Stress on mothers can influence biology of future generations — ScienceDaily
A mother’s response to stress can even influence her grandchildren. Biologists at the University of Iowa found that roundworm mothers subjected to heat stress...
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Type 2 diabetes health checks down by 7.4 million due to UK’s COVID restrictions in 2020
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Manchester-based researchers estimate that between March and December 2020, 7.4 million fewer NICE recommended health care checks took place in...
Use of GLP-1 Agonists for Type 2 Reduces Glaucoma Risk
Taking a GLP-1 agonist for type 2 diabetes was shown to reduce the risk for glaucoma — an eye disorder that can lead to...
Enzyme driving insulin resistance in liver and may represent promising therapeutic target
Graphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109785 A central feature of type 2 diabetes is an inability of the body’s cells to respond to insulin, a...
New scientific resource will help uncover the genetic underpinnings of type 2 diabetes — ScienceDaily
Many variants in the human genome have been linked to type 2 diabetes, but because most do not lie within genes that code for...
How well-controlled type 2 diabetes is may play a part in dementia risk, says study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain It has long been known that type 2 diabetes is associated with a higher risk of developing dementia disease. However,...
Francis Collins to Step Down as NIH Director, Remain Involved in Type 2 Research
Francis Collins, MD, the longtime director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) — the federal agency that is the largest funding source for...
New scientific resource will help uncover the genetic underpinnings of type 2 diabetes
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Many variants in the human genome have been linked to type 2 diabetes, but because most do not lie within...
Youths who use insulin pumps less at risk for diabetic retinopathy
Credit: Pixabay In one of the largest and most racially diverse studies to date of American children and adolescents with type 1 and type...
Fruit Consumption Linked to Lower Risk of Diabetes
Language researchers have traced the origin of the old saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” to 1866, when it appeared in...