Cucurbita Pumpkin Rejuvenates ßeta Cells, Restores Insulin Production
An extract derived from pumpkin (Cucurbita ficifolia) may improve blood glucose levels in diabetics and exert antioxidant effects, according to a new study. If...
Reversing Insulin Resistance to Reduce Type 2 Diabetes
While Regaining Control of Metabolism to Curb Carbohydrate Cravings, Control Weight
A recent article in the New York Times reveals that 800,000 New Yorkers – more than...
Getting Enough Sleep Could Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Men who lose sleep during the work week may be able to lower their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by getting more hours...
Fruit Consumption, Not Juice, Shown to Reduce Type-2 Diabetes
Eating more fruit, particularly blueberries, apples and grapes, is linked to a reduced risk of developing Type-2 diabetes.
Blueberries cut the risk of developing Type-2...
Time to Break the Beta Blocker Habit?
First developed in the 1950s, beta blockers have been a mainstay in medicine for decades, used to treat everything from heart disease to stage...
Traditional Chinese Medicines Stall Progression of Diabetes
Traditional Chinese herbal medicines hold promise for slowing the progression from prediabetes to an official diabetes diagnosis, according to new research accepted for publication...
Sleep Disruption Linked to Diabetes, Aging in Mice
Sleep, or the lack of it, seems to affect just about every aspect of human physiology. Yet, the molecular pathways through which sleep deprivation...
Nobelist Offers New Theory for Cause of Type 2 Diabetes
At 85, Nobel laureate James D. Watson, the co-discoverer of the double-helix structure of DNA, continues to advance intriguing scientific ideas. His latest, a...
Increase in Levels of Amino Acid Tyrosine Linked to Diabetes
Elevated levels of an amino acid, tyrosine, alter development and longevity in animals and may contribute to the development of diabetes in people, new...
Women With Diabetes at Greater Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Than...
A systematic review and meta-analysis of some 850,000 people published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows...
Periodic Fasting Reduces Bad Cholesterol to Aid in Diabetes Prevention
Skipping a few meals may reduce the risk of developing diabetes via a newly identified biological process that converts bad cholesterol in fat cells into...
Promising New Approach for Gum Disease Treatment Identified
Nearly 50 percent of all adults in the United States suffer from the gum disease, periodontitis. Of these 17 percent suffer from a more severe form of periodontitis that increases their...
