Two-Thirds of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Are Due to These Four Conditions
Model suggests higher risk based on race and age, offers insights to reduce disease impact. A modeling study suggests a majority of adult COVID-19 hospitalizations…
Diabetes
Promising Target for Diabetes Treatment Discovered by Scientists
Researchers have discovered a novel and druggable insulin inhibitory receptor, named inceptor. The latest study from Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, the Technical University of Munich, and…
Obesity, Impaired Metabolic Health and COVID-19: The Interconnection of Global Pandemics
In a Nature Reviews Endocrinology article authors from the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) highlight the interconnection of obesity and impaired metabolic health with…
MIT Anthropologist’s View on Planetary Change and Human Health
MIT anthropologist Amy Moran-Thomas reflects on the deep connection between planetary and human well-being. When anthropologist Amy Moran-Thomas first went to Belize to begin ethnographic…
Obesity / Type 2 Diabetes Changes Cell Response to Glucose, Uses Slower Metabolic Path
Trans-omic network shows obese mice modeling Type 2 diabetes chart a different path for responding to glucose than healthy peers. Healthy cells and cells with…
Disturbing New Research Shows Diabetes Set to Devastate India’s Metropolitan Cities
More than half of men and two thirds of women currently aged 20 years projected to develop the condition in their lifetime. Disturbing new research…
Warning: Excess Consumption of Eggs Linked to Diabetes
Scrambled, poached, or boiled, eggs are a popular breakfast food the world over. Yet the health benefits of the humble egg might not be all…
Scientists Warn: Chemicals in Your Living Room Cause Diabetes
Mice develop diabetes after exposure through mothers. A new UC Riverside study shows flame retardants found in nearly every American home cause mice to give…
Experimental Drug Finerenone Safely Slows Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease in Clinical Trial
The findings, simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s Kidney Week 2020 conference, show the…
Lower Death Risk in People With Diabetes Who Drink Green Tea and Coffee Daily
Drinking plenty of both green tea and coffee is linked to a lower risk of dying from any cause among people with type 2 diabetes,…
ADHD, Bipolar, and Aggressive Behavior May Be Driven by High Fructose Intake
New peer-review paper looks at evolution and current Western diet to help explain manic behaviors. New research suggests that conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity…
New Research Targets Our Second Brain to Fight Diabetes
Since 2004, Claude Knauf (INSERM) and Patrice Cani (Université Catholique de Louvain) have been collaborating on molecular and cellular mechanisms in order to understand the…
Scientists Find It Is Better to Drink Coffee After Breakfast, Not Before – Here’s Why
The new study looked at the combined effects of disrupted sleep and caffeine on our metabolism – with surprising results. A strong, black coffee to…
Early Birds vs Night Owls: For People With Diabetes, an Early Bedtime Is Best
Early to bed, early to rise…while the old saying promises health, wealth and wisdom, new research confirms part of the adage holds true, as a…
BMI Is a More Powerful Risk Factor for Diabetes Than Genetics – Losing Weight Could Prevent or Even Reverse Diabetes
Losing weight could prevent or even reverse diabetes, according to late breaking research presented today at ESC Congress 2020.1 In 2019, approximately 463 million people…
Researchers Surprised: Common Protein Is Key Player in Diabetes
A protein that’s common throughout the body plays a key role in regulating glucose levels, says new research conducted in the Cell Signal Unit at…
MIT Develops Synthetic Coating for the Gut That Could Block Glucose Absorption to Treat Diabetes & Obesity
MIT engineers devise a temporary film that could deliver drugs or aid in digestion and may help treat diabetes, infections, and other conditions. By making…
Obesity Linked With Higher Risk for Coronavirus Complications – May Spell Problems for COVID-19 Vaccine
UNC-Chapel Hill study raises concern that COVID-19 vaccine will be less effective for those with obesity. A review of COVID-19 studies reveals a troubling connection…