You may have already realized that there are a great many things that need to be looked into if weight loss is a goal for your diabetic condition. Unlike individuals who do not suffer from diabetes, those who already have diabetes will find that they need individualized programs to help them lose excess weight. There [...]
First and foremost, it would be pertinent to define what gestational diabetes is. The latter is a condition in which high blood glucose levels are experienced during pregnancy. As far as statistics are concerned, out of all pregnancies there is a 4% chance of pregnant women developing this type of diabetes. As a matter of [...]
New research conducted at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center indicates that a common and widely available test can be used to predict early death in those afflicted with diabetes. According to Donald W. Bowden, Ph.D., the director of the Center for Diabetes Research at Wake Forest Baptist and the lead investigator, “We’ve discovered that [...]
The government in the Philippines is currently expanding the production of white corn, which is known to be low in the glycemic index, to boost food security and reduce the incidence of diabetes. According to Dr. Artemio M. Salazar, UPLB-IPB deputy director and National Corn RDE (Research, Development and Extension) Network head, producing white corn [...]
Information gleaned from a case-control study indicated that Pregravid quantities of body mass index (BMI), serum glucose, and prehypertension (also known as hypertension) had independent associations with the third type of diabetes that affects pregnant women i.e., gestational diabetes. Women who had a BMI ?25 and a blood sugar level of 100 to 140 mg/dL [...]
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) in support and conjunction with Amylin have embarked on a research collaboration to offer monetary support for clinical studies to examine the possibility of mixing Pramlintide, which is an analog of amylin (a human hormone), together with insulin to address those who are affected by Type 1 diabetes. Pramlintide [...]
According to researchers, a certain cholesterol lowering drug that is taken in combination with an anti-depressant, taken by over one million people in America, could lead to a spike in blood sugar levels. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Vanderbilt University believe that the anti-cholesterol drug Pravachol and the [...]
Researchers have reported in two different studies that the genes, which control lipid levels, could lead to an early prediction of diabetes as well as heart disease and atherosclerosis. Joanne E. Curran, PhD, of the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio, and colleagues found that in one study, the lipid genes, known as dihydroceramide [...]
Selecta Biosciences, which is the creation of MIT’s prolific Bob Langer, is collaborating with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to create a synthetic nano-particle vaccine program that will help treat and even prevent the development of Type 1 diabetes. While it is widely accepted that there are more people suffering from Type 2 diabetes than [...]
According to new research, a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet could not lead to complications in those who have diabetes risk factors. The study’s author Dr. James Shikany stated that usually people reduce the fat in their diet and then replace it with carbohydrates, “There was some concern that the increased carbohydrate intake might lead to if [...]
According to a study by Amylin Pharmaceuticals, treatment with metreleptin, which is an investigational treatment that is an analog of the human hormone leptin, helped improve diabetes and lipid control in sufferers of partial lipodystrophy. The study focused on patients suffering from partial lipodystrophy who underwent treatment for a minimum of six months. Patients who [...]
