Developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) is linked to taking more antibiotics in the years leading up to the diagnosis than people who do not have T2D, according to a study recently published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Researchers led by Kristian Hallundbæk Mikkelsen, MD, of Gentofte Hospital in Hellerup, Denmark, and Anton...
High Blood Sugar of Diabetes Can Cause Immune System Malfunction
Researchers may have uncovered a molecular mechanism that sets into motion dangerous infection in the feet and hands often occurring with uncontrolled diabetes, according to a recent study in PLOS One. It appears that high blood sugar unleashes destructive molecules that interfere with the body’s natural infectioncontrol defenses. A team led by Janna Kiselar, PhD,...
Insulet Corporation has announced a voluntary recall of 40,846 boxes of the OmniPod (Pod) Insulin Management System due to the possibility that some Pods may have a higher rate of failure than current manufacturing standards. This recall is a result of the cannula failing to fully deploy or completely retract which may result in the...
No Child Left Behind: Creating a Pediatric Artificial Pancreas
Children are the most delicate and unpredictable of all patients. As charming as their precociousness is, the unique challenges of treating pediatric diabetes make it difficult for researchers to create an artificial pancreas for this endearing
population.
An estimated one-third of all diabetes patients are using some form of alternative medicines. Whether this is a passing fad or the wave of the future remains to be seen, but the impacts of these therapies are still largely unknown and more studies are needed.
Breaking the Habit: Treating Diabetes in Drug Addicted Patients
For patients living with diabetes, maintaining a plan of diabetes medication, proper diet, and physical activity prescribed by their physicians is a constant daily struggle. When the patient is also addicted to drugs, the struggle becomes intensely more difficult.
When a patient with diabetes is also an athlete, there are myriad concerns, preparations, and precautions for patient and doctor alike.
While the end to diabetes is still in the distant future, strides in genetic research are showing promise.
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