Diabetes Cure Blog

Encapsulating insulin producing cells in tiny seaweed bubbles and injecting them into people with type 1 diabetes could one day remove the need for daily insulin injections, an Australian researcher says.

The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey showed that obesity is a predictor of periodontal disease. Researchers also found that the severity of the disease increased in tandem with insulin resistance.

About 400 people a year die in the UK because they are left waiting for a donor, despite the fact that 13m people are signed up to the register.

Fish oil supplements may help reduce some fatty substances in the blood of people with diabetes, but not others, researchers report.

Eating a diet rich in whole grains, a rich source of bran, fibre, minerals and vitamins, could reduce the risk of type-2 diabetes and heart disease, claims a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (vol. 83, pp. 275-283).

Researchers at the University of Minnesota has able to reversed the condition in monkeys by transplanting cell clusters, known as islets, from pig pancreases, a study in Nature Medicine reports.

It has been found that drinking caffeinated or decaf coffee lowers the chance of getting type 2 diabetes specially in younger and middleaged women

It has been found that direct implantation of stem cells into the pancreas of type 2 diabetic individuals enhances the production of endogenous insulin. Not only this, it also helps to increase C Peptide levels and decrease the sugar level in blood.