FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) — Breast-feeding reduces the risk of obesity in children born to mothers with diabetes during their pregnancy, a new study indicates.
Researchers followed 94 children of diabetic mothers and 399 children of non-diabetic mothers from birth until age 13.
THURSDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) — Four new genes associated with type 2 diabetes have been identified by researchers, who also pinpointed six independent diabetes-associated gene variants at previously known locations on chromosomes.
These findings, from an analysis of 50,000 genetic variants across 2,000 genes linked to heart and metabolic function, appear in the Feb. 9 issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) — Taking short breaks while exercising, or “intermittent” exercise, is an effective way to improve insulin sensitivity and blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes, according to a new British study.
The researchers also found that exercising in a low-oxygen (hypoxic) environment improves blood sugar control more than intermittent exercise alone.
By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) — New research shows that the pancreas has sweet-taste receptors — like those found on the tongue — that can “taste” fructose.
Fructose is a common ingredient in many foods and beverages. Nutrition experts have warned that Americans take in far too much fructose and the new findings might bolster their concerns.
By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) –
When it comes to the treatment of type 2 diabetes, the first line of defense is lifestyle changes such as losing weight and exercising more often.
But, if those lifestyle changes don’t get blood sugar levels under control, the American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends the drug metformin as the first oral treatment that should be given.
By Ellin Holohan HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) — Diabetes is associated with hearing loss in women, especially if the blood sugar disease isn’t well-controlled, new research indicates.
The study, done by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, examined the medical records of 990 men and women who had hearing tests between 2000 and 2008. Patients with diabetes were divided into two groups: well-controlled and poorly controlled.
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By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) — The latest trial of a drug called GAD-alum to treat type 1 diabetes failed to show any significant improvement in the common markers of the blood sugar disease.
The researchers, however, said they felt there were possible reasons for the failure of the current trial, and that specific groups of people still might benefit from GAD-alum.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) — Exercise can improve the health, energy and well-being of cancer patients after they’ve completed their main cancer treatment, a new review finds.
University of Hong Kong researchers analyzed the results of 34 clinical trials that examined the effects of physical activity among adult patients with breast, prostate, gynecologic, colorectal, gastric or lung cancer.
TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — A pre-pregnancy diet high in animal fat increases the risk that moms-to-be will develop gestational diabetes, a new study says.
“Our findings indicate that women who reduce the proportion of animal fat and cholesterol in their diets before pregnancy may lower their risk for gestational diabetes during pregnancy,” senior author Dr. Cuilin Zhang, of the epidemiology branch at the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, said in an NIH news release.
By Alan Mozes
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — A new Swiss-American study indicates that long-term use of the popular diabetes medication metformin may lower the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, at least among women.
The researchers also found that the long-term use of another class of diabetes medications known as sulfonylureas was associated with a “substantial” bump in pancreatic risk and long-term insulin use was linked to a bump in pancreatic cancer risk in men.
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