WEDNESDAY, Aug. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Some bats have the highest blood sugar levels ever observed in any mammal, surviving and even thriving with levels that would kill a human, researchers report. These bats could provide insights into treating and managing diabetes, they added. “Our study reports blood sugarContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the expanded use of an automated insulin pump system to include those with type 2 diabetes. It’s the first such system for use by people with the more prevalent type 2 form of theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Type 2 diabetes increased by nearly 20% in the United States between 2012 and 2022, with age, race, income level, obesity and lack of exercise all playing a role in the metabolic disease’s spread, a new study reports. “Diabetes is increasing day by dayContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Eating red meat and processed meat can increase a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new review finds. Regularly eating 50 grams of processed meat a day — the equivalent of two slices of ham — increased by 15% a person’sContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Tirzepatide, the blockbuster GLP-1 medicine known as Mounjaro for diabetes and Zepbound for weight loss, cut the odds that an obese, prediabetic person will develop diabetes by 94%, a new trial shows. The three-year-long trial, funded by the drugs’ maker, Eli Lilly, alsoContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Toxin from one of the most venomous animals on the planet – a deadly sea snail – could help researchers figure out new ways to treat diabetes and other hormone disorders, a new study suggests. A toxin in the venom of the geographyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Americans continue to rank dead last in life expectancy among English-speaking countries, a new study finds. People in the United States more often fall prey at younger ages to accidental deaths, homicides and chronic diseases, researchers reported Aug. 13 in the BMJ OpenContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Red meat contains a type of iron that could increase a person’s risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study warns. People who ate the most foods high in heme iron — red meat and other animal products, mainly — had a 26%Continue Reading
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FRIDAY, Aug. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks can overcome their genetic risk for type 2 diabetes through healthy diet and regular exercise, a new study says. A healthy lifestyle reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes by 70% among a group of people with a high genetic likelihood ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — About 14% of women will develop diabetes while pregnant, a condition known as gestational diabetes. It’s linked with obesity and older age, and the number of cases is growing although they usually resolve by the time of delivery. Now, a new study deliversContinue Reading
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FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People can offset hours spent sitting around with minutes of active exercise each week, a new study claims. Folks who are sedentary for eight or more hours daily can lower their overall risk of death – and especially their risk of dying fromContinue Reading
THURSDAY, AUG. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New research has added two conditions to the list of 12 risk factors that boost the chances of a dementia diagnosis. The good news? You can guard against the development of both and researchers offer advice on exactly how to do that. InContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Having a mom with type 1 diabetes might provide long-term protection against the condition in children, a new review finds. This protective effect is suggested by that fact that a child is almost twice as likely to develop type 1 diabetes if theirContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Abbott has warned diabetes patients that some of its continuous blood sugar monitoring systems may need to be replaced because of inaccurate readings. “Abbott has recently identified a small number of FreeStyle Libre 3 sensors that may provide incorrect high glucose readings, whichContinue Reading