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Using diet as a primary intervention to achieve remission of type 2 diabetes in adults

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine has released an expert consensus statement to assist clinicians in achieving remission of type 2 diabetes in adults using diet as a primary intervention.

18 May 2022

Scientists examine the impact of herpesviruses on (pre)diabetes

Scientists have recently analyzed the association between herpesviruses and type 2 diabetes. This study is available in the journal Diabetologia.

15 May 2022

Worldwide study of diverse populations sheds new light on how genes contribute to type 2 diabetes

Ongoing worldwide research of diverse populations by an international team of scientists, including a University of Massachusetts Amherst genetic epidemiologist, has shed important new light on how genes contribute to type 2 diabetes.

12 May 2022

Joint associations of genetic risk and diet quality with incident type 2 diabetes

Researchers assessed the impact of polygenic scores and diet quality on type 2 diabetes.

3 May 2022

Study explores sex-driven differences in individualized clinical management of Alzheimer’s disease risk

A new study demonstrated how individualized clinical management of Alzheimer's disease risk was viable in a clinical outpatient setting.

29 Apr 2022

New ML models show high accuracy in predicting complications after abdominal hernia repair

Machine learning (ML) models developed by surgeons at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston have shown a high level of accuracy in predicting which types of patients are most likely to have a hernia recurrence or other complications.

7 Apr 2022

Insufficient sleep could play a role in the development of type 2 diabetes

People who have difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep had higher blood sugar levels than people who rarely had sleep issues, new research has found.

6 Apr 2022

EMA issues qualification opinion for islet autoantibodies as enrichment biomarkers for T1D prevention trials

Critical Path Institute's Type 1 Diabetes Consortium (T1DC) today announced that the European Medicines Agency has issued a positive qualification opinion for pancreatic islet autoantibodies as enrichment biomarkers for type 1 diabetes (T1D) prevention trials.

5 Apr 2022

Diabetes incidence after infection with COVID-19

Researchers investigated the incidence of diabetes among COVID-19 cases.

21 Mar 2022

Evidence of COVID-19 impacts on glycated hemoglobin levels in a real-world clinical cohort

Researchers established the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on glycated hemoglobin levels, type 2 diabetes risk, and diabetic ketoacidosis through data from the large real-world clinical cohort.

17 Mar 2022

Good glycemic control in SARS-CoV-2 vaccinated type 2 diabetic patients reduces risk of breakthrough infection

Adequate glycemic control during the year after being vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 improves the relative immunological response.

15 Mar 2022

High prevalence of new-onset diabetes with ketoacidosis observed in children during COVID-19 pandemic

Research revealed the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus with severe diabetic ketoacidosis has increased among genetically susceptible children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

9 Mar 2022

Researchers launch a multi-center trial to investigate new treatment for pediatric type 1 diabetes

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, in partnership with NYU Langone Health, have launched a multi-center clinical trial to investigate a new treatment for pediatric type 1 diabetes even in subjects with established disease.

1 Mar 2022

New tools may better help in prevention of heart disease in individuals with chronic kidney disease

A new study reveals that certain changes to models that predict the risk of developing cardiovascular problems in the general population can help clinicians improve risk prediction in individuals with kidney disease.

11 Feb 2022

Evaluating the effectiveness of vaccination on the case fatality rate for COVID-19 infection

A recent study was published where CFR was assessed for COVID-19 vaccine effectivity

27 Jan 2022

Correlation between idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and COVID-19

A new study investigates the genetic overlap between COVID-19 and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis to identify possible shared biological mechanisms.

14 Dec 2021

Long-term glycemic levels predict the risk of COVID-19 severity among diabetics

People with type 2 diabetes who contract COVID-19 are nearly 50% more likely to wind up in intensive care if they have poorly managed their blood sugar levels over the long-term than those with better long-term glycemic control, according to a study using anonymized health care data.

18 Nov 2021