Have diabetes? Here’s how to save your sight

(HealthDay)—Managing your diabetes can be tough, but your eyes might thank you for it. Diabetic retinopathy is a diabetes complication that damages the retina’s blood vessels, often resulting in vision loss and blindness. The condition occurs in more than half of people with diabetes. It affects nearly 8 million Americans and that number is expected […]

Diabetes type 2: Best drink to consume for breakfast to help lower your blood sugars

Diabetes type 2: Dr Zoe Williams discusses high blood sugar risks 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 our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Type 2 diabetes describes what happens […]

Novel method enables 3D imaging of human organs with micrometer precision

Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, now demonstrate a method by which specific cell types in human organs can be studied with micrometer precision. The method can be used to reveal previously unrecognized alterations in the pancreas, but it can also be used to study other human organs and diseases. This method may contribute to an […]

Diabetes: Study of satiety mechanism yields new knowledge

Diabetes, a disease in which blood sugar levels remain too high for too long, can lead to health complications in the long term. Type 2 diabetes (T2D) accounts for 90% of cases. Patients are usually obese or overweight, with risk factors that include sedentary lifestyle and unbalanced diet. To increase their understanding of the disease, […]

The challenge of diabetes in the Black community needs comprehensive solutions

One thing is clear about the serious problem of diabetes among Black people in the United States: It’s not just one thing causing the problem. “It’s really at all levels,” said Dr. Joshua J. Joseph, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center […]

Diabetes type 2: The sensation in your head indicating blood sugar levels are too high

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Increasing a protein concentrated in brown fat may lower diabetes risk

Increasing a protein concentrated in brown fat appears to lower blood sugar, promote insulin sensitivity, and protect against fatty liver disease by remodeling white fat to a healthier state, a new study led by UT Southwestern scientists suggests. The finding, published online in Nature Communications, could eventually lead to new solutions for patients with diabetes […]