Technology has helped in developing the treatments needed to address many health conditions. In the case of type 1 diabetes, researchers may have a new way to combat the disease by developing an external artificial pancreas. In this line, the world’s first clinical trial for three new alternative treatments for type 1 diabetes was conducted by researchers at the University of Montreal and the ICRM. The said t

Researchers from universities in Israel and Sweden found out that taking whey protein before eating a regular breakfast can help reduce blood sugar spikes as well as improve insulin response of the body. The findings are published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. The study involved 15 people with type 2 diabetes not taking any other medication except sulfonylureas

Researchers from Baylor College and the University of Cincinnati have conducted a study regarding vitamin D and how it may play a role in obesity and type 2 diabetes. The study suggests that the said vitamin may help lower a person’s weight as well as blood glucose levels by working through the brain. The findings were recently presented in a joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the

Diabetes is a disease that has increasingly affected millions of people worldwide, expected to reach half a billion by the next decade. Although it is not considered as a fatal disease, it can affect a person over a lifetime and with complications that can further worsen as people age. The sad thing is that it currently has no cure. But scientists have been getting some advances in this area. One of the recent ones

For diabetics, monitoring blood sugar levels becomes a daily habit. It is a good thing that more and more people can now do it at home with a portable blood glucose monitor. Having one at home is essential for diabetics. That is why choosing a good blood glucose monitor is important. Blood glucose monitors are usually the size of today’s mobile phones and can even be smaller. Their main use is to monitor the