A British-led study has determined glucose plays a key role in enabling cells that produce insulin to develop in an embryo’s pancreas. That discovery, said Imperial College London researchers, could lead to development of new therapies for diabetes — a condition caused by insufficient levels of insulin. Glucose prompts a gene called Neurogenin3 to switch [...]
Scientists have discovered three unsuspected regions of human DNA that contain clear genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes, and another that is associated with elevated blood triglycerides. The findings stem from the work of the Diabetes Genetics Initiative (DGI), a public-private partnership between the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Novartis and Lund University, and [...]
A diet rich in fiber from cereals and in magnesium may help lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, German researchers report. Ann Albright, president-elect for health care and education at the American Diabetes Association, said the suggestion that fiber from cereal might be better than fiber from fruits and vegetables in preventing type [...]
Members of Congress plotted a campaign against diabetes yesterday, introducing legislation that would allot $120 million to research and projects in the upcoming year to discover possible ways to prevent the spread of the disease and its complications. “We know that diabetes can either be prevented or effectively managed through proper diet and exercise in [...]
Diabetes appears to harm sperm and may decrease a man’s fertility, says a British study in the journal Human Reproduction. Many men having diabetes for a long period of time are sufferuring from Erectile Dysfunction which is commonly known as ED. Cialis, Viagra, and Levitra (vardenafil) are 3 major FDA approved medications that treats ED. [...]
A study by a researcher at the University of Wisconsin (UW) has discovered that topical honey can heal diabetes sores completely. Jennifer Eddy of UW Health’s Eau Claire Family Medicine Clinic, who treated her borderline diabetic patient Catrina Hurlburt with honey therapy, said that Hurlburt’s case is a good example of the ‘potential health care [...]
An herb long-used in traditional Indian medicine may help people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar, a new study suggests. Researchers found that the herb, called Salacia oblonga, reduced post-meal blood sugar surges in 66 men and women with type 2 diabetes. Also known as Saptrangi and Ponkoranti, S. oblonga is from a [...]
