A new and increasingly widely used diabetes medication may have additional health benefits for older adults, according to new research which looked at data from more than 300,000 patients who have taken part in clinical trials. The study, led by the University of Glasgow and published in JAMA, is the largest of its kind to […]
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In a groundbreaking discovery, a team of researchers from Queen’s University Belfast has successfully grown a mini version of human blood vessels from people with diabetes, in the lab. This breakthrough advances research of the disease by providing a new way for scientists to study how diabetes impacts blood vessels, potentially leading to the development […]
Type 2 diabetes can be prevented by diet and exercise even in individuals with a high genetic risk A new study from the University of Eastern Finland is the first in the world to show that a healthy diet and regular exercise reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes even in individuals with a high […]
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A healthy diet that adheres to nutrition recommendations is associated with better blood glucose levels and a lower risk of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. This association was observed also in individuals with a high genetic predisposition to type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is […]
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Diabetes – The Facts – One in 15 people in the UK have diabetes. This includes one million people who have Type 2 but haven’t yet been diagnosed. In the UK, there is a diagnosis of diabetes every two minutes. Worldwide According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are around 422 million people are living […]
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What is diabetes? It is a condition where someone either doesn’t produce enough insulin, or their insulin isn’t working as it should and so they are unable to adequately regulate their blood glucose levels. We produce the hormone insulin in the pancreas which helps the body to burn off the sugars that are eaten. If […]
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Karolinska University Hospital is participating in a major EU project on AI and precision medicine. A virtual twin will help doctors provide more personalized care to patients with type 2 diabetes. The dAIbetes project will use data from around 800,000 European patients to train AI models. The data comes from patients with type 2 diabetes, […]
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New findings from a three-year observational extension of the landmark Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial DiRECT reveal that, for those in remission from type 2 diabetes at the end of year two of the original study, 26% still remained in remission at year five. The overall remission rate was 13% of those with data at 5 […]
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PFAS may increase the risk of disease in unborn children, new study suggests: PFAS are chemicals that may cause cancer, diabetes, and other diseases. Research from Örebro University and the University of Aberdeen now suggests that these chemicals affect people as early as the fetal stage of development. “We see that PFAS likely has a […]
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New insights into how organs communicate to control blood glucose levels – which may open future possibilities for treating diabetes and other diseases – have been revealed by University of Melbourne-led research. Published in Nature Metabolism, the research investigated how organs within the body communicate to control blood glucose levels in healthy mice and mice […]
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