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New NIH reference book is one-stop resource for diabetes medical information |
Covering the spectrum of diabetes, the book describes data and trends in the United States, complications of diabetes and related conditions, and prevention and medical care, including outlining major diabetes research findings. |
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Diabetes in America, 3rd Edition |
Diabetes in America, 3rd Edition, is a compilation and assessment of epidemiologic, public health, clinical, and clinical trial data on diabetes and its complications in the United States. |
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Two diabetes medications don’t slow progression of type 2 diabetes in youth |
In youth with impaired glucose tolerance or recent-onset type 2 diabetes, neither initial treatment with long-acting insulin followed by the drug metformin, nor metformin alone preserved the body’s ability to make insulin, according to results published online June 25 in Diabetes Care. |
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Islet transplantation improves quality of life for people with hard-to-control type 1 diabetes |
Quality of life for people with type 1 diabetes who had frequent severe hypoglycemia — a potentially fatal low blood glucose (blood sugar) level — improved consistently and dramatically following transplantation of insulin-producing pancreatic islets, according to findings published online March 21 in Diabetes Care. |
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Insulin Resistance Pioneer Gerald Reaven Dies |
Gerald (Jerry) Reaven, who made fundamental contributions to the study of insulin resistance, died last week (February 12). The longtime professor at Stanford University School of Medicine researched the role of insulin in diabetes, hypertension, and a plethora of other diseases. |
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Does infant formula affect development of type 1 diabetes? |
Feeding infants who are at risk for type 1 diabetes a formula with proteins that have been broken down didn’t affect their chance of developing the disease. The results disprove a hypothesis and suggest no change in current guidelines for type 1 diabetes prevention. |
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Factors contributing to higher incidence of diabetes for black Americans |
A study found that biological risk factors—including weight and fat around the abdomen—are primarily responsible for higher rates of diabetes for black Americans compared with white Americans.
The study suggests that making positive changes in known risk factors, like losing excess weight, can help reduce the racial health disparity f or developing diabetes. |
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Examining the effects of weight gain and loss—multiple molecules at a time |
In a controlled study of weight gain and loss, researchers have assembled a comprehensive molecular profile of dramatic changes that occur in humans during short periods of weight fluctuation. |
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Drinking diet beverages during pregnancy linked to child obesity, NIH study suggests |
Children born to women who had gestational diabetes and drank at least one artificially sweetened beverage per day during pregnancy were more likely to be overweight or obese at age 7, compared to children born to women who had gestational diabetes and drank water instead of artificially sweetened beverages. |
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Fewer exams and better eye health? Aye-aye, finds type 1 diabetes study |
Adjusting the frequency of eye screenings for people with type 1 diabetes based on their risk of severe eye problems would result in fewer eye exams at lower cost and quicker diagnosis and treatment of advanced retinopathy, which can otherwise lead to vision loss. |
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Rates of new diagnosed cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes on the rise among children, teens |
Rates of new diagnosed cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are increasing among youth in the United States, according to a report, Incidence Trends of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes among Youths, 2002-2012. |
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Study identifies African-specific genomic variant associated with obesity |
An international team of researchers has conducted the first study of its kind to look at the genomic underpinnings of obesity in continental Africans and African-Americans. |