Do-It-Yourself artificial pancreas given approval by team of experts
Credit: CC0 Public Domain More than 40 healthcare professionals and legal experts have issued the first guidance of its kind to support people with...
Sugar is a DRUG
Retrospective study finds that cancer drug also lowers blood glucose — ScienceDaily
Dasatinib, a drug that often is used to treat certain types of leukemia, may have antidiabetic effects comparable to medications used to treat diabetes,...
In a prospective study of 2,529 pregnant women, drinking caffeinated beverages was associated with a reduced risk of developing gestational diabetes — ScienceDaily
Good news for pregnant coffee lovers: Consuming a low amount of caffeine during pregnancy could help to reduce gestational diabetes risk, according to researchers...
30 mn diabetics can’t access the insulin they need
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The number of people suffering from diabetes is surging, even as tens of millions cannot get the insulin they need,...
A newly discovered genetic link to non-alcoholic inflammatory liver disease — ScienceDaily
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the accumulation of fat in the liver unrelated to alcohol abuse or other liver diseases. It is often...
Blood biomarker identified that predicts type 2 diabetes many years before diagnosis
Fig. 1: Kaplan–Meier curve to illustrate incidence of diabetes in relation to follistatin quartiles. Time axis was follow-up time until death, emigration, incident diabetes...
Africa diabetes cases to soar: WHO
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Africa is set to see diabetes cases more than double to 55 million by 2045, the biggest increase across the...
Safe and effective wound healing preparation reaches Clinical Phase II
Credit: Portrait Image Asia/Shutterstock APO-2 (Aposec) is a secretome-based trial preparation derived from stressed peripheral blood mononuclear cells. APO-2 was shown to be safe...
Diabetes researcher details science behind potential stem cell breakthrough
“When my son was diagnosed [with Type 1], I knew nothing about diabetes. I changed my research focus, thinking, as any parent would, ‘What...
Needle free glucose monitoring a step closer for diabetics — ScienceDaily
A needle-free technology that would allow people with diabetes to measure blood sugar levels without having to stick a needle into their fingertips, has...