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More Than 6% of American Women Have Diabetes or Develop GDM During Pregnancy: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that more than a quarter million women, or 6.4%, who gave birth had the conditions that can produce risks for the mother and the baby, including risk of preterm …

New Possible Cure in Sight: Professor Ann Simpson and her team at the University of Technology, Sydney, believe their research could lead to a treatment for Type 1 diabetes within 3 years, after they successfully reversed the debilitating disease in mice, rats and pigs. “We are thrilled with the results …

Pot Benefits Diabetic Hearts: The main non-psychoactive ingredient of cannabis reduces cellular signs of cardiac stress and dysfunction, according to preclinical results. In a mouse model of Type 1 diabetes, cannabidiol reduced the severity of many signs of cardiomyopathy. Human heart cells treated with the compound also showed reduced glucose-induced …

Diabetes Link to Early Births, Caesareans: According to a report from the AIHW, over 20% of mothers with pre-existing diabetes gave birth early at 32 to 36 weeks. Almost 9% of mothers with GDM gave birth pre-term compared with just 5.6% of mothers without diabetes. Mothers with pre-existing diabetes were …

Green Tea’s Effect on Postprandial Glucose, Insulin and Satiety: Results of epidemiological studies have suggested that consumption of green tea could lower the risk of Type 2 diabetes. Intervention studies show that green tea may decrease blood glucose levels and increase satiety. This study examined the postprandial effects of green …

Higher Diabetes Risk in South Asians: People of South Asian origin are more prone to diabetes because of the way their muscles burn fat. The findings suggest that South Asian men have a lower rate of fat metabolism during exercise than European men. During resting states, fat metabolism was the …

dLife Poll: Half of All Diabetes Patients Struggle to Pay for Medical Supplies: The poll also found that 49% of the more than 800 people surveyed were able to make ends meet with income and health insurance but still felt stress, particularly during certain months of the year. Over 30% …

Influence of Licensed Characters on Snack Preferences: Researchers studied how popular licensed cartoon characters appearing on food packaging affect young children’s taste and snack preferences. Forty 4- to 6-year-old children tasted 3 pairs of identical foods (graham crackers, gummy fruit snacks, and carrots) presented in packages either with or without …

Two-Thirds of All Patients Are Not Adequately Controlling Their Diabetes: According to a study published last week in the Annals of Internal Medicine there is a direct correlation between the amount of a patient’s out-of-pocket co-pay and prescription abandonment. The study noted that insulin was among the drugs more likely …

A Glass of Red Wine a Day Can Treat Diabetes: Scientists discovered antioxidants in red wine could be just as effective as a daily dose of a combative drug. The polyphenols — biologically active compounds in the wine — operate in a similar way to the drug rosiglitazone, which is …