Could repurposing certain drugs help treat other conditions? Well, according to Technology Networks, yes. Recently, researchers from the UCL Great Ormond Institute of Child Health and the Great Ormond Street…
Research has shown that there is a relationship between type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, an umbrella of diseases that include damaged blood vessels, blood clots, and other issues. In…
by Danielle Bradshaw from In The Cloud Copy The National Institutes of Health is funding a study throughout the entire United States with the goal of figuring out what causes…
Currently, there are a host of health-related issues associated with diabetes. One specific health problem, which currently represents an unmet need, is pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. According to…
Recently, IM Therapeutics, a developer of therapies for patients with autoimmune conditions, announced the start of a Phase 1b clinical trial designed to evaluate IMT-002 for type 1 diabetes. Interestingly,…
Salk Institute scientists have scored a significant gain in their quest to find a functional treatment for type 1 diabetes. According to an article in Salk News, scientists at the…
According to a recent article in Medscape News, myocardial infarction (coronary artery blockage) and cerebrovascular incidents (stroke) have a direct correlation to diabetic retinopathy. The risk doubles when the…
According to a recent article in Medscape News, myocardial infarction (coronary artery blockage) and cerebrovascular incidents (stroke) have a direct correlation to diabetic retinopathy. The risk doubles when the…
This year, the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) held their annual meeting online. Many leaders in the field, such as Dr. Bobeck Modjtahedi, MD, attended to present new…
By Lauren Thayer from In The Cloud Copy Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults or LADA is a slow progressing form of autoimmune diabetes. Similar to type 1 diabetes, also an…
Babraham and Wellcome Sanger Institutes partnered in a major research project and discovered a connection between the genome’s non-protein coding ‘dark matter’ region and autoimmune or allergic diseases. A…
A person with diabetes is not able to properly make or use insulin well. Advancements in science are now seriously looking at updating and perfecting ways to help people…
According to a story from Healio, chronic kidney disease and diabetes are closely related. Kidney disease is unfortunately a frequent complication of both type 1 and 2 diabetes. In the…
By Jack Gerard from In The Cloud Copy When it comes to the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, many consider this to fall under the role of a primary care…
The PoppyPocket The PoppyPocket is a wearable pocket, created to make wearing infusion pumps and well as other medical devices easier, safer, and more comfortable. It comes with two pockets,…
Just Like You Dolls Just Like You Dolls is a family owned business based in Australia. They design dolls to match their child owner as closely as possible. This includes…
Next time you order up fries, you might want to think twice before sprinkling on the sodium chloride—but not for the obvious health reasons. Sodium is a no-no for people…
Here's some good news for the day: According to nutritionist Dr. Keith Pearson, there is ample evidence that cinnamon helps to lower blood sugar and fight diabetes! Let's go over…
What do you think of when you hear "diabetes"? I always think of lots of sugar, soda and candy. Diabetes can really affect anyone's life, as I learned recently from…
For the Rust family, 2015 was challenging—challenging in ways they never thought imaginable. Why? Because this past year, their eight-year-old son Jourdin began displaying peculiar symptoms—extreme weight loss, in particular—which started…
How much do you hate having to watch your common variable immune deficiency (CVID) child infuse? It’s heart wrenching, not to mention, exhausting dealing with the push back from children who…
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