Beta Bionics iLet Bionic Pancreas System Gets FDA Breakthrough Designation
Beta Bionics, a firm based in Boston, MA, won Breakthrough Device designation from the FDA for its iLet Bionic Pancreas System, a wearable designed to automatically control blood-sugar levels. Unlike traditional insulin pumps, the iLet doesn’t need any input from the patient about their dietary intake, insulin delivery rates, nor are bolus doses needed to compensate for meals or to correct abnormal levels.
The iLet remains an investigational device as far as the FDA is concerned, but it has put it on a rapid course toward potential approval, as it may significantly impact how patients with diabetes manage their bl...
Source: Medgadget - December 11, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Medicine Source Type: blogs
Cancer Survivors have Double the Risk of Suffering a Later Stroke
We present a contemporary analysis of risk of fatal stroke among more than 7.5 million cancer patients and report that stroke risk varies as a function of disease site, age, gender, marital status, and time after diagnosis. The risk of stroke among cancer patients is two times that of the general population and rises with longer follow-up time. The relative risk of fatal stroke, versus the general population, is highest in those with cancers of the brain and gastrointestinal tract. The plurality of strokes occurs in patients older than 40 years of age with cancers of the prostate, breast, and colorectum. Patients of any ag...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 9, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, December 9th 2019
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Longevity Industry Consulting Services
Reason, the founder of Fight Aging! and Repair Biotechnologies, offers strategic consulting services to investors, entrepreneurs, and others interested in the longevity industry and its complexities. To find out m...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 8, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Psoriasis and cancer: What ’s the link?
This study does not go into detail about the extent to which these comorbidities may influence the increased risk of cancer in psoriasis patients.
People with severe psoriasis often do not get enough relief with topical therapies (ones applied to the skin), such as topical corticosteroids and vitamin D analogues. They may then be started on medications that target specific immune cells and proteins. Some of these medications increase the risk of infections. Previous studies have found little to no increased risk of cancer in patients receiving these therapies. Other treatments, such as phototherapy (light therapy), are kno...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - December 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dominic Wu, MD Tags: Cancer Skin and Hair Care Source Type: blogs
The Latest on Cellular Senescence in Type 2 Diabetes
One of the more unexpected recent findings relating to cellular senescence is that it appears to be an important part of the mechanisms that lead to loss of the pancreatic β-cells responsible for insulin secretion in both type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes - which are very different conditions, despite the shared name. The authors of the brief open access commentary noted here discuss the present state of this research.
Age is one of the major risk factors for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). However, the understanding of how cellular aging contributes to diabetes pathogenesis is incomplete and...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 5, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Drugmakers discover tardive dyskinesia. And they profit in it.
Before direct-to-consumer ads, physicians tried to reassure patients they were probably fine. Today, drug ads and online symptom checkers do just the opposite. The most insidious are“unbranded” ads that scare people about a disease without mentioning the drug they are trying to sell. Notable unbranded disease campaigns sell the obscure exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, shift […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 30, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/martha-rosenberg" rel="tag" > Martha Rosenberg < /a > < /span > Tags: Meds Medications Neurology Source Type: blogs
Defend your pancreatic beta cells
The post Defend your pancreatic beta cells appeared first on Dr. William Davis. (Source: Wheat Belly Blog)
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 19, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle diabetes Gliadin grain-free Inflammation Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, November 11th 2019
In conclusion, high-dose NR induces the onset of WAT dysfunction, which may in part explain the deterioration of metabolic health.
Towards a Rigorous Definition of Cellular Senescence
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2019/11/towards-a-rigorous-definition-of-cellular-senescence/
The accumulation of lingering senescent cells is a significant cause of aging, disrupting tissue function and generating chronic inflammation throughout the body. Even while the first senolytic drugs capable of selectively destroying these cells already exist, and while a number of biotech companies are working on the producti...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 10, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Reviewing Leucine Supplementation as a Treatment for Sarcopenia
Sarcopenia is the name given to the characteristic loss of muscle mass and strength that takes place with advancing age. A surprisingly large fraction of this loss is self inflicted: few people undertake the necessary exercise and strength training to maintain muscle in later life. But the rest of the losses are to some degree inevitable, a consequence of damage and disarray in muscle stem cells, neuromuscular junctions, and various processes necessary to muscle tissue maintenance. There is evidence for one those issues to be a growing inability to process leucine, an essential amino acid. Leucine supplementation may thus ...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 8, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Top Diabetes Companies On The Way To The Artificial Pancreas
Connected continuous glucose sensing technologies, sensors inserted under the skin, digital skin patches, and many more innovations appeared on the market in the last years to make diabetes management as easy as possible. Here, we collected the flagship companies on the way to ultimately building the artificial pancreas or offering solutions to turn diabetes into an invisible condition.
From honey urine to DIY artificial
pancreas
Diabetes
has been around for centuries, if not even for thousands of years. In ancient
China, India, or Greece, doctors already described the condition. In India, people
discovered that the...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 24, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine blood blood sugar CGM connected health diabetes diabetes management digital digital health glucose insulin monitoring technology Source Type: blogs
What ’ s on USMLE Step 1?
By BRYAN CARMODY
Recently, I was on The Accad and Koka Report to share my opinions on USMLE Step 1 scoring policy. (If you’re interested, you can listen to the episode on the show website or iTunes.)
Most of the topics we discussed were ones I’ve already dissected on this site. But there was an interesting moment in the show, right around the 37:30 mark, that raises an important point that is worthy of further analysis.
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ANISH: There’s also the fact that nobody is twisting the arms of program directors to use [USMLE Step 1] scores, correct? Even in an era when you had clini...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Education Medical Practice Physicians Bryan Carmody Step 1 USMLE Step 1 Source Type: blogs
Closed-Loop Artificial Pancreas Better at Controlling Blood Glucose than Current Treatments
This study in particular demonstrates tight blood sugar control overnight so a person can wake up with a blood sugar level close to normal most mornings.”
Study in New England Journal of Medicine: Six-Month Randomized, Multicenter Trial of Closed-Loop Control in Type 1 Diabetes
Flashback: A Brief Look at Dexcom G6 Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
Via: University
of Virginia (Source: Medgadget)
Source: Medgadget - October 21, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Informatics Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
8 Nootropics to Stimulate Your Brain This Fall
You're reading 8 Nootropics to Stimulate Your Brain This Fall, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
Nootropics is a term coined by Dr. Corneliu E. Giurgea
to describe a class of drugs, supplements, and other synthetic and naturally
occurring compounds that improve cognitive function in our brains. They’re
often called “smart drugs,” as they can help us think faster and more
efficiently.
Although used by pretty much everyone, these nootropic supplements are especially
popular among younger and olde...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - September 26, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nadav Dakner Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement nootropics pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
Edward Stopa, long-time neuropathologist at Brown University, passes away
Edward Stopa, MD,65, after a brief and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He touched many lives and served as mentor to many in neuropathology, including me. Since 1993, Ed was the director of neuropathology at Brown and led the division until his retirement earlier this year. I was a neuropathology fellow under his directorship from 2004-06 and fondly remember his sense of humor, curiosity, andjoie de vivre.Ed made many strides in the understanding of Alzheimer disease through close collaborations with basic and clinical neuroscientists. He contributed extensively to our knowledge of the hypothalamic mechanisms tha...
Source: neuropathology blog - September 19, 2019 Category: Radiology Tags: neuropathologists Source Type: blogs
Diabetes Plush Pancreas Toys to Love (with Giveaway!)
As plush toys can be soothing to people with chronic illness, DiabetesMine features the Plush Pancreas from I Heart Guts. (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - September 16, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Authors: DiabetesMine Team Source Type: blogs
