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A person's breath holds the key to monitoring fat metabolization

Your breath holds the key to monitoring fat burning, and now a research group from Tohoku University has created a compact and low-cost device that can measure how our body metabolizes fat.

10 Feb 2021

Long-term stress is a risk factor for heart attacks, study suggests

Can long-term stress lead to heart attacks? Most people would probably answer in the affirmative, but the scientific evidence of this is scarce.

10 Feb 2021

Farmworker camps to urban tent cities: Tailoring vaccine info to where it’s most needed

Kim Wagenaar has been preparing to bring covid-19 vaccines to western North Carolina for months.

10 Feb 2021

Inherited genetic variation may affect the response to cancer immunotherapy

For all their importance as a breakthrough treatment, the cancer immunotherapies known as checkpoint inhibitors still only benefit a small minority of patients, perhaps 15 percent across different types of cancer.

10 Feb 2021

Study finds increasing death rates from heart disease in young women

A nationwide US study has found increasing death rates from heart disease in women under 65. The research is published in European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

10 Feb 2021

Reducing obesity may prevent up to half of new type 2 diabetes cases

Reducing the prevalence of obesity may prevent up to half of new Type 2 diabetes cases in the United States, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association.

10 Feb 2021

Study finds low SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses in asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 cases

Researchers at Northwestern University have noted high rates of asymptomatic and mild infection in a large community-based cohort and low levels of anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G antibody (IgG) in the general population of previously exposed people.

10 Feb 2021

New study to evaluate the effectiveness of drugs on preventing COVID-19 progression

McMaster University researchers are leading a large international study to test drugs to treat COVID-19 patients.

9 Feb 2021

People with dementia found to have significantly increased risk for COVID-19

A study led by Case Western Reserve University researchers found that patients with dementia were at a significantly increased risk for COVID-19 - and the risk was higher still for African Americans with dementia.

9 Feb 2021

Study shows the impact of paid maternity leave on maternal health

A study of women who were new mothers in the late 1970s found that those who were given longer, paid maternity leave lived healthier lives as they entered middle age.

9 Feb 2021

Lifestyle intervention provided through health coaches helped reduce heart disease risk

Participants in a two-year, lifestyle intervention/weight-loss program provided through health coaches at their primary care center were able to lower their blood sugar and improve their cholesterol levels, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation Journal.

9 Feb 2021

Inhibition of protein glycosylation successfully prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection in vitro

A new study provides direct evidence that the oligosaccharides attached to the viral surface spike protein are essential for viral infection, offering new approaches to preventive and therapeutic drugs.

9 Feb 2021

The acceleration behind telehealth services

In this interview, Chun-Kai Chang , the Business Development Manager of Telehealth at Advantech, talks to News-Medical about the acceleration behind telehealth services.

From Advantech 9 Feb 2021

The acceleration behind telehealth services

In this interview, Chun-Kai Chang , the Business Development Manager of Telehealth at Advantech, talks to News-Medical about the acceleration behind telehealth services.

From Advantech 9 Feb 2021

Periodontitis treatment that changes oral bacteria also reduces severity of diabetes

We know that what happens in the mouth doesn't stay in the mouth - but the oral cavity's connection to the rest of the body goes way beyond chewing, swallowing and digestion.

9 Feb 2021

Immune responses to insulin could help identify individuals at risk for developing type 1 diabetes

Researchers from the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that immune responses to insulin could help identify individuals most at risk for developing Type 1 diabetes.

9 Feb 2021

Pancreatic β cells secrete miR-29 in response to high levels of free fatty acids

In a new study published in Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Chen-Yu Zhang's group and Antonio Vidal-Puig's group at University of Cambridge report that pancreatic β cells secrete miR-29 family members (miR-29a, miR-29b and miR-29c) in response to high levels of free fatty acids (FFAs). These β cell-derived miR-29s are delivered to the liver, promoting insulin resistance and enhancing hepatic glucose output.

9 Feb 2021

HIV: New therapeutic approach to restore the effectiveness of immune cells

Prompted by the need to improve conventional treatments for people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), a team from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique has identified a therapeutic approach to restore the effectiveness of immune cells.

8 Feb 2021

Study: Older adults classified as "prediabetic" seldom progress to full diabetes

Older adults who are classified as having "prediabetes" due to moderately elevated measures of blood sugar usually don't go on to develop full-blown diabetes, according to a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

8 Feb 2021

Study elucidates the mode of action of SGLT2 inhibitors in diabetes

Although SGLT-2 inhibitors are central to the treatment of diabetes, their exact mode of action was hitherto unknown.

8 Feb 2021

Diabetes News and Research

Latest Diabetes News and Research

A person's breath holds the key to monitoring fat metabolization

Long-term stress is a risk factor for heart attacks, study suggests

Farmworker camps to urban tent cities: Tailoring vaccine info to where it’s most needed

Inherited genetic variation may affect the response to cancer immunotherapy

Study finds increasing death rates from heart disease in young women

Reducing obesity may prevent up to half of new type 2 diabetes cases

Study finds low SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses in asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 cases

New study to evaluate the effectiveness of drugs on preventing COVID-19 progression

People with dementia found to have significantly increased risk for COVID-19

Study shows the impact of paid maternity leave on maternal health

Lifestyle intervention provided through health coaches helped reduce heart disease risk

Inhibition of protein glycosylation successfully prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection in vitro

The acceleration behind telehealth services

The acceleration behind telehealth services

Periodontitis treatment that changes oral bacteria also reduces severity of diabetes

Immune responses to insulin could help identify individuals at risk for developing type 1 diabetes

Pancreatic β cells secrete miR-29 in response to high levels of free fatty acids

HIV: New therapeutic approach to restore the effectiveness of immune cells

Study: Older adults classified as "prediabetic" seldom progress to full diabetes

Study elucidates the mode of action of SGLT2 inhibitors in diabetes

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