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Common weight-loss drug successfully targets fat in adults with obesity at high cardiovascular risk

Researchers at UT Southwestern announced successful results of a clinical trial for a commonly prescribed weight-loss drug called liraglutide.

4 Aug 2021

UTHSC announces an increase in research grant and contract awards for FY21

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Office of Research announced that annual research grant and contract awards for FY21, which ended June 30, total more than $121 million, a 20.6% increase from last year.

20 Jul 2021

Study investigates the link between skeletal muscle proteome and type 2 diabetes

Globally, more than 400 million people have diabetes, most of them suffering from type 2 diabetes.

29 Jun 2021

NIH-supported study aims to improve gestational diabetes screening and diagnosis

A new study supported by the National Institutes of Health aims to improve gestational diabetes screening and diagnosis by better understanding blood glucose levels throughout pregnancy.

2 Jun 2021

Glycosylated hemoglobin can provide a useful estimate of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events

The routine use of the glycosylated hemoglobin test to track blood sugar levels in the general population can identify individuals with more advanced atherosclerotic disease.

1 Jun 2021

Diabetes-prevention program supports the addition of quality-adjusted life-years to average lifespan

You can do a lot in four years: go from white to black belt in taekwondo, plant a dwarf apple tree and pick its fruit, see your grandchild off to college and attend her graduation or get your own degree.

18 May 2021

Regular consumption of sardines helps prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes

The health benefits of sardines and oily fish are widely known: their high levels of unsaturated fats help to regulate cholesterol levels and prevent the onset of cardiovascular diseases. However, the benefits don't end there.

6 May 2021

Prediabetes can boost a person's chance of major cardiovascular events

People with prediabetes were significantly more likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke or other major cardiovascular event when compared with those who had normal blood sugar levels, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 70th Annual Scientific Session.

5 May 2021

Lifestyle education program helps increase moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity

D-CLIP, a lifestyle education program to prevent diabetes in South Asians with prediabetes, increased moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) by up to nearly an hour a week, researchers at the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging have found.

29 Apr 2021

Clinical trial examines metabolic effects of natural compound NMN in people

A natural compound previously demonstrated to counteract aspects of aging and improve metabolic health in mice has clinically relevant effects in people, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

22 Apr 2021

UTHSC researchers receive $1.99 million to advance understanding of diabetes pathophysiology

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases recently awarded a team of UTHSC researchers $1.99 million for their work to advance understanding of the pathophysiology of prediabetes, diabetes, and related complications.

22 Apr 2021

Five-year study aims to improve health of patients with cystic fibrosis across their growing lifespan

People with cystic fibrosis are living better and longer, and now investigators want to further enhance quality and longevity by better understanding the role of nutrition, body composition and exercise in their health across an increasing lifespan.

19 Apr 2021

Dementia risk escalates with the number and severity of strokes

Having an ischemic stroke increases dementia risk, and that risk escalates with the number and severity of strokes, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2021.

11 Mar 2021

Regular screening and early intervention needed to prevent pediatric diabetes

Type 2 diabetes, once considered an adult disease, is increasingly causing health complications among American youth.

2 Mar 2021

Study: Gut microbiome can predict changes in Type 2 diabetes related glucose regulation

A study carried out by researchers from the Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu revealed that human gut microbiome can be used to predict changes in Type 2 diabetes related glucose regulation up to four years ahead.

1 Mar 2021

Study explains why antipsychotic medications lead to weight gain, promote metabolic syndrome

Why do patients who receive antipsychotic medications to manage schizophrenia and bipolar disorder quickly gain weight and develop prediabetes and hyperinsulemia?

15 Feb 2021

Reducing obesity may prevent up to half of new type 2 diabetes cases

Reducing the prevalence of obesity may prevent up to half of new Type 2 diabetes cases in the United States, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association.

10 Feb 2021

Study: Older adults classified as "prediabetic" seldom progress to full diabetes

Older adults who are classified as having "prediabetes" due to moderately elevated measures of blood sugar usually don't go on to develop full-blown diabetes, according to a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

8 Feb 2021

Gestational diabetes may lead to heart disease in women during pregnancy

Women with a history of diabetes during pregnancy (gestational diabetes) are twice as likely by mid-life to develop calcium in heart arteries - a strong predictor of heart disease - even if healthy blood sugar levels were attained many years after pregnancy, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation.

1 Feb 2021

Can metabolic biomarkers help clinicians stratify adverse outcome risk in COVID-19 patients?

A recent study describes the alterations in lipids and other parameters that define the state of dysfunctional metabolism in acute COVID-19 illness.

20 Jan 2021