This article was taken from: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320788.php By Catharine Paddock PhD New insights from research on how insulin exits the bloodstream to metabolize glucose in cells could lead to new treatments for insulin resistance, a condition that usually precedes type 2 diabetes. In a paper that was published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, scientists at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, report…
This article was taken from: http://www.wired.co.uk/article/artificial-pancreas By STEPHEN JACOBS Hybrid closed-loop systems are set to change the daily lives of diabetics significantly.Hybrid closed-loop systems are set to change the daily lives of diabetics significantly. Many diabetics have been eagerly anticipating 2018 as the year when several hybrid closed-loop systems hit the commercial market – thanks in no…
This article was taken from: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-stress-diabetes/increased-stress-at-work-linked-to-higher-risk-of-diabetes-idUSKBN1F02VW By Lisa Rapaport Researchers examined data on 3,730 petroleum industry workers in China. At the start of the study, none of the workers had diabetes. After 12 years of follow-up, workers who experienced increasing stressful tasks on the job were 57 percent more likely to develop diabetes, the study team…
New guidelines have been issued for hospital doctors who treat pregnant women with diabetes. The new Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care (JBDS–IP) document has been drawn up in a bid to improve the standard of care for people with diabetes in secondary care. Many women with diabetes require hospital admissions during their pregnancy, but not all doctors and healthcare teams in maternity wards are experts…