Diabetes News and Research

Latest Diabetes News and Research

Novel program in England's third largest city helps reduce childhood obesity

Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions, affecting children's health and wellbeing and leading to obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer later in life.

10 Jul 2019

Adults with family history of Alzheimer’s have learning impairments, study finds

Adults with a first-degree relative with Alzheimer's disease perform more poorly on online paired-learning tasks than adults without such a family history, and this impairment appears to be exacerbated by having diabetes or a genetic variation in the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene linked to the disease.

10 Jul 2019

Subclinical cardiovascular disease linked to higher risk of falling in older adults

Each year, one out of three U.S. adults aged 65 years or older falls - and the number of deaths from falls is rising.

10 Jul 2019

Study could lead to new strategies for slowing the growth of glioblastoma

Researchers are hopeful that new strategies could emerge for slowing the growth and recurrence of the most common primary brain cancer in adults, glioblastoma, based on the results of a study published today in Cancer Research.

10 Jul 2019

Bariatric surgery should be offered to all patients who would benefit

Experts are calling for more patient's to be offered bariatric surgery as a weight loss intervention for obesity.

10 Jul 2019

Healthy high-fiber diet could reduce preeclampsia risk

A healthy diet rich in fiber is generally recommended, but new research shows it could be even more important during pregnancy to promote the wellbeing of the mother and child.

10 Jul 2019

How to get a cheaper prescription before leaving the doctor’s office

When Mary Kay Gilbert saw her doctor in May for a skin infection on her leg, she wasn't surprised to receive a prescription for an antibiotic cream.

10 Jul 2019

More than 936 million people have sleep apnea, ResMed-led analysis reveals

More than 936 million people have obstructive sleep apnea – the disease’s first prevalence update in more than a decade – according to The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, the world’s leading journal in its field.

10 Jul 2019

Review provides new recommendations to manage menopausal symptoms after breast cancer

A large proportion of the world's estimated 9.3 million breast cancer survivors experience menopausal symptoms or clinical manifestations of estrogen deficiency.

10 Jul 2019

Smartphone-based telemedical DR screening could improve ophthalmic care

About one in ten people in southern India is diabetic. Around one in three suffers from a so-called diabetic retinopathy (DR), a disease of the retina caused by diabetes.

10 Jul 2019

Growth problems in preterm infants associated with altered gut bacteria

A team of researchers at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago found that extremely premature babies fail to grow while others develop normally due to certain metabolic differences triggered by specific gut microbiome alterations.

10 Jul 2019

Chronic kidney disease patients are excluded from clinical trials

Kidney diseases affect 850 million people worldwide, a figure twice as high as that of diabetes. Yet patients with chronic kidney disease are still being excluded from clinical trials.

10 Jul 2019

New anti-obesity drug trial set to launch at Alberta Diabetes Institute

The Alberta Diabetes Institute will be at the center of a new clinical trial for an anti-obesity drug targeting people with rare genetic conditions that contribute to their obesity.

10 Jul 2019

People with concussion have markedly higher risk of being out of a job

A hard tackle on the football-field, a crash on your bike or a fall from a ladder in your home can easily cause a concussion, which eventually can cost your job - especially if you are in your thirties, and have a higher education.

10 Jul 2019

Strengthening muscles may be better way to protect from health hazards rather than losing fat

Focusing on strengthening our muscles rather than losing fat may be a better way to protect ourselves from weight-related hazards like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, investigators say.

9 Jul 2019

Exposure to blue light at night increases sugar consumption in male rats

A new study demonstrates that just one hour of exposure to blue light at night - the kind of light produced by the screens of our many devices - raises blood sugar levels and increases sugar consumption in male rats.

9 Jul 2019

Special blood test may predict relapse risk for breast cancer patients

A special blood test may one day predict if a newly diagnosed breast cancer patient will likely relapse years later, a City of Hope study suggests.

9 Jul 2019

Exercise during pregnancy can promote bone health of both mother and child

Vitamin D is important to enable calcium to be absorbed into the intestine. During pregnancy, vitamin D is especially significant because extra calcium is needed to build the baby's skeleton.

9 Jul 2019

Weightlifting is better for the heart than cardio

Researchers in Copenhagen have found that weightlifting may offer more protection against heart disease than cardio exercise does.

9 Jul 2019

NIHR review reveals evidence on how to increase physical activity in everyday life

Physical activity is important for physical and mental wellbeing and keeping socially connected. This themed review, Moving Matters, brings together more than 50 published and ongoing studies funded by the National Institute for Health Research on ways to increase physical activity in everyday life.

9 Jul 2019