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November 1, 2024

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Restricting Sugar Consumption in Utero and in Early Childhood Significantly Reduces Risk of Midlife Chronic Disease

Oct. 31, 2024 — Children who experienced sugar restrictions during their first 1,000 days after conception had up to 35% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes and as much as 20% less risk of hypertension as ...

Long-Term Benefits of Weight-Loss Surgery in Young People

Oct. 30, 2024 — Young people with severe obesity who underwent weight-loss surgery at age 19 or younger continued to see sustained weight loss and resolution of common obesity-related comorbidities 10 years later, according to results from a large clinical ...

Enhancing the Accuracy of Wearables That Measure Blood Glucose Levels

Oct. 28, 2024 — Wearable electronic devices are potential tools to monitor blood glucose levels (BGLs) among people with diabetes, but their limited size and power lead to noticeable measurement errors. In a recent study, researchers developed a screening technique ...

New Precision Medicine Approach Helps Detect Subgroups of People With Obesity at High Risk of Diabetes and Heart Disease

Oct. 24, 2024 — Obesity is a common cause of diabetes, heart disease and early death, but risk differs greatly from one person to the next. A pioneering clinical risk prediction algorithm has been developed that ...

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Porous Dermal Fillers Show Promise for Diabetic Wound Treatment

Oct. 31, 2024 — Researchers have developed a revolutionary injectable granular filler that could transform the way diabetic wounds are treated, potentially improving patient outcomes. The groundbreaking study ...

Oct. 24, 2024 — Researchers have found that semaglutide may lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease in people with type 2 diabetes ...

Expanding Access to Weight-Loss Drugs Could Save Thousands of Lives a Year

Oct. 22, 2024 — Expanding access to new, highly effective weight-loss medications could prevent more than 40,000 deaths a year in the United States, according to a study. The findings highlight the critical need to ...

People With Type 2 Diabetes Who Eat Low-Carb May Be Able to Discontinue Medication

Oct. 22, 2024 — Adults with type 2 diabetes on a low-carbohydrate diet may see benefits to their beta-cell function allowing them to better manage their disease and ...

Study Finds Tuberculosis Changes Liver Metabolism and Could Promote Diabetes

Oct. 21, 2024 — Scientists have discovered that tuberculosis disrupts glucose metabolism in the ...

Can Snake Research Help Explain Human Digestion?

Oct. 21, 2024 — To understand how these large snakes can regenerate their intestines without intestinal crypts, scientists sequenced the RNA genes of pythons. By learning more about this process in reptiles, ...

Scan Based on Lizard Saliva Detects Rare Tumor

Oct. 21, 2024 — A new PET scan reliably detects benign tumors in the pancreas, according to new research. Current scans often fail to detect these insulinomas, even though they cause symptoms due to low blood sugar ...

Ultra-Processed Foods Pose Unique Dangers for People With Type 2 Diabetes

Oct. 17, 2024 — Researchers describe how -- even more than just the presence of sugar and salt in the diet -- having more ultra-processed foods laden with additives can lead to higher average blood glucose levels ...

Researchers Show How Gut Hormones Control Aging in Flies and How It Relates to Human Biology

Oct. 17, 2024 — The discovery of a gut-to-brain regulation pathway in flies calls for additional consideration on how certain medications, especially GLP-1 agonists, ...

How Muscle Energy Production Is Impaired in Type 2 Diabetes

Oct. 9, 2024 — A new study shows that people with type 2 diabetes have lower levels of the protein that breaks down and converts creatine in the muscles. This leads to impaired function of the mitochondria, the ...

New Drug Approach Could Underpin Future Weight Loss Therapies, Study Indicates

Oct. 10, 2024 — In the research, mice were fed a high-fat diet were injected with the compound AP39, which delivers hydrogen sulfide direct to mitochondria in cells The research concluded that the treatment ...

Having a Sweet Tooth Is Linked to Higher Risk of Depression, Diabetes, and Stroke, Study Finds

Oct. 9, 2024 — People with a preference for sweets are at a higher risk of developing depression, diabetes, and suffering a stroke, according to new ...

How Diabetes-Risk Genes Make Cells Less Resilient to Stress

Oct. 8, 2024 — Researchers have now discovered that DNA sequence changes known to increase a person's risk for diabetes are linked to how well pancreatic cells can handle two different kinds of molecular ...

Balancing Health: Diabetes and Obesity Increase Risk of Liver Cancer Relapse

Oct. 3, 2024 — A research team analyzed how diabetes mellitus and obesity factor into recurrence and survival after surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma, a type of liver ...

Body Weight Is an Important Health Factor in Pregnancy -- Regardless of Country of Birth

Oct. 3, 2024 — Overweight is a major contributor to complications during pregnancy and childbirth -- this applies to both women born in Sweden and women who have moved here, something that has not been well ...

A New Injectable to Prevent and Treat Hypoglycemia

Oct. 2, 2024 — People with diabetes take insulin to lower high blood sugar. However, if glucose levels plunge too low -- from taking too much insulin or not eating enough sugar -- people can experience ...

Pervasiveness of Inflammation-Inducing Foods in American Diet

Oct. 1, 2024 — Almost six in 10 Americans have pro-inflammatory diets, increasing the risk of health problems including heart disease and cancer, according to a new study that used a tool designed to examine ...

Potential Strategy Against Blood Glucose Drops in Type 1 Diabetes

Sep. 30, 2024 — Inhibiting the hormone somatostatin may be a new treatment strategy to prevent dangerous blood glucose drops in type 1 diabetes. The proposed strategy is said to have the potential to save ...

Study Proposes New Heart Failure Treatment Targeting Abnormal Hormone Activity

Sep. 30, 2024 — Scientists discovered that blocking the activity of the hormone glucagon could treat a common and challenging type of heart failure that affects millions ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — Researchers have identified a potential new approach to address the opioid overdose epidemic. Semaglutide was shown to lower opioid overdoses in people with opioid-use disorder and type 2 ...

Could GLP1RA Drugs Lower High Iron Levels?

Sep. 24, 2024 — Increased iron levels can be dangerous for those with type 2 ...

Study Identifies Link Between Prediabetes During Adolescence and Young Adulthood With the Likelihood of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

Sep. 24, 2024 — A new article finds that prediabetes before conception may significantly increase the likelihood of gestational diabetes during first ...

The Heart of the Question: Who Can Get Medicare-Covered Weight Loss Medicine?

Sep. 23, 2024 — With Medicare now covering semaglutide for people with obesity and cardiovascular disease who don't have diabetes, a study looks at who that might include, depending on what cutoffs prescription ...

A Simple Blood Test Warns of Possible Cardiometabolic Complications for Children With Obesity

Sep. 20, 2024 — Scientists have detected lipid biomarkers in children and teenagers with obesity that indicate an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, liver and heart disease as adults. A one-year lifestyle ...

New Blood Test Could Be an Early Warning for Child Diabetes

Sep. 20, 2024 — A new type of blood test using lipids could make it easier to identify children at risk of complications around obesity including type two diabetes, liver and heart disease, say ...

Some Diabetes Drugs Tied to Lower Risk of Dementia, Parkinson's Disease

Sep. 18, 2024 — A class of drugs for diabetes may be associated with a lower risk of dementia and Parkinson's disease, according to a new ...

Widely Used Test for Gestational Diabetes Misses 70% of Cases

Sep. 18, 2024 — When screening pregnant women for gestational diabetes, casual blood glucose testing misses 70% of the cases. This study should encourage obstetricians to depend on more reliable tests to help ...

Researchers Identify Potential New Strategy to Slow the Development of Liver Fibrosis

Sep. 17, 2024 — A study reveals advances in the understanding and treatment of liver fibrosis, a serious complication in the context of metabolic fatty liver disease, also known as MASLD (metabolic ...

Getting to the Root of the Problem: Intensive Diabetes Treatment Reduces Gum Disease Inflammation

Sep. 17, 2024 — A recent study reveals that intensive diabetes treatment can improve periodontal disease inflammation. Researchers found that two weeks of intensive diabetes treatment under hospitalization for ...

Replacing Ultra-Processed Foods in Diet Reduces Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Sep. 16, 2024 — People who eat more ultra-processed foods (UPF) are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but this risk can be lowered by consuming less processed foods instead, finds a new ...