Einstein Study Indicates Brain Plays Role in Regulating Blood Sugar in Humans

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have demonstrated for the first time that the brain is a key player in regulating glucose (sugar) metabolism in humans. The findings, published in the online edition of the Journal...

Study Finds No Correlation Between Primary Kidney Stone Treatment And Diabetes

A Mayo Clinic study finds no correlation between the use of shock waves to break up kidney stones and the long-term development of diabetes. The study was released Friday during a meeting of the North Central Section of the American Urological Association...

Lung Cancer Patients with Diabetes Show Prolonged Survival

Lung cancer patients with diabetes tend to live longer than patients without diabetes, according to a Norwegian study published in the November issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, the official publication of the International Association for the...

Amazing Race Champion Dr. Nat Strand Joins DLife

dLife, a diabetes self-management platform, has announced the addition of Dr. Nat Strand, half of the Amazing Race’s most recent winning team, as dLife spokesperson and contributor.

Better Food Key to Malnutrition And Obesity

Simultaneously tackling obesity and malnutrition may seem like “polar opposites”, conceded UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the High-Level Meeting on Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases in New York, but an increasing number of countries...

Over-the-counter Dietary Supplement May Lower Risk of Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome

UCLA researchers have demonstrated that an over-the-counter dietary supplement may help inhibit insulin resistance and glucose intolerance, conditions that are involved in the development of Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome, which affect millions...

Study Suggests Possible Link Between Two Type 2 Diabetes Drugs And Pancreatic Cancer

Two newer drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes could be linked to a significantly increased risk of developing pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, and one could also be linked to an increased risk of thyroid cancer, according to a new UCLA study. Researchers...

At Least 50 Million Nigerians Hypertensive And Diabetic

No fewer than 50 million Nigerians are hypertensive and diabetic just as the world spends a whopping $40 billion to fight the diseases annually, a consultant cardiologist at the University of Ilorin located in Nigeria’s Kwara State, Prof. Ibrahim Katib,...

Study Finds Inflammation in Diabetes May be Part of the Solution, Not the Problem

Increased low-grade inflammation in the body resulting from obesity is widely viewed as contributing to type 2 diabetes. Going against this long-held belief, researchers from Children’s Hospital Boston report that two proteins activated by inflammation...