Placenta Plays Role in Gestational Diabetes, Study Suggests
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 -- The placenta could be one reason why some women develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy, a new study finds.A deficit in the way the placenta expresses the gene for a hormone called insulin-like growth factor 1... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 17, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Increased Retinopathy Risk Seen With GLP-1RAs for Diabetes Increased Retinopathy Risk Seen With GLP-1RAs for Diabetes
But diabetes-related eye complication risks were reduced with SGLT2 inhibitors and insulin.Medscape News UK (Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - April 16, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Internal Medicine Clinical Summary Source Type: news
Ozempic Hurts the Fight Against Eating Disorders
It’s impossible to escape the soaring popularity of Ozempic and similar drugs these days—daily headlines, celebrity “success” stories, and apparent ease in procuring prescriptions (even Costco sells them now) abound. But the cumulative effect of all of this has many experts in the eating disorder field worried about how this might affect their patients. This makes sense—even for those without eating disorders, these drugs can feel both triggering and enticing. After all, research tells us about 90% of women are dissatisfied with their bodies. This sounds like a quick fix.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Cole Kazdin Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Sugar Substitutes Satisfy Appetite, Blunt Insulin Response Sugar Substitutes Satisfy Appetite, Blunt Insulin Response
Replacing sugar with sweeteners didn ' t increase appetite and lowered blood glucose levels in adults with overweight and obesity, showed a randomized trial.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - April 16, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Clinical Summary Source Type: news
How to reverse insulin resistance
In a Q&A, Yale ’s Gerald Shulman discusses the basics of insulin resistance, how the condition impacts our health, and the steps we can take to reverse it. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 11, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
This outdated diabetes drug still has something to offer
Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) are a class of drug that can be used to treat type 2 diabetes by reversing insulin resistance, one of the main hallmarks of the disease. While TZDs were extremely popular in the 1990’s and early 2000’s, they have fallen out of use among physicians in recent decades because they were discovered to cause unwanted side effects, including weight gain and excess fluid accumulation in body tissues. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - April 11, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Invitation: Roche Diagnostics Investor Day 2024
The Roche Investor Relations team would like to invite you to the Roche Diagnostics Investor Day that will take place in London on Wednesday, 22 May 2024, starting at 12:00 BST local time and will finish at 15:30 BST with a reception.The Roche Diagnostics Investor Day will address the following topics:Mass spectrometryContinuous glucose monitoringNext generation sequencingPoint of careUpcoming molecular diagnostics launchesNeurology biomarkers in development Presenters include:Matt Sause, CEO Roche DiagnosticsAlan Hippe, Chief Financial and IT OfficerPalani Kumaresan, Global Head of Roche Diagnostics Solutions (RDS)B...
Source: Roche Investor Update - April 10, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Let more NHS staff work flexibly to help solve staffing crisis
NHS managers should do more to allow staff to work in flexible ways, including having more control over shift patterns or doing compressed hours*, says UNISON today (Wednesday).
Data from a new UNISON survey** shows a significant proportion of healthcare workers are not being given the alternative work patterns they’ve asked for.
The survey found two-thirds (65%) of women employed in healthcare across the UK who’ve asked for different work arrangements had their requests agreed in full.
But more than one in five (22%) were unable to obtain flexible working. A further one in eight (13%) had their requests ini...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - April 10, 2024 Category: Food Science Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release 2024 National Health Conference flexible working NHS staff Source Type: news
America ’ s Growing Birthweight Crisis
Americans are increasingly at risk of having lower incomes, poorer health, and a worse shot at opportunity even before they are born. More babies are now born with low birthweights than in the last 30 years. This has caused growing inequalities that can persist if not properly addressed. In certain parts of the country, that risk may be ten-times greater.
Underweight newborns are at an increased risk of long term health challenges, lower IQ scores, and developmental delays. New data shows that the frequency of this problem is rising with more than 300,000 newborns now experiencing low birthweight. This public hea...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeremy Ney Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
What Experts Really Think About Diet Soda
Growing up, Olivia Dreizen Howell, 39, “lived on” diet soda. So did her family. At a family reunion in 1996, everyone sported T-shirts with their shared surname in Diet Coke-can font. “We drank Diet Coke, Diet ginger ale, and Diet Sprite like water—there was no difference in our household,” she says.
Like many, Howell believed that sugar-free soda was a benign choice. But the latest research casts doubt on that assumption, linking diet drinks to mood disorders, fatty liver development, autoimmune diseases, and cancer, to name a few.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perri Ormont Blumberg Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Bone health appears normal in transgender youth on hormone therapy
Bone mineral density (BMD) is only slightly below the normal average among transgender youth undergoing gender-affirming hormone therapy, according to a study by researchers at the University of Colorado in Aurora.
A team of pediatricians analyzed results from dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans in a group of transgender youth who participated in a trial at Children's Hospital Colorado between 2016 and 2018 to evaluate insulin sensitivity and body composition. The finding may be reassuring for youths undergoing gender-affirming care, noted lead author and medical student Micaela Roy.
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Source Type: news
How Abdominal Fibrogenesis Affects Adolescents With Obesity How Abdominal Fibrogenesis Affects Adolescents With Obesity
Abdominal fibrogenesis increased significantly, while the adipose tissue expandability remained unaffected in insulin-resistant adolescents with obesity.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news
Basal Insulin Non-Adherence Is Common in Type 2 Diabetes Basal Insulin Non-Adherence Is Common in Type 2 Diabetes
About 44% were non-adherent within 12 months.Medscape UK (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news
World-first artificial pancreas roll-out will see up to 150,000 diabetics get the life-changing gadgets on the NHS
The device - known as a hybrid closed-loop system - uses a hi-tech algorithm to determine the amount of insulin needed to keep the wearer's blood sugar levels steady, which is delivered via a pump. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A link between ghrelin and major depressive disorder: a mini review - Lis M, Mi łuch T, Majdowski M, Zawodny T.
Ghrelin is primarily responsible for regulating energy balance, as it increases appetite. However, in recent years, its new physiological functions have been discovered-it regulates lipogenesis, plays a role in the development of insulin resistance, and ev... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
