Novel Approach to Regulating Blood Sugar Levels in the Body

For the first time, scientists at the Toronto General Research Institute showed that targeting glucagon action in the brain may be a new frontier for regulating diabetes.

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Meta-Analysis Suggests Newer Diabetes Medications Have Additional Cardiovascular Benefits

A newer class of medications used to control blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetics may also improve cardiovascular health, researchers from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center reported.

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Prediabetes – Do You Have It? How Do You Know?

About 79 million adult Americans (one in every four over age 20; and one in every two over 65) are walking around with prediabetes. Prediabetes has no symptoms, and increases risk for heart attack, stroke and neuropathy. JUNE 10-Diabetes Fair.

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Biomaterial Shows Promise for Type 1 Diabetes Treatment

Researchers have made a significant first step with newly engineered biomaterials for cell transplantation that could help lead to a possible cure for Type 1 diabetes, which affects about 3 million Americans.

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Differences Between “Marathon Mice” and “Couch Potato Mice” Reveal Key to Muscle Fitness

Sanford-Burnham researchers identify microRNAs as the missing link between the two defining features of muscle fitness—fuel-burning and fiber-type switching—providing a potential new target for interventions that boost fitness in people with chronic illness or injury.

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Local Health Departments Find Twitter Effective in Spreading Diabetes Information

The web-based social media site Twitter is proving to be an effective tool for local health departments in disseminating health information — especially in promoting specific health behaviors. The latest study, led by Jenine K. Harris, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, focused on diabetes, a disease that may affect an estimated one-third of U.S. adults by 2050.

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Type 1 Diabetes and Heart Disease Linked by Inflammatory Protein

Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes appears to increase the risk of heart disease, the leading cause of death among people with high blood sugar, partly by stimulating the production of calprotectin, a protein that sparks an inflammatory process that fuels the buildup of artery-clogging plaque.

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Federal Safety Net Health Care Coverage for Kids with Diabetes Varies Significantly by State

Federal funding for health care coverage of children with diabetes varies significantly from state to state across the United States, according to new research from the University of Michigan.

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