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Treatment with diabetes drug liraglutide improves cardiovascular risk factors

Treatment with the diabetes drug liraglutide, in combination with diet and exercise, led to a significant reduction in weight and improved a number of cardiovascular risk factors, including high blood pressure and high cholesterol, according to a multicenter study.

23 Jun 2014

Long-term mild cold exposure can stimulate brown fat growth

Long-term mild cold exposure can stimulate brown fat growth and activity in humans and may benefit glucose and energy metabolism, a new study finds.

23 Jun 2014

Empagliflozin drug reduces blood pressure in patients with Type 2 diabetes, hypertension

An investigational drug to treat Type 2 diabetes, empagliflozin, lowers blood pressure in patients with Type 2 diabetes and hypertension (high blood pressure), a new study finds. The results were presented Sunday in a late-breaking abstract at the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and The Endocrine Society: ICE/ENDO 2014 in Chicago.

23 Jun 2014

Greenlander study identifies single mutation with large diabetes risk

Researchers have used a Greenlandic cohort to identify a genetic mutation whose effect on the risk of diabetes is “several times larger” than any previously discovered.

20 Jun 2014

Continuation of metformin after cirrhosis diagnosis improves survival rates in diabetes patients

Researchers at Mayo Clinic released a new study reversing current thought on the treatment of cirrhotic patients with type 2 diabetes.

20 Jun 2014

Susceptibility gene for type 1 diabetes regulates self-destruction of cell's energy factory

A team led by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that a susceptibility gene for type 1 diabetes regulates self-destruction of the cell's energy factory. They report their findings this week in Cell.

20 Jun 2014

Detective work maps special gene variant among Greenlanders which plays role in type 2 diabetes

A spectacular piece of detective work has mapped a special gene variant among Greenlanders which plays a particularly important role in the development of type 2 diabetes.

19 Jun 2014

Mayo Clinic study: Reversing current thought on treatment of cirrhotic patients with type 2 diabetes

Researchers at Mayo Clinic released a new study reversing current thought on the treatment of cirrhotic patients with type 2 diabetes. The study found that the continuation of metformin after a cirrhosis diagnosis improved survival rates among diabetes patients.

19 Jun 2014

Healthy inflammation necessary to prevent metabolic diseases, study finds

Chronic tissue inflammation is typically associated with obesity and metabolic disease, but new research from UT-Southwestern Medical Center now finds that a level of "healthy" inflammation is necessary to prevent metabolic diseases, such as fatty liver.

19 Jun 2014

U of MD researchers to use $3.7 million NIH grant to develop novel method to treat monogenic diabetes

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a four-year, $3.7 million grant to researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine to develop a personalized medicine program to help doctors diagnose and treat monogenic diabetes - a form of diabetes caused by a mutation in a single gene.

19 Jun 2014

Common mutation in gene with overweight results in elevated ALAT values in children

A study carried out at the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Eastern Finland shows that a common mutation in the PNPLA3 gene combined with overweight results in elevated ALAT values in children.

18 Jun 2014

Animas' predictive algorithm technology maintains glucose above hypoglycemic levels

Animas Corporation today shared encouraging results from its predictive hypoglycemia-minimizing algorithm in development.

18 Jun 2014

AADE recommends easy-to-follow tips for diabetes management

"You have Type 2 diabetes." When you deliver this news to patients, many are surprised, even shocked. Research shows some are so busy processing this unwelcome information, they have a difficult time focusing on what you are saying - and about a fourth of them wonder whether it's even true.

18 Jun 2014

New studies shed light on the mechanism of childhood obesity

With the increase in childhood obesity and the associated increase in type 2 diabetes among children and adolescents, there is growing interest in how children's bodies process the foods they eat and how obesity and diabetes begin to develop at early ages.

18 Jun 2014

BIPI, Lilly announce resubmission of empagliflozin NDA to FDA for treatment of type 2 diabetes

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company today announced the resubmission of a New Drug Application (NDA) for the investigational sodium glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor empagliflozin for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

17 Jun 2014

Artificial sweetener have potential to limit impact of therapeutic drugs

One of the active ingredients in a popular artificial sweetener could have the potential to limit the impact of therapeutic drugs, reduce the number and balance of beneficial bacteria in the gut and alter hormone secretion, according to an article published in Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A: Current Issues.

17 Jun 2014

Researchers demonstrate potential of retinoic acid in preventing type 2 diabetes complications

At a time when obesity, type 2 diabetes, and their complications are a veritable epidemic worldwide, researchers at the University of Montreal and CHUM Research Centre (CRCHUM) recently demonstrated the potential of retinoic acid (RA), a derivative of Vitamin A, in treating obesity and type 2 diabetes and preventing their cardiovascular complications.

17 Jun 2014

Six essential screening tests all men should receive during lifetime

When it's comes men and health, the numbers don't stack up. Compared to women, men are 24 percent less likely than women to visit the doctor, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Yet, men are 28 percent more likely than women to be hospitalized for congestive heart failure and 32 percent more likely to receive care for complication of diabetes.

17 Jun 2014

Affordable Care Act to have significant impact on patients with diabetes

The Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare) is dramatically changing health care delivery in the U.S. Specific parts of the new law, which will be phased in through 2020, will have a significant impact on patients with diabetes and prediabetes, as explored in a comprehensive Review article published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

17 Jun 2014

Outpatient diabetes care quality matters after limb revascularisation

High quality outpatient diabetes care improves diabetic patients’ chances of avoiding major ischaemic events and amputation after undergoing limb revascularisation, a study shows.

16 Jun 2014

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Treatment with diabetes drug liraglutide improves cardiovascular risk factors

Long-term mild cold exposure can stimulate brown fat growth

Empagliflozin drug reduces blood pressure in patients with Type 2 diabetes, hypertension

Greenlander study identifies single mutation with large diabetes risk

Continuation of metformin after cirrhosis diagnosis improves survival rates in diabetes patients

Susceptibility gene for type 1 diabetes regulates self-destruction of cell's energy factory

Detective work maps special gene variant among Greenlanders which plays role in type 2 diabetes

Mayo Clinic study: Reversing current thought on treatment of cirrhotic patients with type 2 diabetes

Healthy inflammation necessary to prevent metabolic diseases, study finds

U of MD researchers to use $3.7 million NIH grant to develop novel method to treat monogenic diabetes

Common mutation in gene with overweight results in elevated ALAT values in children

Animas' predictive algorithm technology maintains glucose above hypoglycemic levels

AADE recommends easy-to-follow tips for diabetes management

New studies shed light on the mechanism of childhood obesity

BIPI, Lilly announce resubmission of empagliflozin NDA to FDA for treatment of type 2 diabetes

Artificial sweetener have potential to limit impact of therapeutic drugs

Researchers demonstrate potential of retinoic acid in preventing type 2 diabetes complications

Six essential screening tests all men should receive during lifetime

Affordable Care Act to have significant impact on patients with diabetes

Outpatient diabetes care quality matters after limb revascularisation

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Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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