London, July 14 : A new animal study has shown that disruption of two genes that control circadian rhythms can lead to diabetes.
Circadian rhythms are cyclical patterns in biological activities, such as sleeping, eating, body temperature and hormone production.
“These results indicate that disruption of the daily clock may contribute to diabetes by impairing the pancreas” [...]
Washington, July 7 : A new research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) suggests that cellular changes in fat tissue—not the immune system—lead to the ‘hyperinflammation’ characteristic of obesity-related glucose intolerance and type 2 diabetes.
Cancer and cell biology experts say this new discovery about the cellular mechanisms behind glucose intolerance may provide a different target [...]
Washington, June 23 : A new study has shown that kids of mothers whose blood glucose (sugar) was high during pregnancy are more likely to have low insulin sensitivity-a risk factor for type 2 diabetes.
“We know that children born to women with type 2 diabetes or gestational diabetes, or who have high blood sugar during [...]
Washington, June 23 : Gaining weight, especially around the waist, after the age of 50 can lead to diabetes, according to a new study.
As part of the research, Mary L. Biggs, of the University of Washington, Seattle, and colleagues examined the relationship between measures of overall body fat, fat distribution, changes in these measures, and [...]
Washington, June 22 : Scientists from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have developed an experimental cure for Type 1 diabetes.
Using gene therapy, the team tried to counter the two defects that cause Type 1 diabetes: autoimmune attack and destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells.
They used non-obese diabetic mice, which spontaneously develop diabetes due to [...]
Washington, May 11 : Healthy people with a genetic predisposition to Type 2 diabetes gain more weight overeating over the short term than their non-genetically-prone counterparts, say researchers.
In a 28-day study undertaken at Sydney’’s Garvan Institute of Medical Research, scientists set out to mimic the kind of overfeeding that typically takes place during feasting periods [...]
Washington, Apr 27 : Grape consumption can lower blood pressure, improve heart function and reduce other risk factors for heart disease and metabolic syndrome, according to a new study.
The effect is thought to be due to phytochemicals — naturally occurring antioxidants – that grapes contain, say the study’’s researchers.
The study will be presented today at [...]
Washington, April 20 : Metformin, a mainstay of treatment for patients with type 2 diabetes, is believed to be useful in preventing lung cancer.
However, researchers are waiting for its confirmation in clinical trials.
Apart from reducing levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and circulating insulin, which is important in patients with type 2 diabetes, metformin may [...]
Washington, Apr 8 : Diabetic teenagers and “tweenagers” have more trouble sticking to their treatment plan Type 1 if their parents become increasingly lax about monitoring the child’’s treatment, concludes a new study.
The study by University of Utah psychologists will be presented in Seattle Friday, April 9 during the Society of Behavioral Medicine’’s annual meeting.
“The [...]
Washington, Mar 31 : A boffin at Kansas State University is delving deeper into the use of Chinese wolfberries for improving vision deficiencies characteristic of type-2 diabetese.
Dingbo “Daniel” Lin is studying wolfberries and their potential to improve damage to the retina.
His findings show that the fruit can lower the oxidative stress that the eye undergoes [...]