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Using diet as a primary intervention to achieve remission of type 2 diabetes in adults

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine has released an expert consensus statement to assist clinicians in achieving remission of type 2 diabetes in adults using diet as a primary intervention.

18 May 2022

Genome research explains why oats could be suitable for most people with celiac disease

Ground-breaking new research published in Nature has decoded the genome of oats and explained why the popular cereal could be suitable for most people with coeliac disease and gluten intolerance.

18 May 2022

New weight-loss intervention focuses on improving a person’s response to hunger cues

People who are highly responsive to food lost more weight and, importantly, were more successful at keeping the pounds off using a new alternative weight-loss intervention that targets improving a person's response to internal hunger cues and their ability to resist food, reported a team led by University of California San Diego experts in the May 18, 2022 online issue of JAMA Network Open.

18 May 2022

Many treatments for intracerebral hemorrhage are not as effective as previously thought, guideline suggests

Some treatments or preventive therapies used to manage intracerebral hemorrhages (ICH), or a bleeding stroke, are not as effective as previously believed, according to the new American Heart Association/American Stroke Association guideline for caring for people with spontaneous ICH, published today in the Association's Stroke journal.

17 May 2022

Mice live longer with nasal gene therapy

In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, researchers assessed the efficiency of a novel intranasal and injectable therapy in improving life expectancy.

17 May 2022

Dosing recommendations should always be respected while taking herbal supplements

Herbal supplements may be natural, but that does not mean they are always safe. A new case report appearing in Heart Rhythm Case Reports, an official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, published by Elsevier, is a case in point.

16 May 2022

Nurse-led program helped Black and Hispanic people in Bronx better manage blood pressure

A nurse-led blood pressure program that included patient education and support for management of high blood pressure resulted in participants taking their blood pressure medication regularly and having fewer episodes of uncontrolled high blood pressure, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2022.

15 May 2022

Young adults with prediabetes are at greater risk of heart attack, study finds

Young adults with higher than normal blood sugar levels that signal prediabetes were more likely to be hospitalized for heart attack compared to their peers with normal blood sugar levels, according to in preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2022.

15 May 2022

Scientists examine the impact of herpesviruses on (pre)diabetes

Scientists have recently analyzed the association between herpesviruses and type 2 diabetes. This study is available in the journal Diabetologia.

15 May 2022

The potential role of the gut microbiome in modifying patient responses to statin therapy

Researchers discovered strong links between human gut microbiome makeup and statin on- and off-target effects, probably beneficial in medication tailoring.

13 May 2022

Hormonal shift during menopause changes women’s blood metabolite profile

In midlife, the risk of cardiometabolic diseases increases in women more rapidly than in men. A study performed at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences of the University of Jyväskylä shows that changes in blood metabolite profile accompany the shift in sex hormone levels during menopause.

13 May 2022

Worldwide study of diverse populations sheds new light on how genes contribute to type 2 diabetes

Ongoing worldwide research of diverse populations by an international team of scientists, including a University of Massachusetts Amherst genetic epidemiologist, has shed important new light on how genes contribute to type 2 diabetes.

12 May 2022

Mitochondrial respiratory chain is essential for NLRP3 inflammasome activation

Northwestern Medicine investigators recently discovered that the mitochondrial respiratory chain — a series of protein complexes essential for a cellular respiration and energy production — is necessary for the activation of another protein complex linked to inflammation and the progression of chronic diseases, according to a study published in Nature Immunology.

12 May 2022

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy linked to CVD risk later in life

In a recent study published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology, researchers evaluated the associations between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and long-term cardiovascular disease (CVD).

12 May 2022

Controlling blood sugar levels soon after type 2 diabetes diagnosis could prevent heart attacks

People with type 2 diabetes may need to reduce their blood sugar levels sooner after diagnosis than previously thought, to prevent major cardiovascular events such as heart attacks, according to new research from the University of Surrey.

11 May 2022

Death rates for cardiovascular diseases vary among subgroups of Asian Americans

In a large, retrospective study covering data from the last two decades, death rates for cardiovascular diseases in the U.S. varied among people from various Asian ethnicity subgroups, with death rate trends that stagnated in some subgroups and increased in others, according to new research published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

10 May 2022

Researchers find potential pathway linking early life infections to adult-onset cardiovascular disease

Researchers have discovered a potential pathway linking early life infections to cardiovascular disease risk later in adulthood, offering opportunities for targeted intervention.

10 May 2022

Hypertensive pregnancy disorders associated with increased risk for future cardiovascular events

Women who experienced complications related to developing high blood pressure, or hypertension, during pregnancy had a 63% increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease later in life, according to research funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health.

9 May 2022

Study: Only 3% of adults diagnosed as obese or overweight are referred to weight management programs

New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, the Netherlands (4-7 May), has found that just 3% of adults with a recording of overweight or obesity in England are referred to weight management programs by their GP.

8 May 2022

Obesity increased among children, teens from low-income families during early pandemic months

During the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the proportion of children and adolescents from low-income families with overweight or obesity increased markedly, according to new research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands (4-7 May).

8 May 2022

Type 2 Diabetes News and Research

Latest Type 2 Diabetes News and Research

Using diet as a primary intervention to achieve remission of type 2 diabetes in adults

Genome research explains why oats could be suitable for most people with celiac disease

New weight-loss intervention focuses on improving a person’s response to hunger cues

Many treatments for intracerebral hemorrhage are not as effective as previously thought, guideline suggests

Mice live longer with nasal gene therapy

Dosing recommendations should always be respected while taking herbal supplements

Nurse-led program helped Black and Hispanic people in Bronx better manage blood pressure

Young adults with prediabetes are at greater risk of heart attack, study finds

Scientists examine the impact of herpesviruses on (pre)diabetes

The potential role of the gut microbiome in modifying patient responses to statin therapy

Hormonal shift during menopause changes women’s blood metabolite profile

Worldwide study of diverse populations sheds new light on how genes contribute to type 2 diabetes

Mitochondrial respiratory chain is essential for NLRP3 inflammasome activation

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy linked to CVD risk later in life

Controlling blood sugar levels soon after type 2 diabetes diagnosis could prevent heart attacks

Death rates for cardiovascular diseases vary among subgroups of Asian Americans

Researchers find potential pathway linking early life infections to adult-onset cardiovascular disease

Hypertensive pregnancy disorders associated with increased risk for future cardiovascular events

Study: Only 3% of adults diagnosed as obese or overweight are referred to weight management programs

Obesity increased among children, teens from low-income families during early pandemic months

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