Higher Fracture Risk Seen With Insulin Use in Type 2 Diabetes
Among people with type 2 diabetes, those who took insulin were more likely to experience major bone fractures, according to a new study presented...
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Fast food diet before pregnancy can impact breast milk and baby’s health, say scientists — ScienceDaily
A diet high in sugar and fat such as burgers, fries and fizzy drinks can negatively affect a new mother’s breast milk and baby’s...
Could a common diabetes drug ease bipolar disorder?
A half-century-old diabetes drug appears to help treat bipolar disorder by reversing patients’ insulin resistance, according to a small-scale clinical trial. Bipolar patients who...
Research with Black youths in one of the poorest regions in the U.S. — ScienceDaily
Black adolescents who lived in poverty and were less optimistic about the future showed accelerated aging in their immune cells and were more likely...
Researchers find no difference in rate of childhood diabetes in Ontario during COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study from ICES and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) finds no overall difference in the relative rate...
Gut microbe peptide implicated in triggering type 1 diabetes
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In type 1 diabetes, the body develops immune cells that target pancreatic beta cells, which play a critical role in...
Researchers have identified a gene that promotes muscle strength when switched on by physical activity, unlocking the potential for the development of therapeutic treatments to mimic some of the benefits of working out. — ScienceDaily
Researchers have identified a gene that promotes muscle strength when switched on by physical activity, unlocking the potential for the development of therapeutic treatments...
Limiting food intake to daytime shows promising beneficial metabolic effects in adults with type 2 diabetes
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) finds that...
Adolescent arterial stiffness — a novel risk factor for hypertension and insulin resistance — ScienceDaily
Emerging evidence suggests that arterial stiffness may be a novel risk factor to be targeted in the prevention and treatment of vascular and metabolic...
Study links insulin resistance and advanced cell aging with childhood poverty
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Black adolescents who lived in poverty and were less optimistic about the future showed accelerated aging in their immune cells...