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People of African-Caribbean heritage living with diabetes have greater kidney disease risk

New research confirms for the first time that ethnicity is a risk factor for developing kidney disease in people with Type 1 diabetes.

1 Sep 2022

Tight control of blood sugar in teens may help reduce diabetes-related brain damage

Tight control of blood sugar in teens with Type 1 diabetes may help reduce the disease's damaging effects on the brain, effects which have been shown even in younger children, according to a study published online today in Nature Communications.

30 Aug 2022

Performing moderate or vigorous physical activity may lower the risk of heart failure

A six-year analysis of more than 94,000 adults in the U.K. Biobank with no history of heart failure at enrollment has found that engaging in moderate or vigorous physical activity may lower the risk of developing heart failure, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation.

29 Aug 2022

Youth-onset type 2 diabetes climbed 77% amid COVID-19, study shows

Data suggests diagnoses of type 2 diabetes in children are increasing 4-5% per year. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the cells in the body do not respond to insulin, which increases the body's need for insulin.

24 Aug 2022

Teenagers who do not get enough sleep more likely to be overweight or obese

Adolescents who sleep less than eight hours a night are more likely to be overweight or obese compared to their peers with sufficient sleep, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022.

24 Aug 2022

What are the effects of non-nutritive sweeteners on the human gut microbiome?

Researchers evaluated the short-term effects of four non-nutritive sweeteners on the human microbiome, glucose tolerance, and additional health parameters in a randomized-controlled trial encompassing 120 healthy adults.

24 Aug 2022

More daily steps appears to lower risk of diabetes

The current study examines the potential association between daily step counts and diabetes risk.

24 Aug 2022

Glucokinase activator AZD1656 shows potential benefit for diabetics with moderate to severe COVID-19

A new study examines the potential benefit of the glucokinase activator molecule AZD1656 in the ARCADIA trial.

23 Aug 2022

Study finds a steep rise in type 2 diabetes among children during the COVID-19 pandemic

In a multi-site study of medical records, researchers at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and across the United States say they have documented a steep rise in type 2 diabetes among children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

23 Aug 2022

Surprising culprit contributes significantly to the brain destruction after stroke or TBI

In the aftermath of a stroke or TBI, a group of amino acids that typically support brain function contribute significantly to the brain destruction that can follow both these injuries, scientists report.

23 Aug 2022

Novel optical fiber sensor device monitors key biomarkers following traumatic brain injury

The 'promising' results from tests on animal brain tissues suggest it could help clinicians to better monitor both disease progression and patients' response to treatment than is currently possible, which indicate the high potential for future diagnostic trials in humans.

23 Aug 2022

Incidence of type 2 diabetes in youth increased during COVID-19 pandemic

A new study assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the onset of T2D among the youth.

22 Aug 2022

Non-nutritive sweeteners cause changes in the gut microbes and impact glucose tolerance

Since the late 1800s non-nutritive sweeteners have promised to deliver all the sweetness of sugar with none of the calories.

19 Aug 2022

MIT's design opens a path toward chip-free wireless sensors

Wearable sensors are ubiquitous thanks to wireless technology that enables a person's glucose concentrations, blood pressure, heart rate, and activity levels to be transmitted seamlessly from sensor to smartphone for further analysis.

18 Aug 2022

Eating disorders could be treated by modulating gut microbiota

Researchers describe how the gut-brain axis facilitates communication between the gastrointestinal tract and brain to regulate food consumption behaviors.

17 Aug 2022

Eating grapes may reduce the risk of fatty liver disease

In a recent study published in the journal Foods, eating grapes can extend life expectancy by five years and reduce non-alcoholic fatty liver disease risk in mice fed high-fat diets.

17 Aug 2022

Immune cells preferentially use cellular waste products to power their function

The immune cells that protect us from infection and cancer seek out a wide array of fuel sources to power their function - including some long thought to be cellular waste products.

17 Aug 2022

Research suggests a new model of how beige fat biogenesis is controlled

Once considered an inert tissue, fat – or adipose tissue – is now known to play an active role in the body's critical functions by secreting hormones that regulate hunger and body temperature.

17 Aug 2022

WVU researcher explores how sedentary behavior and pregnancy may raise a woman’s cardiovascular disease risk

For reasons scientists don't fully understand, women in their 20s, 30s and 40s tend to develop cardiovascular-disease risk factors much faster than men of similar ages do.

16 Aug 2022

Intestinal tissue-resident lymphocytes regulate their activity depending on glucose availability

A new study led by Marc Veldhoen, group leader at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal) and Associate Professor at Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa (FMUL) and published today in the scientific journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America) discovered that white blood cells that reside in the intestines, a specific group of immune cells called tissue-resident lymphocytes, use sugar as an energy source and have a faster metabolism than lymphocytes that circulate in the blood.

15 Aug 2022

Glucose News and Research

People of African-Caribbean heritage living with diabetes have greater kidney disease risk

Tight control of blood sugar in teens may help reduce diabetes-related brain damage

Performing moderate or vigorous physical activity may lower the risk of heart failure

Youth-onset type 2 diabetes climbed 77% amid COVID-19, study shows

Teenagers who do not get enough sleep more likely to be overweight or obese

What are the effects of non-nutritive sweeteners on the human gut microbiome?

More daily steps appears to lower risk of diabetes

Glucokinase activator AZD1656 shows potential benefit for diabetics with moderate to severe COVID-19

Study finds a steep rise in type 2 diabetes among children during the COVID-19 pandemic

Surprising culprit contributes significantly to the brain destruction after stroke or TBI

Novel optical fiber sensor device monitors key biomarkers following traumatic brain injury

Incidence of type 2 diabetes in youth increased during COVID-19 pandemic

Non-nutritive sweeteners cause changes in the gut microbes and impact glucose tolerance

MIT's design opens a path toward chip-free wireless sensors

Eating disorders could be treated by modulating gut microbiota

Eating grapes may reduce the risk of fatty liver disease

Immune cells preferentially use cellular waste products to power their function

Research suggests a new model of how beige fat biogenesis is controlled

WVU researcher explores how sedentary behavior and pregnancy may raise a woman’s cardiovascular disease risk

Intestinal tissue-resident lymphocytes regulate their activity depending on glucose availability

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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