A recent article in Scientific American discusses a synthetic chemical that has extended the lifespan of lab mice by mimicking the effects of a low-calorie diet.
Say hello to a new diabetes device on the scene, promising “pain-free” blood draws that can be used on fingertips or other spots — and that’s designed to look more like a magic marker than a boring old medical device.
To lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you consume, which inevitably means one thing: portion control. But you’re not necessarily doomed to a growling stomach until you reach your goal. Here are 14 easy ways to cut portions, trim calories, and lose fat without counting the minutes until your next meal.
Katherine Marple was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 14 in 1998. Here’s her story of how nerve-wrecking going to the optometrist can be.
There has been a fierce debate among dieticians about whether cinnamon can help control blood glucose levels for people with diabetes. While the spice, made from the bark of trees, has long been a part of traditional medicine, clinical trials have offered differing opinions on what it can do to help those with Type 2 […]
Reporting on a study in The Journal of the American Medical Association, Diane Fennell wrote “General measures of obesity, such as body-mass index, total body fat, or [fat under the skin] were not associated with an increased risk of developing Type 2.”
Obesity may have harmful effects on the brain, and exercise may counteract many of those negative effects, according to sophisticated new neurological experiments with mice, even when the animals do not lose much weight.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports that its review of various animal and human studies does not show a link between GLP-1 drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes and pancreatic maladies, including acute pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer.
Do you have Type 1 diabetes? If so, your relatives may be interested in an actively recruiting TrialNet study that is testing whether oral insulin can prevent or delay the development of Type 1 in people who are at increased risk of the condition.
It’s not an app. It’s not a pump. It’s a super-pen from Novo Nordisk called the NovoPen Echo, one of which I’ve been test-driving lately. It’s the world’s first half-unit dosing pen with a memory.
For years, people with diabetes have worried about the times when their meters and test strips have given inconsistent results. Dr. Richard Melker, a Florida physician diagnosed with T1 at the age of 53, has experienced the fear that inaccurate test strip readings can bring.
Findings by Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers show that levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in men’s urine could be a marker of prostate cancer and that low levels of BPA exposure can cause cellular changes in both non-malignant and malignant prostate cells.
A new study based on genetic testing of 150,000 people has found a rare mutation that protects even fat people from getting Type 2 diabetes. The effect is so pronounced — the mutation reduces risk by two-thirds — that it provides a promising new target for developing a drug to mimic the mutation’s effect.
This post is written by Osama Hamdy, M.D., Medical Director, Obesity Clinical Program, Director of Inpatient Diabetes Management at Joslin Diabetes Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
One report from earlier this month indicated that a “Healthbook” app under development for iOS 8 will be able “to read glucose-related data,” while another report has warned not to expect glucose sensing built directly into the initial iWatch.
A wealth of research suggests that physician communication about important topics like end-of-life care is associated with a better quality of life for patients, and a better quality of dying, with less intensive use of unnecessary tests and treatments.
Drinking coffee just might be good for you, according to some recent studies. Coffee contains substances such as polyphenols and anti-oxidants that may decrease not only the effects of aging but also reduce the inflammation that contributes to many diseases.
A total of 182 new drugs to treat diabetes or diabetes-related conditions are currently in clinical trials or undergoing review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to a report just published by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA).
This study was conducted using data from The Health Improvement Network (THIN), an electronic medical records database used in the UK. The database contains information for >10 million patients, making it ideal for rarer outcomes such as bladder cancer.
Here we go with this month’s collection of some of the top “must-read” posts that caught our eye, in no particular order.