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The latest diabetes news from News Medical |
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 | | |  Can broccoli sprouts help with insulin resistance? New review offers clues A review published in the British Journal of Nutrition examines how carotenoids and bioactive compounds in Brassicaceae microgreens may influence obesity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes through metabolic and inflammatory pathways. Small human trials involving broccoli sprouts have reported improvements in selected metabolic markers, but larger, longer-term studies are needed to establish their clinical benefits. | | | | |  Eating walnuts was linked to higher IgG levels, but what does that mean for health? A two-year randomized trial involving 474 older adults found that daily consumption of 30–60 grams of walnuts was associated with 6% higher total serum IgG concentrations compared with a control diet, with an 11% difference observed among US participants. Walnut consumption did not significantly affect IgM, MDA-LDL or MDA-LDL-specific antibodies, and whether the modest IgG difference has meaningful cardiovascular benefits remains unknown. | |
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| | | | |  A scoping review of 28 studies suggests that GLP-1 receptor agonists may improve androgen levels and menstrual function in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), alongside their established metabolic benefits. Evidence for improved ovulation, fertility, and pregnancy outcomes remains limited, and the researchers could not determine whether reproductive benefits result directly from the drugs or from weight loss and improved metabolic health. | | | | |  For millions living with type 2 diabetes, heart disease remains one of the greatest threats to their health. | | | | |  Researchers fed breeding pairs of mice five diets with different fat and sugar contents to examine how parental nutrition affects offspring brain development. High-fat diets, alone or combined with high sugar, delayed early motor development and altered brain structure in young adult offspring, while the high-sugar-only diet produced no significant changes in individual brain regions after correction for multiple comparisons. | | | | |  Researchers analysing 285,444 adults in Finland and the UK found that excess mortality associated with extreme heat and cold was more than tenfold higher among people with both pre-existing medical conditions and socioeconomic disadvantage than among those with neither or only one vulnerability. | | | | |  It is a dietary staple found in sushi, rice wraps, and ramen toppings. Commonly known as nori in Japan and gim in Korea, red seaweed is especially popular across Asia. | | | | |  Like most prescriptions, glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) medications to manage weight come with potential risks. | | | | |  Researchers reviewed animal and human studies and found that ketone bodies may affect sleep stages through energy metabolism and cellular signaling, with the clearest direct evidence involving acetoacetate in mice. They reported mixed human findings and called for controlled studies to separate ketone-specific effects from changes linked to diet, disease, circadian timing, and physiological stress. | | | | |  Yale School of Medicine (YSM) was awarded a $10 million grant from the Blavatnik Family Foundation (BFF) to launch a new research initiative in the field of inflammation science. | | | | |  When a patient arrives in the emergency department with severe abdominal pain, every minute counts. Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine are investigating ways to streamline the work of radiologists and make it more efficient. | | | | |  A review examines how pregnancy spacing affects maternal aging, proposing that insufficient recovery may lead to cumulative biological aging and health risks. | | | | |  A cross-sectional study of 70 children in Spain found that those with obesity reported more daily recreational screen time, shorter sleep duration, and more frequent chronic sleep disturbances than their normal-weight peers. Higher screen-time scores were significantly associated with greater odds of obesity, while the association with sleep disturbances did not reach statistical significance. | | | | |  A preclinical study found that gut microbes help convert blueberry phytochemicals into circulating metabolites, including hippuric acid, that are associated with reduced vascular inflammation. In mice fed a high-fat diet, blueberry supplementation reduced inflammatory markers and monocyte adhesion to blood vessels, but these benefits disappeared following antibiotic-mediated gut microbial depletion. | | | | |  New research in The Journal of Immunology uncovers how high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) and type 1 diabetes (T1D) may protect against certain cancers like melanoma, breast and colon cancer. T1D has been associated with a decreased risk of certain cancers, but the exact reasons why have remained a mystery. New data from studies in mice, now shows that it could be due to changes in immune cells, called T cells, caused by hyperglycemia. | | | | |  Studies conducted in various countries indicate that approximately 60% of people over the age of 65 currently live with two or more chronic conditions simultaneously. | | | | |  Your skin works hard for you every day, quietly shielding you from the outside world while telling a story about what is happening on the inside. | |
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