RESEARCH from Science Daily: Turning to parasites as potential disease fighters
September 9, 2013 Source: Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Summary: Researchers have described exciting progress in harnessing the human immune system’s reaction to the presence of parasitic worms, as a way to lessen susceptibility to type 1 diabetes and...
More than just type 1 or type 2: Study points to different forms of diabetes
Date: September 12, 2013 Source: Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health The DiMelli study examines the different phenotypes of diabetes mellitus in relation to their immunological, metabolic and genetic profiles. Although the...
New avenue to treat diabetes-related vision problems
Eye on dopamine Dopamine-restoring drugs already used to treat Parkinson’s disease may also be beneficial for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness in adults, researchers have discovered. The results were published in the Jan. 15...Enzyme restores function with diabetic kidney disease
Posted on October 25, 2013 by Stone Hearth News Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say that, while a prevailing theory suggests elevated cellular levels of glucose ultimately result in diabetic kidney disease, the truth may, in...Which lifestyle factor has the highest effect on mortality?
In a nutshell This study investigated which lifestyle factor has the strongest effect on mortality among diabetic patients and compared to non-diabetics. Some background Diabetes is known to increase the risk of several conditions, including heart disease and...
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