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New enzyme could be used as an insulin alternative, to treat diabetes and obesity
University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) scientists have identified a new enzyme that could protect the body from toxic ...
A new molecular drug that mimics exercise might help Diabetes patients
Researchers at University of Southampton, England report finding an alternative pathway to activate a key enzyme involved in cellular glucose ...
The artificial pancreas could automate insulin delivery for diabetics
In the lab, a team UC Santa Barbara demonstrated that an artificial pancreas that can automatically deliver insulin shots at ...
Swap a sweet drink for water and you get a 25% lower chance of diabetes
Swapping out a single daily sweet drink for water or unsweetened tea or coffee can lower the risk of diabetes ...
Why insulin is so prohibitively expensive to the 29 million diabetes patients in the US
Even if it was first discovered more than 90 years ago, insulin is still out of reach for a shocking ...
Older diabetics face high over-treatment risk
The "one size fits all" approach to diabetics treatment may cause significant problems for older patients also suffering from other ...
Diabetes cured in mice with Blood Pressure Medication
Diabetes is one of the most prevalent diseases in the developed world, with more than 29 million infected Americans; 1 ...
Fat grizzlies stay diabetes free thanks to protein shut down
The shutdown of a key protein allows grizzly bears to go through tremendous weight gains without loosing insulin sensitivity. Thus ...
Healthy habits dramatically reduce risk of dementia, diabetes and heart disease
A study which monitored the health habits of 2,235 men over a 35-year period has found that exercise significantly reduces ...
Being healthy and obese is impossible – the two are mutually exclusive, researchers say
It's surprising to me that this has to be said, but ... oh well. If you are obese, you're unhealthy. ...
Nanoparticle pill delivers insulin orally with 11-fold efficiency
Drug delivery encapsulated in tiny nanoparticles are thoroughly studied with great interest because they offer the chance to deliver treatments ...
Skip the juice, go for whole fruit
For some reason which continues to elude me, people are eating less and less fruit - but perhaps the increasing ...
Bioadhesive coating might allow insulin oral administration instead of injections
(c) Bill David Brooks/Flickr The reason why some drugs can only be taken by injecting them, ...
Protein that can stop diabetes in its tracks identified
Scientists have successfully identified an immune protein which has the possibility to stop or even revert development of type 1 ...
The more you sit, the more likely you are to suffer chronic diseases
Kansas State University researcher Richard Rosenkranz, assistant professor of human nutrition concluded that there is a direct connection between how ...
Type 1 diabetes cured in animals, humans might not lag far behind
In what can only be considered a remarkable medical breakthrough, researchers at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have completely cured type 1 ...
Visual impairments on the rise in the US linked to diabetes
Nonrefractive visual impairments, the kind that can't be corrected by glasses, have reportedly increased 21% overall and 40% among non-Hispanic whites ...
India-Tanzania-Thailand Scientists to Study ‘Bitter Gourd’ for anti-diabetes
HYDERABAD(South India),Jan 22: A group of scientists belonging to three developing countries – India, Thailand and Tanzania - is trying ...
An unhealthy lifestyle leads to brain shrinkage later on, study says
The latin phrase "mens sana in corpore sano" has been put to the test by researchers who wanted to study ...