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Dr. Paolo Fiorina explains how, after 30 years of research into the potential of stem cell therapy and immunotherapy for curing type 1 diabetes, new developments in these fields are offering genuine hope for the first time. In a recent study with about 60 type 1 patients, significant progress was …

Protection of visual function may signal disruption of mechanisms underlying diabetic retinopathy (DR)… This was a 6-month randomized, controlled clinical trial of patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes with no retinopathy or mild to moderate non-proliferative retinopathy assigned to twice-daily consumption of placebo or a novel, multi-component formula …

Sulfonylureas not associated with increased cardiovascular mortality, myocardial infarction and stroke in a meta-analysis of 47 randomized clinical trials… Sulfonylureas are relatively inexpensive and are important therapeutic agents in type 2 diabetes management. However, they are not widely used due to safety concerns regarding hypoglycemia and weight gain. Furthermore, it …

Early detection and treatment of type 2 diabetes may be more beneficial than aggressive control of blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol… Screening to identify type 2 diabetes followed by early treatment could result in substantial health benefits, according to new research that combined large scale clinical observations and innovative …

Toxin produced by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), a common skin bacteria, caused glucose intolerance in rabbit cells… Bacteria and viruses have an obvious role in causing infectious diseases, but microbes have also been identified as the surprising cause of other illnesses, including cervical cancer (Human papilloma virus) and stomach ulcers …

American Diabetes Association (ADA), American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) joint position statement…. There are four times the need for diabetes self-management education and support should be assessed: at diagnosis, annually, when there are new complications and during transitions of care. Research …

How low should we go? A new study is a 10-year follow-up to the Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial in which 1,791 type 2 diabetics over the age of 60 were enrolled. The veterans were randomly placed in either the “standard” therapy group that had a higher HbA1c goal or the …

Inactivity seems to compromise the cardiometabolic system…. The study with 4,600 children found that children who engage in daily physical exercise reap the health benefits as early as their teens. They found that those who were more active in late childhood had a lower body weight and lower risk factors for …

Measurement of neck proves additional indicator of upper-body subcutaneous fat, metabolic risk… In the study of 138 obesity-clinic patients, neck circumference cutoffs of 36 cm or greater in females and 39 cm or more in males correlated with criteria for the metabolic syndrome. In women more than men, neck circumference …

Patients taking metformin during a 10-year study had a 25% reduced risk of developing glaucoma… The researchers hypothesized that a drug that mimics caloric restriction, such as metformin, might reduce the risk of glaucoma, said Julia Richards, lead researcher and ophthalmology professor at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. Richards …