Reducing the prevalence of obesity may prevent up to half of new type 2 diabetes cases in the US, according to data from used information from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and four cycles of the National Health and Nutrition...
February 3rd, 2021A 10-year UK-Italian randomised clinical trial, published in The Lancet, showed that metabolic surgery is more effective than medications and lifestyle interventions in the long-term control of severe type 2 diabetes.
The study also shows that...
January 20th, 2021For those trying to live a healthy lifestyle, the choice between sugar and artificial sweeteners such as saccharin can be confusing. A new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Centre and The Ohio State University...
December 2nd, 2020A phase 2 trial reported in the New England Journal of Medicine found that a once-a-week insulin injection called icodec led to a similar reduction in blood sugar levels taking insulin daily and had a similar safety profile to daily insulin...
November 18th, 2020Losing a few kilograms in weight almost halves people’s risk of developing Type 2 diabetes – according to a large scale research study led by the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and the University of East Anglia, published in JAMA...
October 28th, 2020Green tea and coffee consumption is linked to a lower risk of dying from any cause among people with type 2 diabetes, suggests a Japanese observational study in The BMJ.
Drinking 4 or more daily cups of green tea plus 2 or more of coffee was...
A Swedish study of individuals who underwent a six-week low-calorie diet followed by a bariatric operation found that improvements in several health markers were an effect not of the operation but actually due to the diet.
In many studies,...Endocrinology
In individuals with prediabetes, 12 weeks of cinnamon supplementation improved blood sugar control, found a small, randomised international clinical trial.
The study, by researchers at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, the Joslin Diabetes...
April 29th, 2020
Obesity increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by at least 6 times, regardless of genetic predisposition to the disease, concludes research. The study is by Dr Theresia Schnurr and Hermina Jakupovi, Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for...
Muscular weakness is known to be associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in otherwise seemingly healthy adults, however previous research had not found a way to assess this reliably. The current study was able to identify consistent grip...Endocrinology
In people with diabetes, fat mass index, not body mass index (BMI), is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular events, according to data drawn from the ACCORD randomised controlled trial in the US.
Heart disease is a major cause of...
September 25th, 2019
Abbott has developed wearable sensor, used in conjunction with a smartphone, to to get a real-time glucose measurement, as well as trends, simply by holding it near the sensor.
With Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre 14-day system, the company has...
In late-breaking clinical trial results presented in a Hot Line Session at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2019, investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Greater Paris University Hospitals – AP-HP/Université de Paris...
August 28th, 2019Type 2 diabetes is a leading cause of illness and death, with annual costs estimated at over $800bn worldwide. The rise in type 2 diabetes is mainly due to increased body fatness and inactivity so diet and body weight are key in treating,...
To date, the underlying causes of inflammation in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have been poorly understood, which has hampered efforts to develop treatments to prevent complications from a disease that is the third leading cause of...Endocrinology
Patients with type 2 diabetes improve their ability to regulate blood sugar levels if they eat food with a reduced carbohydrate content and an increased share of protein and fat. This is shown by a small recent study conducted at Bispebjerg Hospital...
