Autoantigen treatment of new-onset type 1 diabetes was unsuccessful in preserving pancreatic beta-cell function overall, but the treatment did appear to help in certain prespecified patient subgroups.…
Read More »Mediterranean Diet Associated with Reduced Small Vessel Damage in the Brain
Consumption of a Mediterranean-style diet is associated with a reduced burden of white matter hyperintesity volume, a marker of small vessel damage in the brain.…
Read More »Setting Goals Improves Dietary Habits of Diabetes Patients
A specific goal to eat a set number of daily servings of low-glycemic-index foods can improve dietary habits of people with type 2 diabetes….
Read More »Kidney Failure Follows Metabolic Pathway
A protein kinase known as ROCK1 can exacerbate an important process called fission in the mitochondria, the power plants of cells, leading to diabetic kidney disease.…
Read More »Fitness and Fatness Independently Linked with CVD Risk Factors
Maintaining or improving current fitness levels, as well as not packing on the fat pounds, are both independently associated with a lower risk of developing hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and hypercholesterolemia in healthy adults.…
Read More »Brown Fat, Triggered by Cold or Exercise, Yields the Key to Weight Control
Fat people have less than thin people. Older people have less than younger people. Men have less than younger women.…
Read More »Doctors Only Advise 1 in 3 People to Exercise
Only one in three people in the US say their doctor advised them to start exercising or continue doing so during an office visit over the course of a year.…
Read More »Three New Programs Improve Diabetes Care in Low-Income Areas
In Los Angeles and Chicago, programs designed to improve the management of diabetes in underserved populations appear to be working.…
Read More »Blood Dental Procedures Can Be Used to Screen for Diabetes
Oral blood samples drawn from deep pockets of periodontal inflammation can be used to measure hemoglobin A1c. Having dentists find those patients with pre-diabetes and diabetes and then referring them to their primary care doctor could have a major impact on finding those patients much earlier in the progression of …
Read More »Vitamin D Not Linked to Insulin Sensitivity
Plasma 25(OH)D concentration not tied to glucose homeostasis, insulin sensitivity, beta-cell function.…
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