Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have discovered a molecular link between a high-fat, Western-style diet, and the onset of type 2 diabetes. In studies in mice, the scientists showed that a high-fat diet disrupts insulin production, resulting in the classic signs of type 2 diabetes.
In an article published in the December 29, 2005, issue of […]
According to the American Diabetes Association, approximately 18 million adults in the U.S. age 20 or older suffer from diabetes, with about 1.3 million more diagnosed every year. Diabetes management requires careful attention to diet, exercise and a watchful eye for other health conditions that can develop. To help, Nature Made, America’s number one broadline […]
A multicenter international study chaired by a Joslin Diabetes Center investigator and reported in the July issue of the American Diabetes Association’s journal Diabetes brings hopeful news to the 18 million people in the United States — and millions more worldwide — with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Initial results of the Phase III […]
A new study done in Australia shows that eating a handful of walnuts every day can help patients with type 2 diabetes achieve recommended intakes for polyunsaturated fatty acids (such as omega-3s), critical to protecting the heart. Findings of this study are published in the July 2005 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic […]
According to a two-year head-to-head study published today in the European Journal of Internal Medicine, patients with type 2 diabetes showed reduced incidences of major hypoglycemia when using Novolog(R) Mix 70/30 (70% insulin aspart protamine suspension and 30% insulin aspart injection, [rDNA origin]) versus biphasic human insulin 30 (Novolin(R) 70/30, 70% NPH, human insulin isophane […]
Background Other than glycemic control, there are no treatments for diabetic neuropathy. Thus, identifying potentially modifiable risk factors for neuropathy is crucial. We studied risk factors for the development of distal symmetric neuropathy in 1172 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus from 31 centers participating in the European Diabetes (EURODIAB) Prospective Complications Study.
Methods Neuropathy was […]
A study of more than 1 million South Koreans suggests diabetes can raise the risk of developing and dying from several types of cancer, including digestive-tract tumors.
This is not the first study to suggest such a link, but it sheds more light on exactly how diabetes might contribute to cancer.
Diabetes is often linked to obesity, […]
PhytoMedical today reported that Time Magazine’s December 6th, 2004, cover story (The Year in Medicine from A to Z) referenced the benefits of a molecule found in cinnamon which has “insulin-like properties that may help people with Type-2 diabetes.” A small study of Type-2 diabetes patients who ingested cinnamon had “significantly lower blood levels of […]
Study Findings:
Diuretics, pills used by millions of elderly people to lower high blood pressure, clearly reduce the long-term risk of death from heart attacks and strokes.
While diuretics do raise the risk of diabetes, the rate of death from heart attacks or strokes was still nearly 15% lower in patients getting a diuretic compared with those […]
Study Findings:
Pregnant women who smoke face a higher risk of developing diabetes during pregnancy — a condition known as gestational diabetes.
Rates of gestational diabetes were highest among women who smoked (4%) and lowest among those who had never smoked (2%), the investigators found. Women who quit before or during pregnancy had intermediate rates of gestational […]