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A handful of high-risk groups, including those with diabetes, need to be especially cautious about avoiding this pandemic. Doctors have been aware of the connection, but it’s taken them some time to figure out exactly why diabetes is such a risk factor for severe COVID-19 complications. But researchers believe the biggest reasons may include higher risks of cytokine storms, blood clotting and a few...
March 5, 2021
As we are growing up, our parents influence our health, from how much they encourage us to exercise to the food they provide. As adults, we take charge of our well-being. Or -do- we? Researchers have discovered surprising evidence that our spouses and domestic partners might also impact our wellbeing to a degree we've never quite realized. What Research Reveals About Couples’ Health - Our medical system...
February 11, 2021
The FDA has been busy cracking down on -contaminated prescription medications. So far, six drugs have tested positive for a chemical that shouldn’t be in any of them. Officials are still pinpointing how and why so many different medicines have the same problem, but the latest crackdown has involved the diabetes medication metformin. An Alarming Discovery in Metformin - According to the -American Chemical...
January 15, 2021
Feet do a lot of work. They bear our entire body weight in many cases and for most of us, they help us get around. This extraordinary level of service that we ask of them can sometimes lead to them being in pain. But the foot is a complex system with a lot of moving parts so pain can seem similarly located but be from very different sources. Knowing what to look for in the type and intensity of pain...
November 5, 2020
Most diets that seem successful limit dairy these days. Both in terms of ft content and overall calorie consumption as well as those facing food sensitivities. Dairy is often among the -first things to be cut from a diet- when someone wants to lose weight or when someone is challenged with gut issues. But one study may change this thinking. Could dairy protect against hypertension and diabetes? According...
October 29, 2020
All fats are not created equal. Even in the human body, different types of fats work in different ways. Researchers have understood the role of -brown fat- in energy metabolism for some time, but they’ve hit a few hurdles trying to figure out how to use the information to our benefit. A new breakthrough could change that, allowing more people to use brown fat to trigger weight loss and -improve metabolic...
October 1, 2020
Many experts link drinking too many sugar-sweetened beverages to weight gain and related conditions such as type 2 diabetes. But do diet drinks made with -artificial sweeteners- also contribute? A recent study showed that consuming artificially sweetened beverages with carbohydrates could boost our risk of insulin resistance, but not at all in the way the researchers thought they would. Artificial...
August 10, 2020
In the United States alone, over 34 million people suffer from diabetes, with over 1.5 million new diagnoses each year. About 1.6 million Americans have type 1 diabetes, which requires -insulin therapy-, but it’s extremely expensive and often hard for patients to regulate. Even with therapy, diabetes is an extremely dangerous disease with an astonishing death rate. Naturally, some researchers have...
August 5, 2020
COVID-19 seems to bring new surprises at every turn. The devastation has hit all over the world, the effects already having ravaged and killed hundreds of thousands of people. And it never seems to let up with me challenges coming to light all the time. This is science in real-time as we learn about this virus on the fly. Researchers are now reporting a subset of patients developing diabetes in response...
July 21, 2020
Body art may soon serve a function far beyond any personal statement or aesthetic appeal. Research into smart tattoos could revolutionize basic medical diagnostics, with the possibility of replacing some blood tests with patches of chemical-reactive ink. “Smart tattoos,” made with high-tech, chemical-reactive ink, could someday replace some common diagnostics. Research has been underway for combining...
June 10, 2020
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