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Gut bacteria may play a role in diabetes: Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
One type of bacteria found in the gut may contribute to the development of Type 2 diabetes, while another may protect from the disease, according to early results from an ongoing, prospective study led by investigators at Cedars-Sinai.
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Patients should be allowed to choose their type 2 diabetes medication: Stu
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
A new study proposes a novel strategy to treat type 2 diabetes, putting individuals in command of their own medicine. The Trimaster study is the first to allow persons with type 2 diabetes to choose their own medicine following a series of three different drugs. It came to the conclusion tha
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Trouble sleeping? You could be at risk of type 2 diabetes
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
As the Christmas season starts to ramp up, University of South Australia researchers are reminding people to prioritise a good night's sleep as new research shows that troubled sleep may be associated with risk factors for type 2 diabetes.
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Study reveals a new approach for Alzheimer's therapies
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
In the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, the protein amyloid- clumps together. The eventual deposition of these aggregates as so-called plaques results in damage to the brain's blood vessels and tissue
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Researchers find new target for Alzheimer's therapies
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The protein medin is deposited in the blood vessels of the brains of Alzheimer's patients along with the protein amyloid-b. Researchers from DZNE have discovered this so-called co-aggregation. They have now published their observation in the renowned journal Nature. "Medin has been known for
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Study finds cholesterol medicines reduce risk of degenerative eye disease
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Researchers revealed how daily use of medicines helps to manage type 2 diabetes and lower cholesterol may minimise the incidence of AMD.
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Synthetic peptides may suppress formation of harmful amyloid aggregates
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
In Alzheimer's disease, the degeneration of brain cells is linked to formation of toxic protein aggregates and deposits known as amyloid plaques. Similar processes play an important role also in type 2 diabetes. A research team under the lead of the Technical University of Munich has now dev
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Cholesterol medicines lessen risk of degenerative eye disease of ageing
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Regular use of drugs to lower cholesterol and control type 2 diabetes may lessen the risk of the degenerative eye disease associated with ageing, known as AMD, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
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Study reveals connection between diabetes, urinary tract infections
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): Diabetes is associated with lowered immunity and recurring infections. The immune system of people with diabetes has lower levels of the antimicrobial peptide psoriasin, which compromises the urinary bladder's cell barrier, increasing the risk of urinary
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Control of blood sugar level in mothers with gestational diabetes leads to
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 9 (ANI): Lowering the target blood sugar level for moms with gestational diabetes did not lessen the chance of large newborns, but it did reduce the risk of death or injury to the baby during birth, according to a recent study.
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Amid rise in COVID cases, ICMR issues guidelines for management of type 1
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research issued guidelines for the management of Type 1 Diabetes on Monday.
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Long-term follow-up reduces type 2 diabetes risk: Study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 10 (ANI): A recent study at NTNU (The Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and St. Olav's Hospital Centre of Obesity has found that long-term follow-up reduces type 2 diabetes risk.
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