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How sweet! A daily dose of dark chocolate may cut your risk of diabetes
2 weeks, 5 days ago

How sweet! A daily dose of dark chocolate may cut your risk of diabetes

NPR  

A daily dose of dark chocolate may cut your risk of diabetes toggle caption Dulin/Getty Images The idea that eating cocoa-rich, dark chocolate may offer health benefits is not new. Now, a new study finds people who have a habit of eating a little dark chocolate — about an ounce per day — have a 21% lower risk of developing …

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Stem cell therapy to cure T1 diabetes? The Indian perspective
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Stem cell therapy to cure T1 diabetes? The Indian perspective

The Hindu  

Stem cell therapy is a cutting-edge development in regenerative medicine that holds the promise of a functional cure for Type 1 diabetes by enabling the body to regenerate insulin-producing beta cells. This is the first ever successful breakthrough in regenerating functional insulin-producing cells through stem cell therapy. Given these facts, stem cell therapy represents an exciting frontier in the treatment …

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Loss of cells in pancreas in elderly might cause age-related diabetes: Research
11 months ago

Loss of cells in pancreas in elderly might cause age-related diabetes: Research

Hindustan Times  

Tokyo Metropolitan University researchers investigated pancreatic islet cell loss in persons who had no prior pancreatic issues. They discovered major trends in the types of cells lost owing to islet cell loss in different age groups and sexes, concluding that ICL in the elderly was mostly caused by insulin-producing beta cell loss. Loss of cells in pancreas in elderly might …

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Study finds how obesity triggers diabetes, may help prevent, delay disease
1 year, 11 months ago

Study finds how obesity triggers diabetes, may help prevent, delay disease

The Hindu  

A new study has uncovered details about the mechanism of how obesity triggers diabetes, which could provide researchers with a target to help prevent or delay diabetes in some of those at risk. "If we could intervene before they actually develop diabetes, we might be able to prevent significant health problems - such as heart disease, chronic kidney disease, nerve …

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Obesity, overweight can lead to diabetes: Study
1 year, 11 months ago

Obesity, overweight can lead to diabetes: Study

Hindustan Times  

Overweight and obese people have a higher chance of developing diabetes, but the exact mechanism is not well understood. "Between 30 million and 40 million people in the United States have Type 2 diabetes, and another 90 million to 100 million have risk factors that make them likely to develop Type 2 diabetes in the future," said senior investigator Clay …

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The innovations that could bring us closer to curing diabetes
4 years, 3 months ago

The innovations that could bring us closer to curing diabetes

The Independent  

Diabetes is a disease of our times. In type 1 diabetes, the body’s own immune system attacks special cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. At the time of writing, the French are working on a vaccine for diabetes that would downgrade the body’s enthusiasm to attack its own islet cells and help preserve what little insulin-producing tissue still exists. …

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