New smart contact lens could monitor glucose for diabetics

In the United States, the number of patients diagnosed with diabetes (both Type 1 and Type 2) has doubled over the last decade. Type 2 accounts for 90-95% of all diabetes diagnoses. Over eight percent of the U.S. population is believed to have diabetes, and of those with it, an estimated 27% do not...

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Nanoparticle Suspension and Ultrasound Deliver Insulin Without Regular Injections

  Insulin injections are no fun for diabetics and they have to be taken as needed by the body, not by the patient’s personal schedule. This means if you have diabetes, you can’t just pre-inject yourself and go worry-free throughout the day. A nanotechnology developed at North Carolina State University...

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ABOUT INSULIN

What is insulin? Insulin is the internal secretion of the pancreas formed by groups of cells called the islets of Langerhans. It is the hormone needed to enable glucose to enter the cells and provide energy. Insulin is also important in keeping blood glucose levels within the acceptable limits. Insulin...

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Brain Discovery Could Help Schizophrenics

English: MRI coronal view of the amygdala (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The discovery of brain impairment in mice may eventually lead to better therapies for people with schizophrenia and major depression. Studying rodents that have a gene associated with mental illness, Michigan State University neuroscientist...

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Interspecies Transplant Works in First Step for New Diabetes Therapy

In the first step toward animal-to-human transplants of insulin-producing cells for people with type 1 diabetes, Northwestern Medicine® scientists have successfully transplanted islets, the cells that produce insulin, from one species to another. And the islets survived without immunosuppressive drugs....

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Undiagnosed Pre-Diabetes Highly Prevalent in Early Alzheimer's Disease Study

English: PET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer's disease (Photo credit: Wikipedia) When Georgetown University neurologist R. Scott Turner, MD, PhD, began enrolling people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease into a nationwide study last year, he expected to find only a handful of participants...

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Banana Power

This is interesting. After reading this, you’ll never look at a banana in the same way again.Bananas contain three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.Research has proven that just two bananas provide...

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Three Devastating Statistics of Diabetes Medical Malpractice

Guest Post by Jonathan Portner It is often forgotten that the preventable consequences of diabetes are just that: preventable. While diabetes itself cannot be cured, the symptoms that are experienced can be managed effectively. The level of care that is given determines whether the patient will be able to carry out his life normally or burdened with crushing ailments. In medical malpractice cases,...

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Mixed Results On Computer-based Support For Diabetes

Cell phones and computer programs give specific advice and support to people with diabetes, but do not do much to improve their health or quality of life, new research suggests.The outcomes, published in The Cochrane Library, were based on an analysis of 16 previous studies that assessed a different...

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High-Fat Foods May Be A Factor In Glucose Control

In a study of patients with type 1 diabetes, Joslin researchers found that dietary fat can affect glucose levels and insulin requirements. These findings, which appeared in the April edition of Diabetes Care, have major implications for the management of type 1 diabetes.Research has shown that dietary...

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Disrupting Our Internal Clocks May Lead To A Complete Absence Of 24-Hour Bodily Rhythms And An Immediate Gain In Body Weight

If you're pulling and all-nighter to finish a term paper, a new parent up all night with a fussy baby, or simply can't sleep like you once could, then you may be snoozing on good health. That's because new research published in The FASEB Journal used mice to show that proper sleep patterns are critical...

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Direct Association Between Type 2 Diabetes And Obesity Found

Obesity has been historically known as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, and now a key mechanism has been found in the immune system that plays a part in the development of obesity-linked type 2 diabetes.The outcome was found in a study led by researchers from King's College London, UK and was published...

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Visiting Your Doctor Following ER Care For Chest Pain Reduces Risk Of Heart Attack, Death

Seeing a doctor within a month of an emergency room visit for chest pain significantly reduced the risk of heart attack or death among high risk patients, according to research published the American Heart Association journal Circulation.Chest pain is the most common reason people go to the emergency...

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Adults With Diabetes And Limited Health Literacy Less Likely To Adhere To Prescribed Antidepressants

Adult patients with diabetes who don't understand basic health information are significantly less likely to take newly prescribed antidepressant medication, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.In this study conducted by the Kaiser Permanente Division...

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Household Income Affects Chronic Disease Control In Kids, Despite Free Health Care

Researchers at the University of Montreal have found that the glycated hemoglobin levels of children with type 1 diabetes followed at its affiliated Sainte-Justine Mother and Child University Hospital (CHU Sainte-Justine) is correlated linearly and negatively with household income. Glycated hemoglobin is the binding of sugar to blood molecules - over time, high blood sugar levels lead to high levels...

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Diabetes Trials Worldwide Are Not Addressing Key Issues In Affected Populations

Only one in ten are studying prevention while almost two thirds focus on drug therapyAn analysis of diabetes trials worldwide has found they are not addressing key issues relating to the condition with almost two thirds focusing on drug therapy while only one in ten addresses prevention or behavioural...

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Diet As Effective As Surgery For Diabetes Patients

Patients with type 2 diabetes who follow the same strict diet required for those who undergo bariatric surgery are just as likely to see a reduction in blood glucose levels.The finding came from a new study conducted by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and was published in the journal Diabetes...

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Late-Life Depression Associated With Prevalent Mild Cognitive Impairment, Increased Risk of Dementia

Depression in a group of Medicare recipients ages 65 years and older appears to be associated with prevalent mild cognitive impairment and an increased risk of dementia, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Neurology, a JAMA Network publication. Depressive symptoms occur in 3...

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Young people with diabetes dying due to lack of adequate healthcare

Originally posted on: http://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us/News_Landing_Page/Young-people-with-diabetes-dying-due-to-lack-of-adequate-healthcare/ Young adults with Type 1 diabetes are much more likely to die than their peers because they are not getting the healthcare they need to manage their condition....

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Up to Half of Gestational Diabetes Patients Will Develop Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds

Women who were diagnosed with gestational diabetes during pregnancy face a significantly higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in the future, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). The prospective...

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