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...
Scientists find new early sign of type 2 diabetes
In a new study, researchers discovered an early sign of type 2 diabetes: Misfolded proinsulin.
Misfolded proinsulin is a protein the body normally processes into...
Type 1 diabetes is not one but two distinct conditions, defined by diagnosis age
Children who are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes under the age of seven have a different form (or "endotype") of the condition compared with...
This popular drink may help lower blood sugar, control diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is a disease whereby the body is unable to control the level of sugar in the blood because defects in the...
Breathing dirty air may make you gain weight, have diabetes
In a new study, researchers found that breathing dirty air takes a heavy toll on gut bacteria, boosting the risk of obesity, diabetes, gastrointestinal...