Diabetes Cure Blog

The Keck School of Medicine researchers have found out that Erectile Dysfunction can be a result of physical problems like poor blood flow to the penis. Erectile Dysfunction, better known to be impotence, was believed to be a psychological problem. Moreover the study indicates that ED can be an early indicator [...]

According to the study published in the on line version of the journal Diabetologia, diabetics population among the adult Hispanics are estimated to increase upto 20.2%. The study comprises data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) II mortality survey (1976–1992), the NHANES III (1988–1994) and the NHANES 1999–2002. The study includes population [...]

A group of researchers have come to the conclusion that Diabetes mellitus (DM) mortality risk is relatively higher among the older adults and women. Especially the women treated with insulin therapy recorded a significantly higher risk of mortality.

A group of researchers recently conducted research work on the impact of whole grain and bran on type 2 diabetes. The association of germ with type 2 diabetes is found not so strong. The research have found out that all these three products have inverse effect on the risk of type 2 diabetes. [...]

Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group has conducted a research on the prevalence of retinopathy in impaired glucose tolerance and recent-onset diabetes. Retinopathy is closely related to diabetes. The study has found that problem of retinopathy is present in persons with elevated fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance and no known history of diabetes. The prevalence [...]

At the 17th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, David S. H Bell of the University of Alabama School of Medicine, said that type 2 diabetes is likely to bring cardiovascular comorbidities along with metabolic health problem. As a result the doctors are advised to treat diabetes patients like a cardiovascular patients. [...]

Here is a good news for those millions of type 1 diabetes patients. The NIH has decided to fund the clinical study that will focus on the new treatment to transplant the islet into the diabetes patients for improvement and long lasting blood sugar control. The clinical trial will cover scientists from 11 countries like [...]

Piramal Life Sciences Ltd, part of the Piramal Group of companies in Mumbai, commenced a phase I clinical study of P1736 drug in Netherlands.

Researchers at the University of Leicester suggested a health policy by screening people at the risk of diabetes. Apart from being a prospective health policy, it can be helpful in improving the lives of the patients. The study is a part of the interdisciplinary research initiative in the social and medical sciences. The study [...]

For the first time researchers at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) demonstrated in the mouse model that skeletal muscle cells, cultured in a low-calorie environment refrain from differentiating an energy-demanding process by which cells mature and specialize. The study was published in the Developmental Cell.