Ancient gut microbiomes may offer clues to modern diseases
Credit: Valentino Sudaryo & Cindy Lin 2021 Scientists are rapidly gathering evidence that variants of gut microbiomes, the collections of bacteria and other microbes...
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A new approach for treating obesity — ScienceDaily
A receptor that helps conserve energy when food is scarce may be the key to a safer approach to treating diet-induced obesity, research led...
Study shows BMI cut offs for obesity and diabetes risk do not work for non-white populations
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) and published simultaneously in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology...
Study shows greater risk of serious cardiac events; suggests need for more aggressive treatment — ScienceDaily
People with prediabetes were significantly more likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke or other major cardiovascular event when compared with those who had...
Mindfulness-Based Diabetes Education Reduces Stress, Glucose
An approach to diabetes education that incorporates the concepts of mindfulness and acceptance may result in less diabetes-related distress and better blood glucose control,...
Engineering diseased human skin in vitro — ScienceDaily
The skin, which covers the surface of the human body, is its largest organ. It is the first organ to show changes stemming from...
Diabetes Screening at 35? – Diabetes Self-Management
The American Diabetes Association currently recommends that screening for type 2 diabetes “should begin at age 45 for all people.” Now, however, the U.S....
Self-Efficacy, Social Support May Boost Diabetes Problem-Solving
Self-efficacy — a sense of your own capabilities — and social support are both linked to better problem-solving in diabetes management, according to a...
Eating sardines regularly helps prevent type 2 diabetes
As well as being very affordable and easy to find, sardines are a food that can help prevent type 2 diabetes. Credit: Alex Teixeira,...
‘Prediabetes’ raises odds for heart attack, stroke
Prediabetes— where blood sugar levels are high, but not high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes—is not something you should dismiss. It...