Vitamin D deficiency can lead to serious health conditions in gestational diabetes patients… Vitamin D deficiency is a common diagnosis that affects 26-98% of pregnant women. Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with type 2 diabetes, obesity and other factors of metabolic syndrome. Another condition that is associated with insulin …
Read More »The Impact of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists on Weight Reduction
GLP-1 agonists have additional benefits for type 2 diabetes besides lower blood glucose… Over 1.4 billion adults were overweight in 2008, and of the 1.4 billion people, 500 million were obese. Obesity is defined as a body mass index >30 g/m2. Also, obesity increases the chance of being diagnosed with …
Read More »Vitamin D3 Supplementation and Weight Loss Prevent Cancer in Older Women
Vitamin D supplementation in combination with weight loss is linked to significant reduction in interleukin 6 levels… Obesity and vitamin D deficiency are associated with inflammation and activation of adipokine-related pathways thus increasing risk for several cancers. According to Paulette D. Chandler, MD, MPH, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and …
Read More »Offspring Born to Controlled Diabetes Mothers Performed Better At School
Study found a negative correlation between maternal A1c in pregnancy and primary school grades…
Read More »Longer Sleep Duration Linked to Type 2 Diabetes
People who sleep 9 or more hours per night are associated with higher risk of incident diabetes according a recent study… Evidences suggests that diabetes and sleep problems are linked to each other. Diabetes can cause insomnia in some people and sleep deprivation may increase for developing diabetes. In a …
Read More »Bariatric Surgery More Likely Than Lifestyle Intervention to Induce Type 2 Diabetes Remission
Results from a three-year study show surgical intervention is superior to intensive lifestyle intervention in achieving meaningful, lasting glycemic control in type 2 diabetes… A study conducted at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center beginning in October 2009 and concluding in June of 2014 randomized 61 obese patients (BMIs ranged …
Read More »Higher Risk of Disordered Eating Behavior Follows Young Women with Type 1 Diabetes into Adulthood
The risk of eating disorders and disordered eating behavior is higher for female adolescents with type 1 diabetes than their non-diabetic counterparts, and remains higher well into adulthood… A recently study followed 126 adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes treated at the diabetes center of the Hospital for Sick Children …
Read More »New Evidence Suggests Pioglitazone Reduces Dementia Risk 42%
And the longer the pioglitazone treatment the lower the risk for developing dementia…. Previous studies confirm that diabetes patients have a higher risk of developing dementia than non-diabetics. Michael Heneka and colleagues conducted a prospective cohort study in 145,928 non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus aged from 60 or older, who were …
Read More »Diet That Mimics Fasting Appears to Slow Aging
Benefits demonstrated in mice and yeast; piloted in humans….
Read More »Can the Insulin Patch Become a Reality?
A “smart” insulin patch mimicking the actions of the pancreas has been tested in mice…. Researchers may have developed a patch that mimics the action of the pancreas; it senses increased levels of blood glucose and consequently releases the amount of insulin necessary to bring blood glucose levels within normal …
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