Sentences with phrase «diabetes complications studies»

This search for protective rather than risk factors is part of a paradigm shift in Joslin's diabetes complications studies, says Dr. King, who also is Joslin's chief scientific officer and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

The nationwide cohort study surveyed participants in the Japan Diabetes Complications Study who were between the ages of 40 and 70 and had been diagnosed with diabetes.

A second, unrelated study that analyzed data from a cohort of people with type 1 diabetes in the Pittsburgh area, the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications study (EDC), showed why it is so important to recognize depressive symptoms in people living with diabetes: Those who exhibit the highest level of depressive symptoms are most likely to die prematurely.

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The study found that there was no harm in advising women with diabetes in pregnancy, at low risks of complications, to express breastmilk from 36 weeks» gestation.

In both studies, the link between OSA and the two diabetes complications in people with Type 2 diabetes was independent of age, gender, ethnicity, blood pressure, blood glucose levels, smoking and cholesterol.

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Studies have shown that diabetes complications can be greatly reduced by measuring glucose levels several times a day to inform diet and medication decisions.

Many studies have indicated that an increasing number of pregnant women in the U.S. have health conditions that could boost the risk of problematic complications including chronic health disease, hypertension and diabetes.

«In further studies we want to examine how different combination therapies affect the retinal proteins, in order to achieve a better understanding of the causes and treatment of this diabetes complication,» added Dr. Stefanie Hauck (PROT).

«If these improvements continue over time, they may result in a lower risk of heart disease,» said the study's principal investigator, Carel Le Roux, MD, PhD, Diabetes Complications Research Centre, University College Dublin.

«The next step is a much larger - scale study, to look at the genetics and immune systems of people still making insulin, and to answer the important question of whether the complications of Type 1 Diabetes are reduced in people with low levels of insulin.»

It suggests an opportunity to educate both patients and providers to decrease complications and improve outcomes,» says senior study author Megan R. Haymart, M.D., assistant professor of metabolism, endocrinology and diabetes at Michigan Medicine.

New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that age (or age at diagnosis) and duration of diabetes disease are linked to the risk of death and marcovascular complications (those in larger blood vessels), whereas only diabetes duration is linked to the risk of microvascular complications (in smaller blood vessels such as those in thDiabetes) shows that age (or age at diagnosis) and duration of diabetes disease are linked to the risk of death and marcovascular complications (those in larger blood vessels), whereas only diabetes duration is linked to the risk of microvascular complications (in smaller blood vessels such as those in thdiabetes disease are linked to the risk of death and marcovascular complications (those in larger blood vessels), whereas only diabetes duration is linked to the risk of microvascular complications (in smaller blood vessels such as those in thdiabetes duration is linked to the risk of microvascular complications (in smaller blood vessels such as those in the eyes).

The paper, published in the journal Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes), found for the first time that dementia - related complications within the brain can also lead to changes in glucose handling and ultimately dDiabetes), found for the first time that dementia - related complications within the brain can also lead to changes in glucose handling and ultimately diabetesdiabetes.

«Although many guidelines recommend people with diabetes reduce their salt intake to lower the risk of complications, this study is among the first large longitudinal studies to demonstrate the benefits of a low - sodium diet in this population.»

«This is a very exciting finding, obtained by studying patients» cells, that has the potential to result in a new treatment for this chronic complication of longstanding Type 1 diabetes,» Dr. Folli said.

With the rate of diabetes increasing dramatically worldwide, many individuals will be at risk for vision loss from diabetic eye complications and DME is a major global health concern,» says Jennifer K. Sun, M.D., M.P.H., a member of the study research team and writing committee, and an Investigator in the Section on Vascular Biology, an ophthalmologist in Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School.

«Other studies have identified a connection between inflammation biomarkers and pregnancy complications such as pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes,» Palomba said.

Study findings indicate that among older adults who had diabetes for a shorter duration (9 years or less), nonfatal cardiovascular complications had the highest incidence (coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, and cerebrovascular disease), followed by diabetic eye disease and acute hypoglycemic events.

Cardiovascular complications and hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) were common nonfatal complications in adults 60 years of age and older with diabetes, according to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.

«The high burden of early complications in youth with diabetes requires additional research to clarify the underlying causes and to identify effective intervention strategies,» said Dr. Dana Dabelea, lead author and co-chair of the national SEARCH Study and professor of epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

The study, from researchers involved with the nationwide SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study, looked at five health complications and co-morbidities of diabetes, including: retinopathy (eye disease), diabetic kidney disease, peripheral neuropathy (altered sensation in the feet), arterial stiffness and high blood presstudy, from researchers involved with the nationwide SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study, looked at five health complications and co-morbidities of diabetes, including: retinopathy (eye disease), diabetic kidney disease, peripheral neuropathy (altered sensation in the feet), arterial stiffness and high blood pDiabetes in Youth Study, looked at five health complications and co-morbidities of diabetes, including: retinopathy (eye disease), diabetic kidney disease, peripheral neuropathy (altered sensation in the feet), arterial stiffness and high blood presStudy, looked at five health complications and co-morbidities of diabetes, including: retinopathy (eye disease), diabetic kidney disease, peripheral neuropathy (altered sensation in the feet), arterial stiffness and high blood pdiabetes, including: retinopathy (eye disease), diabetic kidney disease, peripheral neuropathy (altered sensation in the feet), arterial stiffness and high blood pressure.

«We have walkable neighbourhoods in many towns and cities in Canada, but they have to actually be used to help us reduce our risks of developing chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes and its associated complications,» says study senior author, Dr. Kaberi Dasgupta, MUHC internal medicine physician and an associate professor of medicine at McGill 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 study also found that the higher the dose of any of the statins, the greater the risk of diabetes, diabetes complications, and obesity.

As in prior studies among older adults, we found that obesity was associated with a decreased risk of dementia, consistent with the hypothesis that, while obesity in mid-life may increase risk for later - life cognitive decline and dementia, obesity at older ages may be associated with cognitive and other health advantages.25 - 27 The trend toward a declining risk for dementia in the face of a large increase in the prevalence of diabetes suggests that improvements in treatments between 2000 and 2012 may have decreased dementia risk, along with the documented declines in the incidence of common diabetes - related complications, such as heart attack, stroke, and amputations.11 Our finding of a significant decline between 2000 and 2012 of the heart disease - related OR for dementia would also be consistent with improved cardiovascular treatments leading to a decline in dementia risk.

In the study, statin use was also associated with a «very high risk of diabetes complications,» says Mansi.

Among 3,351 pairs of similar patients — part of the overall study group — those patients on statins were 250 percent more likely than their non-statin-using counterparts to develop diabetes with complications.

The finding builds on an earlier surprise from the Joslin Medalist Study program, which looks for clues on how some people live with type 1 diabetes for more than 50 years with unusually low levels of complications, says George King, M.D., Joslin's Chief Scientific Officer and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

But the new study firmly establishes that some of these cells endure for many decades in some Medalists — offering clues to potential treatments for preserving and even restoring the crucial cell population, says George L. King, M.D., senior author on the paper, Joslin's chief scientific officer and head of the Dianne Nunnally Hoppes Laboratory for Diabetes Complications.

I know the research faculty is looking forward to have Alex lead our efforts in the study of gut microbiome on all aspects of diabetes and its related complications.

Natarajan has been at the forefront of research on the complications of diabetes and the first to study epigenetic changes in diabetic vascular complications and metabolic memory.

Researchers are building a database of DNA sequence, functional and epigenomic information, and clinical data from studies on type 2 diabetes and its macro - and microvascular complications, and creating analytic tools to analyze these data.

«We know that people with type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance are susceptible to atherosclerosis, but our study shows that excess insulin alone does not promote this complication.»

Children of these families tend to be extremely obese, and there has actually been studies showing that if these children are treated with leptin or injected with leptin chronically over time, this resolves and significantly reduces the weight gain, and they become leaner and this prevents other complications such as diabetes that can develop.

«We are very eager to develop new treatments for diabetic kidney disease,» says George King, M.D., lead author of the study, and chief scientific officer, head of the Dianne Nunnally Hoppes Laboratory for Diabetes Complications and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

April 18, 2011 Elderly diabetes patients with very low glucose levels have slightly increased risk of death A new study of older diabetes patients has found that well - controlled blood sugar levels were associated with a lower risk of major complications such as heart attacks, amputation and kidney disease, but the very lowest blood sugar levels were associated with a small but significant increased risk of death.

«This would be a great way of avoiding many of the complications associated with diabetes,» said Jeff Millman, a co-author of the study and a professor of medicine and biomedical engineering at Washington University.

However, this additional care was not linked to a drop in pregnancy - related complications, such as high blood pressure, gestational diabetes and overly large babies, the study found.

A 2005 study from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) involving more than 157,000 people with diabetes found that more than two - thirds weren't adequately controlling their blood sugar, which put them at risk for blindness, kidney failure, foot amputation, and other complications.

In the new study, a research team led by David M. Nathan, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, looked at results from three large, long - term studies: the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT); its follow - up study, the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC); and the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications (EDC) study.

A 2011 study in the Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences by Mazloom et alfound that vitamin c supplementation «can decrease fasting and postprandial oxidative stress and may prevent diabetes complication» (13).

In diabetes, studies have shown that people with higher levels of various pesticides, had higher hemoglobin A1c levels (a measure of long term glucose control) and more neurological complications.

Epidemiological studies support that people who are deficient in vitamin D have a higher risk for developing an immune - related condition like chronic infections, metabolic complications such as type 1 diabetes, and autoimmune diseases (3).

One study in diabetic rats also showed that intermittent fasting protected against kidney damage, one of the most severe complications of diabetes (13).

While benfotiamine may be a promising supplement for Alzheimer's disease, diabetes complications, and other conditions involving advanced glycation end - products, not all studies have shown benefits.

Epidemiological studies suggest that individuals who have inadequate Vitamin D levels are at an increased likelihood to develop an immune - related disorder such as chronic infections, autoimmune diseases and metabolic complications associated with type 1 diabetes.

Fresh fruit consumption in relation to incident diabetes and diabetic vascular complications: A 7 - y prospective study of 0.5 million Chinese adults.

A 2001 study, for example, noted that AGEs cause «the complications of diabetes and aging,» with the AGEs particularly affecting things like collagen (which gives skin its firmness) and elastin (which helps skin bounce back after being stretched).

Molecular Aspects of Lipoic Acid in the Prevention of Diabetes Complications Nutrition 2001 (Oct); 17 (10): 888 — 895 In experimental and clinical studies, LA markedly reduced the symptoms of diabetic pathologies, including cataract formation, vascular damage, and polyneuropathy.