Kids Will Eat Low-Sugar Cereals: Despite the heavy marketing of sugary breakfast cereals to children, kids seem willing to eat low-sugar cereals — particularly if they can add fresh fruit or a small amount of table sugar. In a randomized study conducted among more than 90 kids, those children offered …
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New Possible Cure in Sight
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 …
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Men with Type 1 diabetes may be able to grow their own insulin-producing cells from their testicular tissue….
Read More »The Thrifty Gene as a Liability
In addition to fast food, desk jobs, and inertia, there is one more thing to blame for unwanted pounds — our genome, which has apparently not caught up with the fact that we no longer live in the Stone Age….
Read More »Search for Diabetes “Cure” Focuses on Beta-Cell Regeneration
A simple strategy of just combining two FDA approved drugs (Januvia® + Prevacid®) may restore normoglycemia….
Read More »Diabetes Tied to Poor Impulse Control
Patients with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes were significantly more likely to show poor impulse control in psychological testing than healthy people….
Read More »Long-Term and High-Dose Allopurinol Therapy in Normotensive Diabetic Patients
Allopurinol therapy contributes to the lower HbA1c levels….
Read More »Almonds Help Reduce Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Incorporating almonds into your diet can help treat and possibly prevent Type 2 diabetes, as well as cardiovascular disease….
Read More »Sharing Clinical Data to Improve Quality of Care and Outcomes
In a major boost to comparative effectiveness research, six of the nation’s top healthcare organizations announced that they will share clinical data in an effort to improve quality of care and reduce expenses for several common but costly conditions and treatments….
Read More »An Inexpensive, Effective Approach to Diabetes Management
Diabetes control with reciprocal peer support versus nurse care management….
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