Diabetes Archives

Access to Diabetes Care: World Diabetes Day 2023

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World Diabetes Day focuses on access to healthcare for diabetics around the world.

Accessing healthcare should be a fundamental human right. However, this isn’t the case for millions of diabetes patients globally. Aiming to overcome the barriers in diabetes healthcare, World Diabetes Day 2023 focuses on the theme ‘Access to Diabetes Care’. Diabetes is a chronic disease that causes health complications and economic hardship, and yet type 2 diabetes is easily managed or […]

Bringing awareness to the overlap of diabetes and osteoarthritis in American populations

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Linked conditions Research has discovered that there is a connection between diabetes and osteoarthritis (OA). Each condition predisposes an individual for the other due to the large overlap between OA and diabetes. A number of similar risk factors, including obesity and age, can lead to the onset of both conditions. In addition, there are a number of overlapping mechanisms such […]

Neuromodulation – the future of diabetes treatments

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The researchers discovered a novel bioelectric modulation technique for improving blood sugar control.

The treatments for type 2 diabetes are limited in breadth and effectiveness. Medications have side effects, and many patients forget to take their medications regularly. An alternative treatment option that does not require daily compliance could provide better outcomes and is more likely to be used by patients. Dr Jonathan Waataja of ReShape Lifesciences in California, USA and colleagues have […]

Is the magic in the muscle? Targeting skeletal muscle to improve cardiometabolic function in ageing

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The Butcher Lab investigates the interplay of muscle mass and skeletal muscle on cardiovascular disease, obesity and ageing.

Dr Joshua T Butcher and his team from the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine, USA, investigate the similarities between the co-morbidities associated with obesity and ageing, and specifically how skeletal muscle mass and function can be used to uncouple diseases from accompanying pathology. While we all know that exercise is beneficial for weight loss, an important underlying benefit […]

A new strategy for the treatment of chronic wounds

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A number of people are working in what looks to be a scientific laboratory. Everyone is wearing white coats, and one woman is leaning against a countertop. Dr Manuela Martins-Green investigates the impact of increased OS levels on wound healing by stimulating chronic wound development in a diabetic mouse model.

Wound healing is highly regulated, but oxidative stress (OS) can disturb this healing process in chronic wounds. To better understand the process of initiating chronicity, Dr Manuela Martins-Green and her colleagues at the University of California investigated the impact of increased OS levels on wound healing by stimulating chronic wound development in a diabetic mouse model. The team provides insight […]

Shining a spotlight on diabetic retinal detachment

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Professor Miguel A Quiroz-Reyes, MD, investigates the long-term post-operative outcomes in the sight-threatening condition, diabetic macula-off tractional retinal detachment.

Diabetes mellitus affects millions of people globally. Patients are at risk of associated diseases and often encounter problems with their eyesight. Dr Miguel A Quiroz-Reyes, retina specialist at Oftalmologia Integral ABC, Mexico City, Mexico, set out to investigate the outcomes of diabetic patients with advanced complications of the retina. These patients had developed diabetic macula-off tractional retinal detachment, a known […]

A new method to predict adult-onset type 1 diabetes

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Dr Liping Yu identifies a new method for identifying adult-onset type 1 diabetes using a more efficient method of detecting GADA autoantibodies

Adult-onset type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease often mistaken for type 2 diabetes. Distinguishing adult-onset type 1 diabetes from type 2 diabetes is vital so that appropriate treatment can begin immediately. This is mainly achieved by identification of GADA, an islet autoantibody found in patients with adult-onset type 1 diabetes. A radio-binding assay is currently used for GADA detection, […]

Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund: Cutting-edge regenerative medicine

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The Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MCSRF) is devoted to developing and supporting innovative research into all aspects of stem-cell-based technologies. Through its diverse program structure, the MSCRF is intimately involved in every stage of the stem cell journey – from pre-clinical lab discovery to clinical patient trials. Importantly, it remains forward thinking, ensuring the next generation of researchers have […]

An age-old problem: How SENS Research Foundation is looking at age-related disease in a new way

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SENS Research Foundation funds innovative gerontology research around the world.

Despite time, energy and money being poured into age-related disease research around the world, humans are yet to find cures for illnesses such as Alzheimer’s, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. SENS Research Foundation believe this is because current research is approaching the problem from the wrong angle. Research Outreach found out more from the Foundation’s Chief Science Officer and co-founder Dr […]

Timely insulin therapy to treat type 2 diabetes

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Diabetes is a tricky condition to treat. While insulin can efficiently lower blood sugar levels and protect pancreatic ꞵ-cells, it can also cause harmful side effects such as hypoglycaemia and weight gain. Severe hypoglycaemia may trigger arrhythmias and cardiovascular events. Professor Markolf Hanefeld suggests that an individualised approach to start timely insulin therapy on the basis of risk/benefit balance is […]