that can change the management of the disease in the future. […]