Diabetes

Credit: PhotoMIX Company from Pexels At the start of the pandemic, many people living with diabetes were wondering what COVID-19 meant for them. Diabetes was already known to put people …

The disproportionate toll that COVID-19 took on people with diabetes continues today Read More

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, often with onset during childhood, that requires lifelong insulin therapy due to the loss of pancreatic beta-cells. While previous …

Early life origins, childhood comorbidities, and adult outcomes Read More

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Edith Cowan University’s (ECU’s) Center for Precision Health have uncovered a significant genetic connection between type 2 diabetes and certain gut disorders, which could …

Genetic link between diabetes and gut health could offer treatment solutions Read More

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Ozempic has been catapulted into the public eye in recent months as celebrities and wellness influencers started taking it for weight loss. But Ozempic is a …

‘Let the diabetics have their drugs’ Read More

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain LSU Health New Orleans research led by Stuart Chalew, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has found that HbA1c, a …

Study shows the major measure of diabetes is significantly higher in young Black patients Read More

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a paper published in Science Translational Medicine, researchers from City of Hope, a U.S. cancer research and treatment organization and a research center for diabetes …

New biomarkers found to predict kidney failure in type 1 diabetes patients Read More

Experimental set up to observe oligomerization events of insulin using TIRF microscopy. a Representation (not to scale) of the experimental setup. ATTO655 labeled Human Insulin (HI655, see structure in b), …

‘We have miscalculated for decades. Half of an insulin dose may not work as expected’ Read More

(A) Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves of fasting IGFBP-2, adiponectin, IGFBP-1 and BMI in detecting T2D in women and men. Logistic regression models not adjusted for confounders. (B) Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) …

Women and men shown to have different risk factors for type 2 diabetes Read More

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Racial and ethnic inequities in diabetes have been established following gestational diabetes, but these inequities are substantial and have been an overlooked facet of maternal health …

Study seeks to explain widespread inequality for developing diabetes mellitus following gestational diabetes Read More

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An Australian-first study by the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) investigating the use of blood sugar-lowering medications among residents with diabetes in aged care homes nationwide, …

Diabetes medication risk in aged care revealed Read More