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On September 16, 2013 the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland released an interesting piece of news. It was done in conjunction with the University College Cork’s Sociology Department and focused on recent type 1 diabetes research. According to the Ireland based healthcare professionals’ research, there are several factors that cause young people afflicted with type 1 diabetes to become stressed. They also found that those factors may be mitigated by providing type 1 diabetes sufferers with access to clinical and social support as well as educational materials. It isn’t the first time that type 1 diabetes research has indicated as such either. In the late summer of 2012, an article appeared in an issue of Diabetes Spectrum. The article focused on the results of a study supported by the University of Melbourne. It too indicated that those with type 1 diabetes crave support from their peers. Thankfully, there is a multitude of ways that those diagnosed with type 1…
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In early September 2013, the Annals of Family Medicine published the results of an attention-grabbing study on type 2 diabetes. The study was conducted by representatives of California’s Western University of Health Sciences. What the California researchers’ work revealed may startle you. The study involved 543 individuals with a pre-existing type 2 diabetes diagnosis and the results of less than a dozen randomized control trials (RCTs). The California researchers’ goal in gathering the previously mentioned data was to determine whether not the consumption of cinnamon would have a noticeable impact on the test subjects’ lipid and glycemia levels. Based on the results of their work, the spice is capable of altering several aspects of a type 2 diabetic’s health. For example, it did lower cholesterol and fasting plasma glucose levels in some people. However, it did not seem to impact the type 2 diabetic test subject’s hemoglobin levels. In addition to presenting their findings, the California based researchers urged type…
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Gestational diabetes made news headlines in late July 2013 thanks to the release of one particular research group’s results. The study was completed by the well-respected researchers at Northwestern University. Here’s a quick look at what their findings may mean for pregnant women in the future: The researchers’ findings seem to indicate that there are two, distinct, gene variants that are common among women who develop the disease. The two genes involved are BACE2 and HKDC1. BACE2 is classified as a protease and has made headlines before. Just last year, it was heralded as being beneficial in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. It also plays a role in glucose metabolism as does HKDC1. It is an enzyme as well. At this point, it is believed that the knowledge of the link may prove helpful to pregnant women and their OB/GYNs in the future. For example, an OB/GYN treating a woman with a family history of gestational diabetes may be able…
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