This new treatment could improves blood sugar, liver health in type 2 diabetes
In a new study, researchers found that people with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes who underwent a novel, minimally invasive, endoscopic procedure called Revita...
This drug may prevent obesity, liver damage caused by high-fat diet
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that there are 4.5 million adults in the U.S. diagnosed with the liver disease...
Men with early puberty may have higher risk of type 2 diabetes
In a new study, researchers found that men who enter puberty at an early age are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes as...
Extract from this tree seed may help treat obesity and diabetes
In Southeast Asia, the fruit, flowers, and leaves of Indonesia's Melinjo tree are traditional foods.
In a new study, researchers found that Melinjo seed extract...
Scientists find new way to fight against diabetes: Vitamin D
In a new study, researchers found that maintaining vitamin D receptor (VDR) levels in pancreatic cells that synthesize and secrete insulin (β cells) could...
Obesity, diabetes, and heart disease may spread from person to person
Non-communicable diseases including heart disease, cancer, and lung disease are now the most common causes of death, accounting for 70% of deaths worldwide.
These diseases...
This drug could benefit people with diabetes by releasing insulin in stomach
A recent MIT study has developed a drug capsule that could be used to deliver oral doses of insulin.
It may replace the injections that...
Common drugs for inflammation, diabetes, alcoholism may help kill cancer
A recent study from MIT and elsewhere found dozens of non-oncology drugs, including drugs for diabetes, inflammation, alcoholism—and even for treating arthritis in dogs—could...
Everyone should be alert to diabetes risk
During National American Diabetes Association Alert Day on March 24, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts are asking Texans and others to learn more...
Scientists suggest a major cause of Type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, a condition that affects more than 30 million Americans.
In Type 2 diabetes, chronic high...