Former AADE rebrands as Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists

The former American Association of Diabetes Educators is now the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES). The rebranding reflects the association’s shift from referencing the specialty title as “diabetes educator” to the more comprehensive “diabetes care and education specialist.” The new title more accurately signifies the range of expertise diabetes care and education specialists provide to people with diabetes, prediabetes and cardiometabolic conditions, the health care system, payers and providers.

Susan Solomon earns the ISSCR Public Service Award

Skokie, IL–Susan L. Solomon, JD, chief executive officer and founder of The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute is the recipient of the 2020 International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Public Service Award. The honor recognizes outstanding…

Susan Solomon earns the ISSCR Public Service Award

Skokie, IL–Susan L. Solomon, JD, chief executive officer and founder of The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute is the recipient of the 2020 International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Public Service Award. The honor recognizes outstanding…

AI can detect low-glucose levels via ECG without fingerprick test

Tracking sugar in the blood is crucial for both healthy individuals and diabetic patients. Current methods to measure glucose requires needles and repeated fingerpicks over the day. Fingerpicks can often be painful, deterring patient compliance. A new technique developed by…

AI can detect low-glucose levels via ECG without fingerprick test

Tracking sugar in the blood is crucial for both healthy individuals and diabetic patients. Current methods to measure glucose requires needles and repeated fingerpicks over the day. Fingerpicks can often be painful, deterring patient compliance. A new technique developed by…

AI can detect low-glucose levels via ECG without fingerprick test

Tracking sugar in the blood is crucial for both healthy individuals and diabetic patients. Current methods to measure glucose requires needles and repeated fingerpicks over the day. Fingerpicks can often be painful, deterring patient compliance. A new technique developed by…

No need to draw blood — smart photonic contact lens for diabetic diagnosis and retinopathy treatment

Diabetic patients need to measure their blood-sugar level by drawing blood before and after a meal and it is easy to develop complications due to diabetes. Recently, a research team from POSTECH developed technology that allows diagnosis of diabetes and…

New insulin compound could improve therapy for diabetes patients

MELBOURNE, Australia – In a promising discovery that could improve the clinical delivery of insulin for people living with diabetes, scientists have developed a non-fibrillating form of human insulin. Using a novel glycosylation technique, an international research team led by…

New insulin compound could improve therapy for diabetes patients

MELBOURNE, Australia – In a promising discovery that could improve the clinical delivery of insulin for people living with diabetes, scientists have developed a non-fibrillating form of human insulin. Using a novel glycosylation technique, an international research team led by…

Overweight and obesity linked to higher cancer risks in large Danish study

Overweight and obesity were associated with higher risks of several common cancers in a 40-year, nationwide Danish study. In the Journal of Internal Medicine study, there were 20,706 cancers among 313,321 adults diagnosed with overweight and obesity compared with 18,480…

Study reveals long-term benefits of weight loss surgery in adults with obesity and diabetes

Researchers recently conducted the largest study to date to evaluate the effectiveness of weight loss surgery in a Chinese population of individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes. In the study, which is published in Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews ,…

Overweight and obesity linked to higher cancer risks in large Danish study

Overweight and obesity were associated with higher risks of several common cancers in a 40-year, nationwide Danish study. In the Journal of Internal Medicine study, there were 20,706 cancers among 313,321 adults diagnosed with overweight and obesity compared with 18,480…

Study reveals long-term benefits of weight loss surgery in adults with obesity and diabetes

Researchers recently conducted the largest study to date to evaluate the effectiveness of weight loss surgery in a Chinese population of individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes. In the study, which is published in Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews ,…

Healthy lifestyle habits at middle age may increase years lived free of chronic diseases

Boston, MA – Maintaining five healthy habits–eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, keeping a healthy body weight, not drinking too much alcohol, and not smoking–at middle-age may increase years lived free of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer, according…

Overspill of fat shown to cause Type 2 Diabetes

For the first time, scientists have been able to observe people developing Type 2 diabetes – and confirmed that fat over-spills from the liver into the pancreas, triggering the chronic condition. The research, led by Professor Roy Taylor at Newcastle…

UTHealth’s Cynthia Ju awarded NIH grants for liver injury research

Tiny solutions are being sought for big liver problems by a scientist at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Armed with two grants totaling $3.6 million from the National Institutes of Health…

Longevity protein SIRT6 also protects against fatty liver and fatty liver disease

SIRT6 regulates many biological processes such as aging, obesity, insulin resistance, inflammation and metabolism. In a new study Bar-Ilan University researchers reveal that the protein also plays a crucial role in burning and regulating liver fat

Overspill of fat shown to cause Type 2 Diabetes

For the first time, scientists have been able to observe people developing Type 2 diabetes – and confirmed that fat over-spills from the liver into the pancreas, triggering the chronic condition. The research, led by Professor Roy Taylor at Newcastle…

UTHealth’s Cynthia Ju awarded NIH grants for liver injury research

Tiny solutions are being sought for big liver problems by a scientist at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Armed with two grants totaling $3.6 million from the National Institutes of Health…

Longevity protein SIRT6 also protects against fatty liver and fatty liver disease

SIRT6 regulates many biological processes such as aging, obesity, insulin resistance, inflammation and metabolism. In a new study Bar-Ilan University researchers reveal that the protein also plays a crucial role in burning and regulating liver fat