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23andMe to predict risk of diabetes from genetic makeup

DNA testing company 23andMe will soon release a DNA test that can predict an individuals' risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but many experts are concerned.

12 Mar 2019

The app that warns you about snacks you can’t add to your shopping cart

Researchers have developed an app that scans the barcodes of food items in the supermarket and warns you if it is not suitable for your body, based on your DNA.

12 Mar 2019

New practical guide for health professionals to support emotional needs of adults with diabetes

Diabetes UK has launched a new resource to help healthcare professionals to support the emotional needs of adults with diabetes.

12 Mar 2019

Tufts engineers develop new tool to identify metabolic signatures linked to disease

Metabolic changes in cells can occur at the earliest stages of disease. In most cases, knowledge of those signals is limited, since we usually detect disease only after it has done significant damage.

12 Mar 2019

Motivational interviewing: New approach to help dental patients improve oral health behaviors

Brush your teeth twice per day and floss regularly are habits most people know of, but despite the pleas of dentists nationwide, few follow through on this advice.

12 Mar 2019

Study provides new understanding about blood pressure control in older adults

Until recently, physicians had generally assumed that older adults benefit from keeping their blood pressure below 140/90 mmHg. However, researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have now found that this assumption does not apply to all patients with high blood pressure.

12 Mar 2019

Managing nontraditional risk factors to improve outcomes after cancer surgery

In a study of 142 patients preparing for cancer surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have evidence that psychological or social risk factors such as depression, limited resilience and lack of emergency resources along with standard medical risk factors such as high blood pressure or diabetes are linked with higher risks of surgical complications.

12 Mar 2019

Computational model of the human kidney could provide safer tests for new drugs

A University of Waterloo researcher has spearheaded the development of the first computational model of the human kidney.

12 Mar 2019

Study: Women are diagnosed for diseases later in life than men

When men and women contract a disease, it is very different when this is discovered by the healthcare system. On average, women are diagnosed later in life than men.

11 Mar 2019

Building muscle strength may be one way to lower risk for type 2 diabetes

Of the 30 million Americans with diabetes, 90 to 95 percent have type 2, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

11 Mar 2019

Medical treatment for gestational diabetes could prevent long-term complications in children

Researchers at Cardiff University have found that women taking metformin and/or insulin during gestational diabetes could reduce the risk of long-term complications for their child.

11 Mar 2019

$2.7 million grant supports UIC researchers to study role of arsenic in development of diabetes

A five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences will help researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago answer basic questions about the role of arsenic in the development of diabetes and examine the mechanisms by which selenoproteins – found in the human body in 25 different forms – counter the effects of arsenic.

11 Mar 2019

Tiny implantable 'tea bag' senses glucose levels and automatically releases insulin

Children with Type 1 diabetes have only one option to control their blood sugar: insulin treatment. Ravaged by an autoimmune disease that attacks their own pancreas and islets -- microscopic clusters of cells that sense blood sugar and produce insulin -- patients are forced to rely on insulin from an external source.

11 Mar 2019

Athletes with sleep disordered breathing may be at risk of heart abnormalities, suggests study

A study of university rugby players has shown that they are more likely to suffer sleep-disordered breathing than an average middle-aged man.

11 Mar 2019

Smoking, high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes associated with less healthy brains

Factors that influence the health of our blood vessels, such as smoking, high blood and pulse pressures, obesity and diabetes, are linked to less healthy brains, according to research published in the European Heart Journal today (Monday).

11 Mar 2019

Low adherence to cholesterol-lowering drugs also has beneficial effect in patients with type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes patients' risk of cardiovascular disease and death decreases if they actually take the cholesterol-lowering drugs as prescribed. However, research shows that the risk is also reduced if they do not take the full dosage.

9 Mar 2019

Marshall University professor awarded NIH grant for thrombosis research

Wei Li, M.D., Ph.D., an associate professor in the department of biomedical science at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine was recently awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to further his research on thrombosis.

8 Mar 2019

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Latest Endocrinology News and Research

23andMe to predict risk of diabetes from genetic makeup

The app that warns you about snacks you can’t add to your shopping cart

New practical guide for health professionals to support emotional needs of adults with diabetes

Tufts engineers develop new tool to identify metabolic signatures linked to disease

Motivational interviewing: New approach to help dental patients improve oral health behaviors

Study provides new understanding about blood pressure control in older adults

Managing nontraditional risk factors to improve outcomes after cancer surgery

Computational model of the human kidney could provide safer tests for new drugs

Study: Women are diagnosed for diseases later in life than men

Building muscle strength may be one way to lower risk for type 2 diabetes

Medical treatment for gestational diabetes could prevent long-term complications in children

$2.7 million grant supports UIC researchers to study role of arsenic in development of diabetes

Tiny implantable 'tea bag' senses glucose levels and automatically releases insulin

Athletes with sleep disordered breathing may be at risk of heart abnormalities, suggests study

Smoking, high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes associated with less healthy brains

Low adherence to cholesterol-lowering drugs also has beneficial effect in patients with type 2 diabetes

Marshall University professor awarded NIH grant for thrombosis research

New gene regions associated with sleep duration identified

Research shows how SGLT-2 inhibitors induce a fasting state that triggers metabolic benefits

Research highlights increase in heart attacks among younger adults

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