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Type 1 diabetes causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Each November, we observe National Diabetes Month and engage in discussions surrounding prevention, management and the impact of this increasingly common autoimmune disease.
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Insulin rationing persists despite policy changes, study shows
Yale researchers have found that despite new policies addressing insulin costs, the proportion of patients who ration insulin due to cost remains unchanged. The findings were published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Nov 7, 2025
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Why your daily walk might not work as well if you're on metformin
A widely prescribed diabetes drug may be sabotaging one of the most trusted strategies for preventing the disease: exercise.
Nov 6, 2025
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Maternal type 1 diabetes may protect children through epigenetic changes
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system destroys the body's own insulin-producing beta-cells in the pancreas, leaving patients with a lifelong dependency on external insulin.
Nov 6, 2025
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Human stomach cells tweaked to produce insulin in diabetes treatment study
Type 1 diabetes is caused by an insufficient production of the hormone insulin by cells in the pancreas called beta cells and is estimated to affect 9.5 million people worldwide.
Nov 6, 2025
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Finerenone reduces kidney damage in type 1 diabetes by lowering protein in urine
The drug finerenone has a positive effect on patients with type 1 diabetes and chronic kidney disease. The drug reduces the amount of proteins excreted in the urine of these patients. This reduction indicates that the degree ...
Nov 6, 2025
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Therapies against cellular aging may help treat metabolic diseases
A growing body of evidence implicates cellular senescence—when cells age and permanently stop dividing—as an important contributor to metabolic dysfunction that can lead to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome.
Nov 5, 2025
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Real-time glucose monitoring with professional support can improve type 1 diabetes control
People with type 1 diabetes achieved significantly better long-term blood glucose when their levels were monitored by health care professionals in real time, via a sensor under the skin, and they received regular advice in ...
Nov 4, 2025
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Closed-loop insulin system improves glucose control during pregnancy, clinical trial finds
A collaborative effort across 14 clinical centers in Canada and Australia reports that pregnant women with type 1 diabetes using a closed-loop insulin system spent more time in the pregnancy-specific glucose range than those ...
Evolutionary comparison points to pigs as superior models for human pancreas and diabetes research
Pancreas development in pigs resembles humans much more closely than does the established mouse model. An international team headed by Helmholtz Munich and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) has now produced a ...
Nov 3, 2025
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Low-dose aspirin linked to lower cardiovascular event risk for adults with type 2 diabetes
People with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and an elevated risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) who took low-dose aspirin were less likely to experience a major cardiovascular event, including heart attack, stroke or death, than ...
Nov 3, 2025
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Healthy lifestyle combined with newer diabetes medications lowers cardiovascular risk, preliminary study suggests
People with type 2 diabetes who combined healthy lifestyle habits with GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medications had a greater reduction in risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, including heart attack, stroke or ...
Nov 3, 2025
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Magnetic field therapy shows promise in mimicking exercise benefits for type 2 diabetes patients with central obesity
Researchers from Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and National University of Singapore (NUS) found that using pulsed electromagnetic fields to stimulate muscle tissue and mimic the effects of exercise could benefit patients ...
Oct 31, 2025
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Cartoon-based diabetes education can enhance children's knowledge and physical activity
Researchers at University of Tsukuba reported that using manga as an educational tool in diabetes instruction for children can be equally effective as traditional lectures in enhancing diabetes-related knowledge and engagement ...
Oct 31, 2025
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Researcher provides new hope in managing diabetic ketoacidosis
A researcher at the University of Houston finds management of diabetic ketoacidosis may center around reducing ketone levels in diabetic patients and increasing exercise capacity for better health outcomes. That could be ...
Oct 30, 2025
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New model shows how treating diabetes early makes a difference
Could slightly elevated blood sugar levels lead to serious health problems in the future? A single patient's question sparked nearly a decade of research leading to the development of a landmark model that could shape how ...
Oct 30, 2025
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Chemists design candidate drug against diabetes
Researchers from the University at Albany and NYU Grossman School of Medicine have found a way to block a key cellular pathway known to drive chronic inflammation and impaired wound healing in people with diabetes.
Oct 29, 2025
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New study reveals potential 'two-in-one' treatment for diabetes and heart disease
Building on earlier studies showing its benefits for type 2 diabetes, a new study has revealed the experimental drug IC7Fc may also help prevent heart disease by lowering cholesterol and reducing inflammation.
Oct 28, 2025
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Exercise-induced vesicles help protect pancreatic cells and guard against diabetes
Exercise is known for the positive effects on metabolic diseases, partly because of the release of circulating extracellular vesicles (EVs) that mediate intercellular communication and organ crosstalk.
Oct 28, 2025
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Periodontist explains how the relationship between diabetes and gum disease shapes patient care and prevention
For people living with diabetes, caring for their gums can be just as important as managing blood sugar. Research has shown that there is a two-way relationship between periodontal disease—more commonly known as gum disease—and ...
Oct 28, 2025
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AI-powered diabetes prevention program shows similar benefits to those led by people
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health report that an AI-powered lifestyle intervention app for prediabetes reduced the risk of diabetes similarly to traditional, human-led ...
Oct 27, 2025
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Bariatric surgery in a pill bottle
More than 37 million Americans have type 2 diabetes, a chronic disorder affecting the body's ability to regulate and use sugar. According to the CDC, it's the country's seventh leading cause of death. Type 2 diabetes can ...
Oct 24, 2025
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Early trigger of diabetic eye disease identified
A team led by UCL scientists has identified a key protein that triggers diabetic retinopathy—a condition caused by high blood sugar damaging the retina's blood vessels and a leading cause of sight loss among working-age ...
Oct 23, 2025
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African-Caribbean ethnicity key risk factor for sight-threatening diabetic eye disease
People of African-Caribbean ethnicity with Type 2 diabetes are a third more likely to develop a condition called sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy (STDR) than other ethnic groups, according to researchers from King's.
Oct 23, 2025
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SGLT-2 inhibitors tied to lower risk for autoimmune rheumatic diseases in adults with type 2 diabetes
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors are associated with a reduced risk for autoimmune rheumatic diseases compared with sulfonylureas among adults with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online ...
Oct 23, 2025
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