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Tag: Diabetes
Mount Sinai Researchers Develop Novel Method to Identify Patterns Among Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions
A study by researchers at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai proposes a novel method for identifying patterns in the frequency and cost of multiple chronic conditions (MCC).
Diabetes Awareness Month: Diabetes and Your Feet
In light of Diabetes Awareness Month, John Giurini, DPM, Chief of Podiatric Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), discusses how diabetes can cause problems with your feet.
Cleveland Clinic Develops Calculator To Estimate 10-Year Risk Of Diabetes Complications
Patients struggling with type 2 diabetes and obesity are faced with the decision of whether to receive usual medical care or undergo weight-loss surgery. Now, a new risk calculator developed by Cleveland Clinic researchers can show these patients their risks of developing major health complications over the next 10 years depending on which course of treatment they choose.
The research was presented today as one of the Top 10 studies at the ObesityWeek 2019 international conference in Las Vegas.
Adding Weight Loss Counseling to Group Visits Improves Diabetes Outcomes
For people with difficult-to-control diabetes, adding intensive weight management counseling to group medical visits provided extra health benefits beyond improved blood-sugar control, according to a study led by researchers at the Duke Diet & Fitness Center and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Researchers engineer insulin-producing cells activated by light for diabetes
Researchers have transplanted engineered pancreatic beta cells into diabetic mice, then caused the cells to produce more than two to three times the typical level of insulin by exposing them to light. The light-switchable cells are designed to compensate for the lower insulin production or reduced insulin response found in diabetic individuals.
Bionic breakthrough
University of Utah mechanical engineers are developing the world’s first truly bionic legs, a self-powered prosthetic limb with a computer processor and motorized joints in the ankle and knee that enable an amputee to walk with more power, vigor and better balance.
Researcher Receives $1.5 Million NIH Grant to Study Osteoporosis in Diabetic Women
The five-year study, which will involve 40 diabetic women and 40 nondiabetic women, is expected to cost $2.7 million. Researcher hopes it will eventually free diabetic women from osteoporosis, one of many diseases that strike diabetics more forcefully than the general population.
AADE and AANP Partner to Increase Adoption of Professional Continuous Glucose Monitoring Programs
The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) have partnered to release a new tool kit that guides healthcare professionals in the implementation of a professional continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) program within their health systems.
New grant will explore popular app functions for telecoaching people with disabilities and diabetes
Approximately one in four people with disabilities are diagnosed
with diabetes.
Chronic kidney disease patients at increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes, Mayo Clinic study finds
Chronic kidney disease, which afflicts an estimated 6.4% of U.S. adults 45 and older, is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and other adverse cardiovascular outcomes, according to new research from Mayo Clinic.
Why Respiratory Infections Are More Deadly in Those with Diabetes
Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have demonstrated in a new study, published earlier this week in the Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight, how diabetes contributes to mortality from MERS-CoV infections, and the finding could shed light on why other respiratory illnesses like the flu or pneumonia might strike those with diabetes more severely.
Artificial Pancreas System Better Controls Blood Glucose Levels than Current Technology
Study based at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and other centers finds new system has safety, efficacy benefits for people with type 1 diabetes
As US Demographics Evolve, New Guidance Highlights the Need for Culturally Competent, Individualized Care in People with Diabetes
The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) today released new guidance and supporting resources to help healthcare professionals engage in care that is tailored to an individual’s needs. The new practice paper Cultural and Health Literacy Considerations with Diabetes details the role of the diabetes care and education specialist and greater diabetes care team in assessing for and managing health literacy, numeracy and cultural competency.
Sleep Apnea Linked to Blinding Eye Disease in People With Diabetes
New research from Taiwan shows that severe sleep apnea is a risk factor for developing diabetic macular edema, a complication of diabetes that can cause vision loss or blindness.
Short-term Probiotics Regimen May Help Treat Gout, Kidney Disease
New research suggests that an individualized probiotic therapy regimen may improve symptoms of gout, gout-related kidney disease and other signs of metabolic syndrome. The study will be presented today at the American Physiological Society (APS) Aldosterone and ENaC in Health and Disease: The Kidney and Beyond Conference in Estes Park, Colo.
UW–Madison, local startup testing a one-two punch against hard-to-heal wounds
Millions of people with severe burns or diabetic skin ulcers could benefit from an experimental enhancement to a next-generation covering that is already healing difficult wounds.
Coronary Stent Patients May Not Need Long-Term Aspirin
Results from international clinical trial ‘TWILIGHT’ could change standard of care for high-risk cases
Diabetes drug study explores cardiovascular risks for patients with kidney disease
Among the 30 million U.S. adults with Type 2 diabetes, 20% have impaired kidney function. In patients like this, metformin, the recommended first-line drug therapy for Type 2 diabetes, is associated in the new study with 20 percent decreased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events when compared to a class of common diabetes drugs called sulfonylureas.
Survey Suggests Elderly Patients With Diabetes May Favor More Aggressive Blood Sugar Control Than Clinical Guidelines Call For
Survey results of a national sample of elderly people with type 2 diabetes suggest that many long-time patients downplay medical and social factors that underpin professional recommendations for fewer medications and less aggressive treatment of high blood sugar.
Demasiado de algo bueno puede ser peligroso, descubren los investigadores que estudian sobre la hipoglucemia
Para las personas con diabetes, tomar medicamentos y controlar su nivel de azúcar en sangre forma parte su ritmo de vida cotidiano. Sin embargo, según una nueva investigación de Mayo Clinic, es probable que más de 2.3 millones de pacientes adultos en los EE. UU. reciban un tratamiento demasiado intensivo.
What Drives Inflammation in Type 2 Diabetes? Not Glucose, Says New Research
Research led by Barbara Nikolajczyk, Ph.D., disproved the conventional wisdom that glucose was the primary driver of chronic inflammation in type 2 diabetes. The data might change opinion of tight glycemic control as the optimal strategy for type 2 diabetes management.
Rising Insulin Costs Forcing Families with Diabetes to Forego Basic Needs – @UofUHealth @uofunursing Expert Available
New research by Michelle Litchman, Ph.D., FNP-BC, an assistant professor at the University of Utah College of Nursing is showing just how bad that rising out of pocket costs and deductibles, along with escalating costs of diabetes medications and supplies,…
Don’t forget Mum’s health:
University of South Australia researchers are appealing for greater support mechanisms to help women diagnosed with gestational diabetes return to or maintain a healthy weight post pregnancy.
Low Dose of Bacterial Toxin Could Be Protective for Men at Risk of Acute Kidney Injury
Lipopolysaccharide improved outcomes for male, but not female, rats Charlottesville, Va. (June 25, 2019)—In a counterintuitive result, researchers found that giving male rats a low dose of the endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) prior to inducing a model of acute kidney injury…
Blood Test Predicts Stroke Risk in Patients with Diabetes
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Having diabetes is a risk factor for many other health conditions, including stroke. “Every 40 seconds an American has a stroke,” says Frederick Korley, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Michigan Medicine. “To be…
Baking Soda Boosts Immunity, Impairs Insulin Response in Type 2 Diabetes
Researchers learn insulin response connected to alkaline load, not inflammation Charlottesville, Va. (June 24, 2019)—Early research suggests that the common pantry staple baking soda affects inflammation and insulin handling in type 2 diabetes. The findings will be presented today at…
Blood Metabolite Levels May Help Identify Diabetic Kidney Disease
Noninvasive measurement may provide alternative to diagnostic kidney biopsy Charlottesville, Va. (June 24, 2019)—Metabolomics, the study of small molecules the body produces during metabolism (metabolites) may be a future key to identifying diabetes-related kidney disease. The finding will be presented…