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EKF Diagnostics issues new educational guide to ‘Diabetes and HbA1c testing’

EKF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, has published a guide to ‘Diabetes and HbA1c testing’ which can be found at EKF’s new Diabetes Portal.

From EKF Diagnostics 24 Jul 2017

Novel model predicts single heart cell's response to dwindling supplies of oxygen

Time is of the essence when treating a patient undergoing a heart attack. Cardiac surgeons attempt to quickly stabilize the heart by applying reperfusion, a technique that restores oxygen to the heart by opening up blocked vessels with balloons and stents.

21 Jul 2017

Majority of primary care providers could not recognize all risk factors for prediabetes, survey finds

Johns Hopkins researchers who distributed a survey at a retreat and medical update for primary care physicians (PCPs) report that the vast majority of the 140 doctors who responded could not identify all 11 risk factors that experts say qualify patients for prediabetes screening.

20 Jul 2017

Child-oriented nutritional intervention contributes advantageously to parents’ diets

Nutrition advice aimed at children also improves parents' diets, according to research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

20 Jul 2017

Adding estrogen in the brain may improve health in obese menopausal women

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found that adding estrogen in the brain may improve health in obese females after menopause.

18 Jul 2017

Low-dose anxiolytics can ameliorate social disadvantage related to trait anxiety

Psychologists speak of anxiety in two forms: "state" anxiety, which refers to anxiety arising from a particular situation; and "trait" anxiety, which refers to anxiety as part of a person's overall personality.

18 Jul 2017

Study identifies potential treatment for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Two commonly used drugs erased the learning and memory deficits caused by fetal alcohol exposure when the drugs were given after birth, thus potentially identifying a treatment for the disorder, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

18 Jul 2017

Researchers discover that amount of Epac2A at vesicles controls insulin release

Specialized beta cells in the pancreas release the hormone insulin to control our blood glucose levels, and failure of this mechanism is central to the development of type-2 diabetes.

10 Jul 2017

Researchers identify fasting plasma glucose and insulin as key biomarkers for weight loss

Researchers from the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen today announced the findings from a weight loss biomarker study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

7 Jul 2017

Increasing diabetes burden in sub-Saharan Africa has potential to reverse health gains of recent years

As sub-Saharan African countries struggle to cope with the current burden of diabetes, new estimates suggest that costs associated with the disease could more than double and may reach up to US$59.3 billion per year by 2030 if type 2 diabetes cases continue to increase.

7 Jul 2017

Loss of smell linked to weight loss in mice despite same food intake, study reveals

Experiments conducted at the University of California, Berkeley, suggest that the odor of food has a direct link with how the body processes the calories. The new study conducted on mice published in the first week of July in the journal Cell Metabolism implicates that the ability to detect the smell of food is related to whether the calories are burnt rather than stored.

6 Jul 2017

Sense of smell may play key role in how the body deals with calories

Our sense of smell is key to the enjoyment of food, so it may be no surprise that in experiments at the University of California, Berkeley, obese mice who lost their sense of smell also lost weight.

5 Jul 2017

Anti-asthma drug shows blood glucose improvement among some patients with type 2 diabetes

After 12 weeks of taking an anti-asthma drug, a subset of patients with type 2 diabetes showed a clinically significant reduction in blood glucose during a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, report University of California San Diego School of Medicine and University of Michigan researchers.

5 Jul 2017

Study reveals link between higher BMI and increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases

Results of a new study add to the evidence of an association between higher body mass index (BMI) and increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, according to a study published by JAMA Cardiology.

5 Jul 2017

Sphere Medical announces compatibility of Proxima bedside blood gas analyser with Philips IntelliVue patient monitors

Sphere Medical, an innovative company in critical care monitoring and diagnostics equipment, announces that its Proxima bedside blood gas monitoring system is compatible with Philips IntelliVue Patient Monitoring Systems through the Philips IntelliBridge Interface Module.

5 Jul 2017

Novel bandage could help monitor chronic wounds at home

A novel bandage alerts the nursing staff as soon as a wound starts healing badly. Sensors incorporated into the base material glow with a different intensity if the wound's pH level changes. This way even chronic wounds could be monitored at home.

5 Jul 2017

Patients with Type 2 diabetes and OSA found to be at greater risk of developing diabetic retinopathy

Research led by the University of Birmingham has discovered that patients who suffer from both Type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnoea are at greater risk of developing a condition that leads to blindness within an average period of less than four years.

4 Jul 2017

SCT scientists develop Neo-Islet technology for treating insulin-dependent diabetes

The cover of the July 2017 issue of the journal STEM CELLS Translation Medicine showcases the latest advance toward a functional cure of insulin-dependent diabetes.

30 Jun 2017

Mildly stressing muscle metabolism reverses diabetes and obesity in mice

Mildly stressing muscle metabolism boosts levels of a beneficial hormone that prevents obesity and diabetes in mice, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Iowa.

28 Jun 2017

Regular walking breaks and continuous physical activity lower fatty acid levels linked to clogged arteries

Many people spend increasing time sitting during their work days, but breaking things up with regular brisk walks, while also taking daily 30-minute walks, significantly lowers levels of fatty acids that lead to clogged arteries, researchers from New Zealand's University of Otago have found in a first-of-its-kind study.

27 Jun 2017

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EKF Diagnostics issues new educational guide to ‘Diabetes and HbA1c testing’

Novel model predicts single heart cell's response to dwindling supplies of oxygen

Majority of primary care providers could not recognize all risk factors for prediabetes, survey finds

Child-oriented nutritional intervention contributes advantageously to parents’ diets

Adding estrogen in the brain may improve health in obese menopausal women

Low-dose anxiolytics can ameliorate social disadvantage related to trait anxiety

Study identifies potential treatment for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Researchers discover that amount of Epac2A at vesicles controls insulin release

Researchers identify fasting plasma glucose and insulin as key biomarkers for weight loss

Increasing diabetes burden in sub-Saharan Africa has potential to reverse health gains of recent years

Loss of smell linked to weight loss in mice despite same food intake, study reveals

Sense of smell may play key role in how the body deals with calories

Anti-asthma drug shows blood glucose improvement among some patients with type 2 diabetes

Study reveals link between higher BMI and increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases

Sphere Medical announces compatibility of Proxima bedside blood gas analyser with Philips IntelliVue patient monitors

Novel bandage could help monitor chronic wounds at home

Patients with Type 2 diabetes and OSA found to be at greater risk of developing diabetic retinopathy

SCT scientists develop Neo-Islet technology for treating insulin-dependent diabetes

Mildly stressing muscle metabolism reverses diabetes and obesity in mice

Regular walking breaks and continuous physical activity lower fatty acid levels linked to clogged arteries

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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