According to researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital, there are two significant reasons why Peel has one of the highest rates of diabetes in Ontario: neighbourhood design that discourages walking and a…
Mes: abril 2014
New ammunition in the fight against Type 2 diabetes
Gastric banding can play a vital role in the treatment of type 2 diabetes in people who are overweight but not obese, according to new research.
El tratamiento de la diabetes se vuelve personalizado
Las nuevas guías terapéuticas establecen hasta seis pautas de medicación
The adverse effects a junk food diet can have on the mind and body
A new UCLA psychology study provides evidence that being overweight makes people tired and sedentary – not the other way around.Life scientists led by UCLA’s Aaron Blaisdell placed 32 female rats on one of two diets for six months. The first, a standard rat’s diet, consisted of relatively unprocessed foods like ground corn and fish meal.
Scientists uncover startlingly new functional details of common anti-diabetic drugs
Scientists thought they basically knew how the most common drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes worked, but a new study from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) reveals unexpected new aspects of the process. These findings could eventually lead to more potent anti-diabetic drugs with fewer serious side effects.
Más del 50% de personas mayores de 70 años en España sufre algún trastorno diabético o prediabético
Más de un tercio de las personas mayores de 70 años en España tiene diabetes, pero si se añaden los que padecen intolerancia a los carbohidratos o glucemia alterada en ayunas, ese porcentaje se eleva a más de la mitad.
Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor could help the body resist weight gain
In a new study, Simon Musyoka Mwangi and colleagues tested whether higher levels of a certain protein help fight the weight gain and health problems caused by eating the wrong foods.More than one-third of people in the US are obese.
Clinicians should be aware of the risks of diabetes when treating sleep apnoea
The findings of a new study, published online in the European Respiratory Journal, add to a growing body of evidence that suggests that sleep apnoea is linked with diabetes. Sleep apnoea has been linked with elevated blood sugar levels, suggesting people with the condition could be at an increased risk of cardiovascular illness and mortality.
La enfermedad celiaca es 10 veces más frecuente en personas con diabetes tipo 1, según experto
La prevalencia de la enfermedad celiaca en personas con diabetes tipo 1 es cercana al 10 por ciento, es decir, 10 veces más que la población general, según ha apuntado el profesor de la Facultad de Medicina de la UPV e Investigador del Instituto BioCruces, el doctor José Ramón Bilbao, en su ponencia 'Complicaciones no clásicas de la diabetes' en el 25º Congreso de la Sociedad Española de …
Sleep apnoea linked with blood sugar levels
Sleep apnoea has been linked with elevated blood sugar levels, suggesting people with the condition could be at an increased risk of cardiovascular illness and mortality.The findings of a new study, published in the European Respiratory Journal, add to a growing body of evidence that suggests that sleep apnoea is linked with diabetes.