Study Indicates That Fathers Who Exercise Before Conception Produce Children Who Are Healthier Throughout Their Lives

Recent studies have linked development of type 2 diabetes and impaired metabolic health individuals to their parents’ poor diet, and there is increasing evidence that fathers play an important role in obesity and metabolic programming of their...
22-Oct-2018 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Using Technology to Manage Type 2 Diabetes Maximizes Time, Resources and Health Outcomes

BOSTON (October 15, 2018) – Harnessing the power of digital health technology --- smart phone apps, telemedicine and mobile health (m-health) --- can provide powerful tools to help people with diabetes self-management, ultimately improving A1c...
15-Oct-2018 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Changes to RNA may impact growth and function of insulin-producing cells

RNA methylation might prove important in regulating many aspects of beta cell behavior, such as how the cells divide or how effectively they are stimulated by blood glucose to produce insulin
11-Oct-2018 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Nutrients May Reduce Blood Glucose Levels

BOSTON – (October 10, 2018) – Type 2 diabetes is driven by many metabolic pathways, with some pathways driven by amino acids, the molecular building blocks for proteins. Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center now have shown that one amino acid,...
10-Oct-2018 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Muscle “Switch” May Control the Benefits of Exercise

Studying lab animals and humans, researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center discovered that a protein called JNK helps to drive response to exercise. If JNK is activated during exercise, the researchers say, that stimulates skeletal muscle growth. If...
2-Aug-2018 5:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Study suggests ways DPP-4 inhibitor might prevent kidney disease

Researchers have long sought drugs that could help to prevent diabetic kidney disease (DKD), which afflicts about 40% of people with type 2 diabetes. Among the current contenders are a class of diabetes management drugs known as DPP-4 inhibitors....
23-Jul-2018 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Gut Microbes May Contribute to Depression and Anxiety in Obesity

Like everyone, people with type 2 diabetes and obesity suffer from depression and anxiety, but even more so. Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center now have demonstrated a surprising potential contributor to these negative feelings – and that is...
17-Jun-2018 8:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Study Identifies Clear Predictors of Changing Insulin Requirements and Rising A1c Levels in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes

Managing type 1diabetes during the first two decades of life is challenging. Insulin requirements change along with the stages of life --- childhood, puberty, young adulthood, and beyond. But a 20-year longitudinal study conducted by researchers...
6-Jun-2018 3:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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