Pregnant women with obesity and diabetes may be more likely to have a child with ADHD: Study only finds this association in women with excessive weight gain during pregnancy
Children of women with gestational diabetes and obesity may be twice as likely to develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) compared to those whose mothers did not have obesity, according to new research published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. The estimated number of children aged 3-17 years ever diagnosed with ADHD is […]
Insufficient insulin processing leads to overweight
Overweight increases the risk of an imbalance in sugar metabolism and even of diabetes. A research group at the University of Basel has now shown the opposite is true as well: deficits in the body’s insulin production contribute to overweight. Poor nutrition, too little movement and too many pounds on the scale — lifestyle influences […]
Heterogeneous development of beta-cell populations in diabetes-resistant and -susceptible mice
Progressive dysfunction and failure of insulin-releasing β-cells is a hallmark of type 2 diabetes (T2D). DZD researchers have now shown that diabetes resistant and -susceptible mice respond differently to a carbohydrate-rich diet. The gene expression of the beta cells of the diabetes-resistant mice changed in such a way that a protective beta cell cluster developed. […]
Can Lower Gestational Diabetes Cutoff Improve Outcomes in Kids?
Using a lower threshold for diagnosing gestational diabetes in mothers didn’t reduce the risk of large-for-gestational-age infants, according to the GEMS trial. After randomizing over 4,000 pregnant women, 15.3% were diagnosed with gestational diabetes using lower, and commonly recommended, glycemic criteria versus 6.1% using a higher threshold, Caroline Crowther, MD, of the University of Auckland […]
Potential target for treatment among patients with type 2 diabetes
In a potential game changer for patients with type 2 diabetes, a team of researchers at the Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism Institute (DOMI) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has identified a therapeutic target for the preservation and regeneration of beta cells (β cells) — cells in the pancreas that produce and […]
When Does The Pursuit Of Health Become Unhealthy?
Diabetes UK ambassador Jack Anderson shares how it felt to realise his “healthy” eating habits were wreaking damage on his body.
Diabetes Prevention Program Continuing After Successful Start – Wyoming Department of Health
Diabetes Prevention Program Continuing After Successful Start June 29, 2022 The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) continues to offer a no-cost, home-based virtual diabetes prevention program known as #PreventDiabetes to residents at risk of the disease and its effects. Amber Nolte, Chronic Disease Prevention Program manager with WDH, said residents participating in the program, which […]
Obesity in Teen Years Might Trigger Type 1 Diabetes
Latest Diabetes News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) Obesity is a well-known risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Now, a large new study adds to evidence that it also contributes to the much less common type 1 diabetes. The study, of nearly 1.5 million Israeli teenagers, found that those […]
Type 2 Diabetes Speeds Aging in the Brain – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Diabetes News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022 Type 2 diabetes is linked to memory and thinking problems, and a new study suggests it’s because the disease makes the brain age faster. Looking at data from 20,000 middle-aged and older adults, researchers found that — consistent with past studies — people […]
The paired perils of breast cancer and diabetes
Breast cancer and type 2 diabetes would seem to be distinctly different diseases, with commonality only in their commonality. Breast cancer is the second most diagnosed malignancy after some types of skin cancer; approximately 1 in eight U.S. women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of their lifetime. More than 10 percent of […]