Thursday, March 28, 2024

Type 2 Diabetes: Attacking Root Cause to Reverse Disorder Shows Encouraging...

Type 2 diabetes affects an estimated 28 million Americans according to the American Diabetes Association, but medications now available only treat symptoms, not the...

Artificial Sweeteners Change Gut Bacteria to Promote Glucose Intolerance and Metabolic...

Artificial sweeteners are promoted to aid weight loss and prevent diabetes. A new study in the journal Nature reveals that artificial sweeteners can actually...

Sleep Loss Linked to Heart Disease, Weight Gain, Hypertension, Diabetes and...

Lack of sleep can make you sick. And while everybody has the occasional restless night, for those who suffer from chronic insomnia – some...

Drinking Just One Soda Daily Shortens Telomeres, Accelerates Cellular Aging and...

Consuming sugary soft drinks is associated with increased risk of obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, cardiovascular death, and certain types of cancer. Now a new...

Cholesterol Drug Cuts Heart, Stroke Risks by 30 Percent in Women...

The cholesterol-lowering drug fenofibrate cuts cardiovascular disease risks by 30 per cent in women with Type-2 diabetes, according to a new study from the...

40 Percent of Americans Expected to Develop Type 2 Diabetes in...

Close to half (40%) of the adult population of the USA is expected to develop type 2 diabetes at some point during their lifetime,...

Eating Instant Noodles Such as Ramen Linked to Heart Disease, Diabetes...

Instant noodle eaters, take heed. Recent Baylor research shows that significant consumption of the convenient food product – ramen included – may increase a person's risk...

Consuming Whey Protein Reduces Blood Glucose Spikes and Improves Diabetes Control

Blood sugar surges – after-meal glucose "spikes" – can be life threatening for the 29 million Americans with diabetes. Diabetic blood sugar spikes have been linked...

Developing Diabetes in Middle Age Increases Loss of Brain Cells Later...

People who develop diabetes and high blood pressure in middle age are more likely to have brain cell loss and other damage to the...

Injection Reverses Type 2 Diabetes in Mice

In mice with diet-induced diabetes—the equivalent of type 2 diabetes in humans—a single injection of the protein FGF1 is enough to restore blood sugar levels to...

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...

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...