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Adults with Type 2 diabetes achieve better blood glucose control after sleeve gastrectomy surgery

Adults with Type 2 diabetes achieve better blood glucose (sugar) control two years after undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy than do patients who receive standard medical diabetes care without this weight loss surgery, a new study finds.

23 Jun 2014

Soy protein supplements do not reduce testosterone levels in men with Type 2 diabetes

Soy protein supplements, which contain natural estrogens, do not reduce testosterone levels in men with Type 2 diabetes who already have borderline-low testosterone, according to a new study.

23 Jun 2014

70% of adults with Type 1 diabetes never use blood glucose self-monitoring devices to download historical data

Almost 70 percent of adults with Type 1 diabetes never use their blood glucose self-monitoring devices or insulin pumps to download historical data about their blood sugar levels and insulin doses-information that likely would help them manage their disease better.

23 Jun 2014

Study explores new ways to improve medications to treat type 2 diabetes

A better understanding of how the transcription factor Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma (PPARgamma) works is critical to find new ways to improve medications to treat type 2 diabetes.

23 Jun 2014

Researchers find possible biological reason why people with diabetes are prone to depression

Researchers have found a possible biological reason why people with diabetes are prone to depression.

23 Jun 2014

Women who develop gestational diabetes perform worse on cognitive function tests

Women who develop diabetes during pregnancy, called gestational diabetes, perform worse on cognitive function tests than do women with a normal pregnancy, according to a new study from Turkey.

23 Jun 2014

Empagliflozin lowers blood pressure in patients with Type 2 diabetes and hypertension

An investigational drug to treat Type 2 diabetes, empagliflozin, lowers blood pressure in patients with Type 2 diabetes and hypertension (high blood pressure), a new study finds.

23 Jun 2014

Treatment with diabetes drug liraglutide improves cardiovascular risk factors

Treatment with the diabetes drug liraglutide, in combination with diet and exercise, led to a significant reduction in weight and improved a number of cardiovascular risk factors, including high blood pressure and high cholesterol, according to a multicenter study.

23 Jun 2014

Researchers shown how free radicals contribute to fatty liver disease

An international team of scientists led by Monash University researchers has shown how free radicals contribute to type 2 diabetes, obesity and fatty liver disease.

23 Jun 2014

Empagliflozin drug reduces blood pressure in patients with Type 2 diabetes, hypertension

An investigational drug to treat Type 2 diabetes, empagliflozin, lowers blood pressure in patients with Type 2 diabetes and hypertension (high blood pressure), a new study finds. The results were presented Sunday in a late-breaking abstract at the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and The Endocrine Society: ICE/ENDO 2014 in Chicago.

23 Jun 2014

Greenlander study identifies single mutation with large diabetes risk

Researchers have used a Greenlandic cohort to identify a genetic mutation whose effect on the risk of diabetes is “several times larger” than any previously discovered.

20 Jun 2014

Continuation of metformin after cirrhosis diagnosis improves survival rates in diabetes patients

Researchers at Mayo Clinic released a new study reversing current thought on the treatment of cirrhotic patients with type 2 diabetes.

20 Jun 2014

New research reveals gene's role in type 1 diabetes

New research describes details of how a diabetes-related gene functions on a biological pathway that affects the release of insulin. The study authors say that finding drugs that act on that pathway may eventually lead to a new treatment for type 1 diabetes.

20 Jun 2014

Susceptibility gene for type 1 diabetes regulates self-destruction of cell's energy factory

A team led by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that a susceptibility gene for type 1 diabetes regulates self-destruction of the cell's energy factory. They report their findings this week in Cell.

20 Jun 2014

Detective work maps special gene variant among Greenlanders which plays role in type 2 diabetes

A spectacular piece of detective work has mapped a special gene variant among Greenlanders which plays a particularly important role in the development of type 2 diabetes.

19 Jun 2014

Mayo Clinic study: Reversing current thought on treatment of cirrhotic patients with type 2 diabetes

Researchers at Mayo Clinic released a new study reversing current thought on the treatment of cirrhotic patients with type 2 diabetes. The study found that the continuation of metformin after a cirrhosis diagnosis improved survival rates among diabetes patients.

19 Jun 2014

U of MD researchers to use $3.7 million NIH grant to develop novel method to treat monogenic diabetes

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a four-year, $3.7 million grant to researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine to develop a personalized medicine program to help doctors diagnose and treat monogenic diabetes - a form of diabetes caused by a mutation in a single gene.

19 Jun 2014

Joslin and CSHI partner to develop online "virtual" case based interactive educational materials

Joslin Diabetes Center and Carlos Slim Health Institute (CSHI) announced they have created a partnership to develop a series of online "virtual" case based interactive educational materials for primary care physicians in Mexico. The educational materials will cover topics such as, prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes as well as its complications and co-morbidities.

18 Jun 2014

Animas' predictive algorithm technology maintains glucose above hypoglycemic levels

Animas Corporation today shared encouraging results from its predictive hypoglycemia-minimizing algorithm in development.

18 Jun 2014

AADE recommends easy-to-follow tips for diabetes management

"You have Type 2 diabetes." When you deliver this news to patients, many are surprised, even shocked. Research shows some are so busy processing this unwelcome information, they have a difficult time focusing on what you are saying - and about a fourth of them wonder whether it's even true.

18 Jun 2014

Type 1 Diabetes News and Research

Latest Type 1 Diabetes News and Research

Adults with Type 2 diabetes achieve better blood glucose control after sleeve gastrectomy surgery

Soy protein supplements do not reduce testosterone levels in men with Type 2 diabetes

70% of adults with Type 1 diabetes never use blood glucose self-monitoring devices to download historical data

Study explores new ways to improve medications to treat type 2 diabetes

Researchers find possible biological reason why people with diabetes are prone to depression

Women who develop gestational diabetes perform worse on cognitive function tests

Empagliflozin lowers blood pressure in patients with Type 2 diabetes and hypertension

Treatment with diabetes drug liraglutide improves cardiovascular risk factors

Researchers shown how free radicals contribute to fatty liver disease

Empagliflozin drug reduces blood pressure in patients with Type 2 diabetes, hypertension

Greenlander study identifies single mutation with large diabetes risk

Continuation of metformin after cirrhosis diagnosis improves survival rates in diabetes patients

New research reveals gene's role in type 1 diabetes

Susceptibility gene for type 1 diabetes regulates self-destruction of cell's energy factory

Detective work maps special gene variant among Greenlanders which plays role in type 2 diabetes

Mayo Clinic study: Reversing current thought on treatment of cirrhotic patients with type 2 diabetes

U of MD researchers to use $3.7 million NIH grant to develop novel method to treat monogenic diabetes

Joslin and CSHI partner to develop online "virtual" case based interactive educational materials

Animas' predictive algorithm technology maintains glucose above hypoglycemic levels

AADE recommends easy-to-follow tips for diabetes management

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