The long list of side effects that follow ads for the newer expensive drugs to treat Type 2 diabetes sometimes include an unusual warning: They might cause weight loss. That side effect is one that many people — especially those…
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Diabetes type 2 symptoms: Three skin conditions indicative of high blood sugar
Type 2 diabetes can be a 'devastating diagnosis' says expert We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on…
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Sleep a Biological Necessity, Essential for Health, AASM Says
Sleep is a “biological necessity” that is “essential to health” ― and inadequate sleep and untreated sleep disorders are detrimental for health, well-being, and public safety, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) says in new position statement. Dr Kannan…
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Diabetes type 2: The many ways high blood sugars can affect a person’s digestive system
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New bacterium shows promise for treating type 2 diabetes, obesity
It all started, when Patrice Cani, FNRS researcher at University of Louvain (UCLouvain), and his team repeatedly observed that a bacterium (called Subdoligranulum) is almost absent in obese and diabetic people, while it is systematically present in healthy people. So,…
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Study highlights the need for more personalized approach to measuring BMI
The results of an extensive new study funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Ethnic-specific BMI cut-off points for obesity based on type 2 diabetes mellitus risk: a cohort study of 1.5 million people in England, presented at…
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Novel diabetes subgroups show differences in biomarkers of inflammation
Chronic inflammation is increasingly a focus of research. A recent study has now identified differences in indicators of inflammation between novel diabetes subgroups. But what does this mean for the future? Symptoms that increase with age, such as cardiovascular disease,…
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Breath Analysis: How Could it Improve Healthcare and Diagnosis?
insights from industrySanti Dominguez & Michael GrazCEO & Acting CEOImspex Diagnostics & Imspex Medical In this interview, News-Medical talks to Santi Dominguez and Michael Graz, CEOs atImspex Diagnostics and Imspex Medical respectively, about the role breath analysis has to play…
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Q&A: Childhood diabetes
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently noticed that my 7-year-old daughter has been drinking more water than usual, even though her activity has not increased. A neighbor mentioned that I should have her screened for diabetes. My daughter is not overweight…
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AI tool can spot Type 2 diabetes trends in the U.S.
A new University at Buffalo study reports on the advantages of using artificial intelligence to better understand Type 2 diabetes across the United States. The study describes how machine learning—a subset of AI that involves computers acting intelligently without being…
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