Diabetes

People with diabetes face a number of health challenges related to their chronic condition, and loss of vision due to retinal damage is one of them.

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In 2025, children within the TEDDY study will submit their final samples at research clinics in Sweden, Finland, Germany and the United States. The international study has provided a lot of new k...

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It's estimated almost 1.9 million Australians have diabetes, and numbers are growing. Between 2013 and 2023, the total number of people known to be living with diabetes across the country rose by...

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Use of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor drugs to treat type 2 diabetes may also help to lower the risk of recurrent kidney stones and gout flare-ups, finds a study from Canada pu...

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A study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine involving more than 200,000 adults found that the COVID-19 pandemic caused a 29% increase in risk for developing dyslipidemia, a ...

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Vasomotor symptoms (VMS) during the menopause transition (MT) are associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a research letter published online Oct. 31 in JAMA Netw...

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Colorectal cancer and liver cancer are the second and fifth most common cancers in Hong Kong, respectively, and both are associated with notably high mortality rates. This underscores the urgent ...

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Diabetes is an increasingly pervasive disease, currently affecting more than 500 million adults worldwide. Since there is as yet no cure for type 1 or type 2 diabetes, patients must regularly mon...

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Researchers found that women who breastfed showed much lower rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and longer duration of breastfeeding was associated with lower risk of CVD in women with type 2 ...

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A collaboration of researchers led by Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, is urging caution when prescribing off-label glucose-lowering drugs to individuals with type 1 dia...

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Type 2 diabetes affects 1.2 million Australians and accounts for 85-90% of all diabetes cases. This chronic condition is characterized by high blood glucose (sugar) levels, which carry serious he...

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Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors reduce the risk of cardiovascular and kidney outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes, but it is unclear whether their effects differ based on ...

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Glucagon-like peptide-1-receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) are medications that are increasingly prescribed for patients with type 2 diabetes and congestive heart failure. Reports of GLP-1RA–associate...

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People diagnosed with type 2 diabetes before 40 years of age, have nearly four times the risk of death compared with the general U.K. population, a new study carried out at the University of Oxfo...

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Researchers at Centro per le Malattie Endocrine e Metaboliche, Italy, have found that a single 30-minute aerobic exercise session significantly reduced 1-hour post-load plasma glucose levels and ...

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Since the discovery of human iPS cells, a principal goal for researchers worldwide has been to use them for various medical applications, including cell therapy. Among different human diseases, t...

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Adults with type 2 diabetes on a low-carbohydrate diet may see benefits to their beta-cell function, allowing them to better manage their disease and possibly discontinue medication, according to...

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Scientists from the University of Leicester have discovered that tuberculosis disrupts glucose metabolism in the body.

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Patients with comorbid diabetes have an elevated risk for lower extremity amputation (LEA) at all stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) compared with patients without diabetes, according to a st...

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Consuming more ultra-processed foods—from diet sodas to packaged crackers to certain cereals and yogurts—is closely linked with higher blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes, a tea...

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Pediatric patients aged 10 to 19 years old diagnosed with COVID-19 have a higher risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes within six months compared to those diagnosed with other respiratory infections,...

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Potential fathers with type 2 diabetes can be reassured that taking the drug metformin is not associated with birth defects in their offspring, concludes a large study of more than 3 million preg...

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Patients aged 10 to 17 years who are prescribed glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are more likely to have comorbid type 2 diabetes, high body mass index, and a previous metfor...

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A modified insulin that can prevent sudden drops in blood sugar has been demonstrated in laboratory experiments and animal models, reports a paper in Nature. This could provide a more flexible wa...

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A groundbreaking discovery has recently brought hope to millions of people living with type 1 diabetes around the world. In a world first, scientists have successfully used stem cell therapy to r...

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Groundbreaking research presented at UEG Week 2024 reveals a promising new treatment strategy for type 2 diabetes (T2D) that could significantly reduce or even eliminate the need for insulin ther...

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Diabetic kidney disease, a complication of diabetes, is considered the leading cause of chronic kidney disease and kidney failure worldwide. It is associated with changes in the structure and fun...

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A study from the Karolinska Institutet, published in Science Translational Medicine, shows that people with type 2 diabetes have lower levels of the protein that breaks down and converts creatine...

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The incidence of type 2 diabetes in Australian adults has been declining since 2010, but the same cannot be said of Australian adults born in Asia, North Africa, the Middle East and Pacific Islan...

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Adults with type 1 diabetes should perform aerobic cooldowns to manage high blood sugar after intense exercise where glucose levels might rise, according to current guidelines for managing the di...

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