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Diabetes remission diet can provide blood pressure control, reduce the need for anti-hypertensive drugs

New research has shown that if people achieve and maintain substantial weight loss to manage their type 2 diabetes, many can also effectively control their high blood pressure and stop or cut down on their anti-hypertensive medication.

31 May 2021

Ethnic diversity in genetic study of glycemic traits yields better results

By including multi-ethnic participants, a largescale genetic study has identified more regions of the genome linked to type 2 diabetes-related traits than if the research had been conducted in Europeans alone.

31 May 2021

Expanding genomic research into different ancestries yields more and better results

Today The Lundquist Institute announced that its investigators contributed data from several studies, including data on Hispanics, African-Americans and East Asians, to the international MAGIC collaboration, composed of more than 400 global academics, who conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis led by the University of Exeter.

31 May 2021

Supportive family environment can reduce effects of social deprivation among adopted children

An environment in which family members support one another and express their feelings can reduce the effects of social deprivation on cognitive ability and development among adopted children, suggests a small study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health.

29 May 2021

New resolution urges Member States to focus on prevention and management of diabetes, obesity

A new resolution urges Member States to raise the priority given to the prevention, diagnosis and control of diabetes as well as prevention and management of risk factors such as obesity.

29 May 2021

Biden administration signals it’s in no rush to allow Canadian drug imports

The Biden administration said Friday that it has no timeline on whether it will allow states to import drugs from Canada, an effort that was approved under President Donald Trump as a key strategy to control costs.

29 May 2021

COLCORONA study shows that colchicine can reduce complications in certain COVID-19 patients

The Montreal Heart Institute announces that the COLCORONA study results are published today in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

28 May 2021

Study: Specific diet, lifestyle interventions may reverse epigenetic aging in healthy adult males

Aging published "Potential reversal of epigenetic age using a diet and lifestyle intervention: a pilot randomized clinical trial" which reported on a randomized controlled clinical trial conducted among 43 healthy adult males between the ages of 50-72.

28 May 2021

Study exposes cognitive vulnerabilities to soft drink advertisements

What keeps consumers hooked on high sugar soft drink? Advertising, of course. But why are some consumers more adept at ignoring these cues than others?

28 May 2021

Melatonin prevents kidney damage caused by metabolic complications of obesity

Scientists from the University of Granada (UGR), the Hospital Universitario La Paz (Madrid), and the University of Texas (USA) have taken an important step in the fight against kidney damage and its progression towards kidney failure, which is closely related to diabesity (obesity and its type 2 diabetes) and its complications.

27 May 2021

Adults with obsessive compulsive disorder face higher risk of ischemic stroke

Adults who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were more than three times as likely to have an ischemic stroke later in life compared to adults who do not have OCD, according to new research published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.

27 May 2021

Plant-based food can reduce heart disease risk by 10% research shows

In a new study, researchers have found that substituting an animal protein for dinner with a plant protein could reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by 10%.

27 May 2021

Could the marine compound plitidepsin promote recovery from moderate COVID-19?

A new paper by an international team of researchers describes experimental evidence of the antiviral efficacy of a marine compound called plitidepsin against SARS-CoV-2. The findings show that plitidepsin inhibits SARS-CoV at low concentrations, as observed by a thousand-fold reduction in genomic RNA and viral titers in cells exposed to the virus in culture when treated.

27 May 2021

Enough to wreck their rest: $10,322 for a sleep study

José Mendoza's snoring was bad — but the silence when he stopped breathing was even worse for his wife, Nancy.

27 May 2021

OCD linked to higher stroke risk in later life

New findings indicate that the risk of developing ischemic strokes is increased in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

27 May 2021

Oligo DNA improves differentiation of skeletal muscles exacerbated by diabetes

Skeletal muscle is the largest organ in the body that accounts for 30 to 40% of body weight and is responsible for multiple functions such as energy metabolism and heat production.

27 May 2021

Researchers discover new brain circuit that may help fight obesity

Like a good story, feeding has a beginning, a middle and an end. It begins with appetite prompting the search for food, continues with eating the food and it ends when satiation hits and the consumption of food is stopped.

27 May 2021

Long-term data from smartwatches can help estimate clinical blood test results

Smartwatches and other wearable devices may be used to sense illness, dehydration and even changes to the red blood cell count, according to biomedical engineers and genomics researchers at Duke University and the Stanford University School of Medicine.

26 May 2021

Study can help determine which diabetic individuals can donate corneas for keratoplasty

About a third of the corneal transplant surgeries in the United States involve people with diabetes who donate their corneas after death.

26 May 2021

Scientists propose new strategies to find drugs that neutralize critical enzymes

Scientists from the University of Bath explore racemases and propose strategies for finding drugs that target these important enzymes.

26 May 2021

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Endocrinology News and Research

Latest Endocrinology News and Research

Diabetes remission diet can provide blood pressure control, reduce the need for anti-hypertensive drugs

Ethnic diversity in genetic study of glycemic traits yields better results

Expanding genomic research into different ancestries yields more and better results

Supportive family environment can reduce effects of social deprivation among adopted children

New resolution urges Member States to focus on prevention and management of diabetes, obesity

Biden administration signals it’s in no rush to allow Canadian drug imports

COLCORONA study shows that colchicine can reduce complications in certain COVID-19 patients

Study: Specific diet, lifestyle interventions may reverse epigenetic aging in healthy adult males

Study exposes cognitive vulnerabilities to soft drink advertisements

Melatonin prevents kidney damage caused by metabolic complications of obesity

Adults with obsessive compulsive disorder face higher risk of ischemic stroke

Plant-based food can reduce heart disease risk by 10% research shows

Could the marine compound plitidepsin promote recovery from moderate COVID-19?

Enough to wreck their rest: $10,322 for a sleep study

OCD linked to higher stroke risk in later life

Oligo DNA improves differentiation of skeletal muscles exacerbated by diabetes

Researchers discover new brain circuit that may help fight obesity

Long-term data from smartwatches can help estimate clinical blood test results

Study can help determine which diabetic individuals can donate corneas for keratoplasty

Scientists propose new strategies to find drugs that neutralize critical enzymes

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