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For people with diabetes, Medicaid expansion helps, but can't do it all: study
Medicaid expansion through the Affordable Care Act has insured millions of low-income people in the United States, improving outcomes for patients with many different diseases. But expansion alone has not been enough to improve ...
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Signaling switch in pancreatic beta-cells determines anti-diabetic drug effectiveness
An international research group has clarified the action mechanism of incretin-based drugs in the treatment of diabetes. The research group headed by Professor Seino Susumu included Researcher Okechi Oduori et al. (Division ...
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Diabetic eye disease associated with five-fold risk of severe COVID-19
People with diabetes and eye disease have a five-fold increased risk of requiring intubation when hospitalised with COVID-19.
Nov 24, 2020
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Act now to meet global heart disease targets
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of mortality in Europe, and World Health Organization (WHO) heart disease goals will not be achieved by 2025 unless urgent action is taken. That is the finding of a European ...
Nov 24, 2020
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Diabetes set to devastate India's metropolitan cities, with more than half of
Disturbing new research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that more than half of men (55%) and some two thirds (65%) of women currently aged 20 years in India ...
Nov 23, 2020
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High blood sugar could increase COVID-19 death risk for non-diabetics, says study
Abnormally high blood sugar may worsen outcomes and mortality rates for COVID-19 patients, including those without diabetes, according to major research published in the peer-reviewed open access journal Annals of Medicine.
Nov 23, 2020
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Identifying and assessing frailty in people with diabetes should be a priority, in order to better treat and manage
An article written by Dr. Qingsheng Wang, associate professor and director of the safety engineering program in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, was selected as an American Chemical ...
Nov 20, 2020
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Mediterranean diet tied to 30 percent risk reduction for diabetes in Women's Health Study
The Mediterranean (MED) diet—rich in olive oil, fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds—is a recommended way to reduce the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and other adverse health outcomes. But exactly how ...
Nov 19, 2020
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Incretin hormone levels linked to arteriosclerosis
Diabetes is currently treated using incretin hormones to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and other medical issues that the illness can trigger. Now researchers from Lund University in Sweden have noted new links ...
Nov 19, 2020
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Consumer health: Alcohol, tobacco and diabetes
November is National Diabetes Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about preventing and treating diabetes.
Nov 19, 2020
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Researchers suggest a third diabetes medication effective in treating patients with heart failure
A medication used to treat diabetes is able to reduce hospitalizations and cardiovascular deaths in patients with heart failure by 33 percent, suggests a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Nov 18, 2020
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Gut microbiota forms a molecule that can contribute to diabetes progression
It is the bacterial changes in the gut that increase the levels of imidazole propionate, the molecule that makes the body's cells resistant to insulin in type 2 diabetes. This result emerges from a European study, that confirms ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Guidelines developed for diabetes management in CKD
(HealthDay)—In a synopsis of the 2020 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) clinical practice guideline, published online Nov. 10 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, recommendations and practice points are presented ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Diabetes increases neuritic damage around amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease
New research from the University of Eastern Finland explores the role of diabetes in the cellular and molecular changes underlying Alzheimer's disease (AD). In an AD mouse model, diabetes induced through a diet rich in fats ...
Nov 18, 2020
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SCORED and SOLOIST trials add to evidence for treating diabetes with SGLT2 inhibitors
Less than a decade ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved drugs for treating type 2 diabetes in an entirely new way. Since that time, evidence in favor of the use of sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors ...
Nov 17, 2020
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Trial shows no benefits of dairy foods for blood sugar regulation
Results from a new trial published by a team led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center suggests lower dairy intake may be beneficial for people with metabolic syndrome. In a new study published in the American ...
Nov 16, 2020
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Researchers report how novel diabetes drugs work to improve the prognosis for patients with heart failure
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have furthered the understanding of how novel diabetes drugs can improve prognosis for patients with heart failure.
Nov 16, 2020
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Preventing heart disease should be a priority for people with type 2 diabetes
Even when risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease are optimally controlled, adults with Type 2 diabetes still have a greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared to the general population, according ...
Nov 16, 2020
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Good long-term effects of continuous glucose monitoring
New data on continuous glucose monitoring for people with type 1 diabetes, over a significantly longer period than before, are now available. A University of Gothenburg study shows that using the CGM tool, with its continuous ...
Nov 16, 2020
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Does your child have diabetes?
More than 34 million Americans are living with diabetes. And many of them are children and adolescents. Cases of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are on the rise among those 20 and under in the U.S., according to a study earlier ...
Nov 16, 2020
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