diabetes
Risk of diabetes in Latinos reduced in study
An inexpensive, culturally sensitive diabetes prevention program created by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School reduced pre-diabetes indicators in a Latino population at risk for developing diabetes. Results…
Scientists find a new way insulin-producing cells die
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, U.S.A. (Feb. 25, 2011) — The death of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas is a core defect in diabetes. Scientists in Italy and Texas now have discovered a new way that these cells die — by toxic imbalance of a mol…
Convenient blood test not as effective for diagnosing diabetes in children
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Doctors are increasingly using a convenient blood glucose test for diagnosing diabetes and pre-diabetes, but a study by the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital shows it’s not the best way to diagnose diabetes …
Early signs of heart disease in preadolescent children with type 1 diabetes
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients with diabetes. Patients with type 1diabetes have a 200 percent to 400 percent greater chance of developing cardiovascular disease than those without diabetes. Medical College of Wisc…
MicroRNAs could increase the risk of amputation in diabetics
New research has found one of the smallest entities in the human genome, micro-RNA, could increase the risk of limb amputation in diabetic patients who have poor blood flow.
The study by Dr Andrea Caporali and colleagues in Professor Costanza Eman…
