Active young adults with Type 1 diabetes have muscle complications: Study

(York University) A new study from McMaster and York universities has found that poor muscle health may be a complication of Type 1 diabetes, even among active twenty-somethings. The researchers found structural and functional changes in the power generation parts of the cell, or mitochondria, of those with diabetes. Not only were the mitochondria less capable of producing energy for the muscle, they were also releasing high amounts of toxic reactive oxygen species, related to cell damage.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news