Wearable sweat sensor detects gout-causing compounds
Credit: Caltech There are numerous things to dislike about going to the doctor: Paying a copay, sitting in the waiting ...
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UTSA to unlock the power of sulfur in future drug design
Credit: UTSA Organosulfur compounds are widely present in our bodies and the natural environment. They are found in onions, shallots ...
Little-known protein appears to play important role in obesity and metabolic disease
The recently discovered protein is normally abundant in fat; without it, the body struggles to manage glucose and insulinCredit: Scripps ...
NIH awards Cleveland Clinic $12 M to study link between gut microbes, heart disease
Stanley Hazen, M.D., Ph.D., Mark Brown, Ph.D., and their teams will continue to study the role of microbial pathways and ...
15-year study finds treatment gaps exist for patients with peripheral arterial disease
Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a progressive and life-threatening form of atherosclerosis that narrows the arteries serving ...
NTU scientists discover new way to promote insulin production in pre-diabetes phase
Credit: NTU Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have discovered that a type of immune cell known as ...
Life experience critical for managing Type 2 diabetes
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that age plays a critical role in ...
Digital data and AI to improve the lives of people with diabetes
Credit: LIH Until now, medical doctors have used biomarkers to determine the health status of people with diabetes (PWDs). These ...
Can ‘smart toilets’ be the next health data wellspring?
Credit: Dasom (Somi) Hwang,Joshua Coon Lab at the UW-Madison Department of Biomolecular Chemistry MADISON -- Wearable, smart technologies are transforming ...
What and how much we eat might change our internal clocks and hormone responses
Credit: @Helmholtz Zentrum München / Uhlenhaut. The research conducted in mice found that the time-of-day dependent metabolic cycle is altered ...
Many teens have low iron, B12 levels years after bariatric surgery
Beneficial weight-loss treatments come with need for regular nutrition check-ups, new study reportsCredit: Cincinnati Children's The good news: bariatric surgery ...
Supplements don’t preserve kidney health in Type 2 diabetes
Vitamin D and fish oil don't prevent loss of kidney function in adults with type 2 diabetes, a clinical study ...
Researchers find new potential approach to type 2 diabetes treatment
Credit: Lo Lab The protein adipsin, which is produced in body fat, helps protect insulin-secreting cells called pancreatic beta cells ...
Kidney disease outcomes differ between severely obese kids vs. adults after bariatric surgery
Credit: Children's National Hospital WASHINGTON - Adolescents with Type 2 diabetes experienced more hyperfiltration and earlier attenuation of their elevated ...
Research aims to make technologies for controlling blood sugar more accessible
Project is focused on improved quality of life for senior citizensCredit: Rensselaer TROY, N.Y. -- The rise of continuous blood ...
Revealed a mechanism of beta-cells involved in the development of type-1 diabetes
Researchers reveal how pancreatic ß-cells respond to an inflammatory environment and its implication in developing Type 1 diabetesCredit: Josep Carreras ...
‘Super-grafts’ that could treat diabetes
By successfully strengthening pancreatic islets before transplantation, researchers at UNIGE and HUG are hoping for a significant improvement in the ...
Atomic-level analysis of bone aims to predict and lessen fractures in diabetics
Research will look at the mechanics behind why diabetics face increased risk of fractureCredit: Rensselaer TROY, N.Y. -- People with ...
Researchers engineer insulin-producing cells activated by light for diabetes
Pancreatic beta cells 'switched on' by light are engineered to enhance production of insulin in response to glucose levelsCredit: Tufts ...
Avocados may help manage obesity, prevent diabetes
Credit: University of Guelph Your guacamole may hold the key to managing obesity and helping delay or prevent diabetes, according ...