Previously Published on Healio.com – Adults with diabetes and depression who take antidepressant medications as prescribed are less likely to develop serious diabetes complications or die compared with those not taking antidepressants regularly, data from Taiwan show. “Antidepressants might carry cardiometabolic adverse effects; however, patients with depression also have higher risk for diabetes complications,” Shi-Heng…
Motor vehicle accidents (cars, trucks, motorcycles, bikes etc.) can be dangerous and they can often lead to death. A motor vehicle accident is traumatizing to the body, causing a wide variety of injuries from whiplash to broken bones. Physical therapy helps for the treatment of motor vehicle accident injuries. Example: while riding bikes, it is suggested…
Previously Published on Healio.com – ADO09, a co-formulation of pramlintide and insulin A21G, was associated with better glucose levels, improved time in range and more weight loss among people with type 1 diabetes compared with insulin aspart, according to a presenter. “ADO09 is a new and innovative co-formulation of two hormones missing in type 1 diabetes: insulin…
Diabetes is not a disease but a condition. It is a common lifestyle and genetic condition that can be managed. Type 2 diabetes is a long-term health condition that prevents the use of insulin effectively. People with type 2 diabetes have insulin resistance and sometimes complications. Middle-aged and elderly people are more likely to develop t2d,…
Previously Published on Medical News Today – New research uses stem cells and a tiny device, the implant reverses type 1 diabetes in mice. Insulin-secreting beta cells can reverse type 1 diabetes in mice. Introducing these cells without triggering the immune system has been a critical challenge. Researchers have developed an apparently safe, functional device for delivery…
Previously Published on Healio.com – Insulin-treated adults with diabetes selected by clinicians for real-time continuous glucose monitoring saw a 0.4 percentage point reduction in HbA1c and fewer ED visits for hypoglycemia during 1 year of follow-up compared with nonusers. Read on to find out how a real-time CGM lowers HbA1c. “Our real-world study found that in…
Previously Published on Medscape.com – A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has voted narrowly to recommend approval of the monoclonal antibody teplizumab (Tzield,Provention Bio) for the delay of type 1 diabetes in at-risk individuals. (FDA Endorses Teplizumab) The 10-7 vote of the FDA’s Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs advisory committee on May 27 reflected a…
Previously Published on Eurekalert.org – A clinical study led by Linköping University and financed by pharmaceuticals company Diamyd Medical has investigated whether immunotherapy against type 1 diabetes can preserve the body’s own production of insulin. The results suggest that injection of a protein, GAD, into lymph nodes (diabetes vaccine) can be effective in a subgroup of individuals….
Previously Published on ChicagoTribune.com – Both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes affect millions of people around the world, although many who suffer from it have not been officially diagnosed with the disease. The most common warning signs of diabetes have become widely publicized in recent years. They include excessive thirst, general fatigue, blurred vision, numbness in…