Could acupuncture help ward off diabetes?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain It’s been used for thousands of years to treat a variety of illnesses—and now acupuncture could also help fight one...
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Type 1 diabetes linked to higher risk of mental health problems in patients and family
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Both children with type 1 diabetes and their closest family members are at increased risk of mental health problems compared...
Digital diabetes prevention program affects weight and physical activity
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Recent work published in JMIR Diabetes reported that previous research has demonstrated the efficacy of a diabetes prevention program (DPP)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Could drugs for type 2 diabetes help those with type 1?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, such as empagliflozin, dapagliflozin, canagliflozin and ertugliflozin, have been game changers in the treatment of...
A new pathway to the regeneration of insulin in pancreatic stem cells could mean a major breakthrough toward new therapies for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes — ScienceDaily
A world-first study by Monash University, in Melbourne, Australia has discovered a pathway to the regeneration of insulin in pancreatic stem cells, a major...