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Less-invasive options are slowing disease progression in glaucoma patients

Judith Smith, now 71, was at a routine appointment several years ago with her longtime ophthalmologist when the doctor made a comment that her right eye looked a little suspicious for glaucoma, an incurable disease that occurs when the optic nerve is damaged by pressure building inside the eye.

17 Aug 2018

Shortage of insurance fraud cops sparks campaign debate

Ask Steve Poizner about how he'll tackle health care costs if he recaptures his old job as California's insurance commissioner, and he has a ready example.

17 Aug 2018

Tandem Diabetes Care introduces t:slim X2 Insulin Pump with Basal-IQ Technology in the US

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. , a medical device company and manufacturer of the only touchscreen insulin pumps with continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) integration, today announced its launch of the t:slim X2 Insulin Pump with Basal-IQ™ Technology, a predictive low glucose suspend (PLGS) feature designed to help reduce the frequency and duration of low glucose events (hypoglycemia).

17 Aug 2018

Researchers discuss techniques to help combat growing epidemic of obesity

More than 60 percent of American adults weigh more than is healthy, which results in increased health issues for the patient and high health care costs.

17 Aug 2018

OHSU professor conducts clinical trial with artificial pancreas using Xeris' liquid glucagon

Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company leveraging its novel technology platforms to develop and commercialize ready-to-use injectable and infusible drug formulations, announced today that Jessica Castle, M.D., an associate professor of medicine in the OHSU School of Medicine and OHSU Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center in Portland, Oregon, is conducting a clinical trial with a dual-hormone artificial pancreas using Xeris' ready-to-use liquid glucagon to evaluate a new closed-loop algorithm.

17 Aug 2018

Life Biosciences contributes $100,000 to fund its biomedical innovation course on aging

The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that Life Biosciences, a biotech company co-founded by David Sinclair, Ph.D., a leading researcher on aging and age-related diseases, has contributed $100,000 to fund its biomedical innovation course on aging.

17 Aug 2018

Increasing dietary protein may lower risk of diabetes in people with NAFLD

Increasing the amount of protein in the diet may reduce the liver's fat content and lower the risk of diabetes in people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

17 Aug 2018

OUHSC gets $20 million grant to advance research and patient care for Oklahomans

This week, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center announced the nationally competitive renewal of a $20 million federal grant that will advance research and patient care for Oklahomans throughout the state.

17 Aug 2018

$New algorithm helps identify and manage diabetic patients at increased fracture risk$

New algorithm helps identify and manage diabetic patients at increased fracture risk

Fragility fractures are a serious yet neglected complication of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, with increased risk of fragility fractures in people with diabetes extending across the life span.

17 Aug 2018

Brief exposures to stressors can be beneficial to cells, shows study

We've all heard the expression: "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger." Now, research led by a Salk Institute scientist suggests why, at a cellular level, this might be true.

17 Aug 2018

Research uncovers miscarriage cause, identifies potential targets for treatment

Tragic miscarriages for a couple have led to a discovery with potentially broad implications for future disease treatments, according to a team of researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. They identified a previously undiscovered gene mutation underlying hydrops fetalis – a fatal condition to fetuses due to fluid buildup in the space between organs.

16 Aug 2018

Study finds role of autoimmunity in development of COPD

Autoimmunity plays a role in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study led by Georgia State University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center that analyzed human genome information stored in Vanderbilt's DNA biobank.

16 Aug 2018

Eating white button mushrooms could improve regulation of glucose in the liver

Eating white button mushrooms can create subtle shifts in the microbial community in the gut, which could improve the regulation of glucose in the liver, according to a team of researchers.

16 Aug 2018

Proper treatment, refraining from smoking can reduce heart disease risk from type 2 diabetes

Properly composed treatment and refraining from cigarette consumption can significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease resulting from type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. In some cases, the increased risks could theoretically be eliminated.

16 Aug 2018

Blood test in early pregnancy could determine a woman's later risk for gestational diabetes

A blood test conducted as early as the 10th week of pregnancy may help identify women at risk for gestational diabetes, a pregnancy-related condition that poses potentially serious health risks for mothers and infants, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.

16 Aug 2018

Exercise reduces symptoms and fatigue in patients with chronic kidney disease

Just 12 weeks of aerobic and strength-based exercise reduces symptoms and levels of fatigue in patients with chronic kidney disease, a study in Leicester has found.

16 Aug 2018

Mount Sinai study could transform treatment for patients with retinal degenerative diseases

Researchers at Mount Sinai have successfully restored vision in mice through activating retinal stem cells, something that has never been done before. Their study, published in the August 15 online issue of Nature, could transform treatment for patients with retinal degenerative diseases, which currently have no cure.

16 Aug 2018

Higher BMI in people with prediabetes related to evening preference and lack of sufficient sleep

People with prediabetes who go to bed later, eat meals later and are more active and alert later in the day - those who have an "evening preference" - have higher body mass indices compared with people with prediabetes who do things earlier in the day, or exhibit morning preference.

15 Aug 2018

Parental life span linked with increased longevity and health in daughters

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that women whose mothers lived to at least age 90 were more likely to also live to 90, free of serious diseases and disabilities.

15 Aug 2018

Researchers discover new promising target point for cancer and diabetes therapies

If certain signaling cascades are misregulated, diseases like cancer, obesity and diabetes may occur. A mechanism recently discovered by scientists at the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie in Berlin and at the University of Geneva has a crucial influence on such signaling cascades and may be an important key for the future development of therapies against these diseases.

15 Aug 2018

Diabetes News and Research

Latest Diabetes News and Research

Less-invasive options are slowing disease progression in glaucoma patients

Shortage of insurance fraud cops sparks campaign debate

Tandem Diabetes Care introduces t:slim X2 Insulin Pump with Basal-IQ Technology in the US

Researchers discuss techniques to help combat growing epidemic of obesity

OHSU professor conducts clinical trial with artificial pancreas using Xeris' liquid glucagon

Life Biosciences contributes $100,000 to fund its biomedical innovation course on aging

Increasing dietary protein may lower risk of diabetes in people with NAFLD

OUHSC gets $20 million grant to advance research and patient care for Oklahomans

New algorithm helps identify and manage diabetic patients at increased fracture risk

Brief exposures to stressors can be beneficial to cells, shows study

Research uncovers miscarriage cause, identifies potential targets for treatment

Study finds role of autoimmunity in development of COPD

Eating white button mushrooms could improve regulation of glucose in the liver

Proper treatment, refraining from smoking can reduce heart disease risk from type 2 diabetes

Blood test in early pregnancy could determine a woman's later risk for gestational diabetes

Exercise reduces symptoms and fatigue in patients with chronic kidney disease

Mount Sinai study could transform treatment for patients with retinal degenerative diseases

Higher BMI in people with prediabetes related to evening preference and lack of sufficient sleep

Parental life span linked with increased longevity and health in daughters

Researchers discover new promising target point for cancer and diabetes therapies

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