New study leverages Fitbit data to show benefits of active lifestyle on diabetes risk Wearable fitness devices offer new insights into the relationship between physical activity and type 2 diabetes, according to a new analysis of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program data published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology...
Request for Proposals (RFP) to Promote Research and Solutions for People with Type 1 Diabetes to Safely Incorporate Exercise into Their Daily Lives The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Type 1 Diabetes Program is launching an initiative to support novel, real-world solutions to help people with type 1 diabetes exercise safely and...
Bone Fragility in Diabetes: New Research Focuses on Diabetic Bone Disease
People with diabetes have an increased risk of fractures, which is often underdiagnosed and impacts their mobility as well as their mortality. A new array of treatments and assessments — novel therapeutics, senolytics, revamped prescribing protocols, and more — are needed to better concentrate on diabetic bone disease. An emerging complication of both type 1...What’s In a Name? – The Move to Rename Diabetes Insipidus Gains Momentum
There has been a movement afoot to change the name of diabetes insipidus to better reflect the condition’s underlying pathophysiology. With an agreement on a new name — “Arginine Vasopressin Deficiency or Resistance,” depending on the etiology — an international coalition hopes to eliminate any ongoing confusion for patients and their caregivers. The name “diabetes...- Diabetes News and Research
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Study Links Diabetes and Worse Outcomes in Long-Term Survivors of Metastatic Breast Cancer
Women who are longer-term survivors of metastatic breast cancer may have a worse survival rate if they have diabetes and poorly controlled blood sugar levels, according to a study presented at ENDO 2022. The authors of the study point out that a well-established relationship between diabetes and breast cancer exists, but it’s still unclear how...
Islets in the Stream: Could Stem Cell Technology Be an Eventual Cure for Type 1 Diabetes?
Recent studies have shown how stem cell-derived therapies have the potential as a renewable source of insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells. Promising as these results are, could stem cell technology eventually lead to a cure for diabetes as well as impacts well beyond endocrinology? Last December, two papers appeared in Cell Stem Cell and Cell Reports...
People with Diabetes and Cognitive Decline May Be at Higher Risk for Heart Disease
People with type 2 diabetes who have cognitive impairment could be at greater risk for stroke, heart attack, or death than other individuals with diabetes, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Cognitive impairment is when a person has trouble remembering, learning new things, concentrating, or making...
Oral Medication Shows Benefits Treating Type 1 Diabetes for at Least Two Years after Diagnosis
Use of the drug verapamil to treat type 1 diabetes continues to show benefits lasting at least two years, according to a recent report in Nature Communications. Patients taking the oral blood pressure medication not only required less daily insulin two years after first diagnosis of the disease, but also showed evidence of surprising immunomodulatory benefits....
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