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Sep 19, 2016

Paralyzing Cone Snail Venom Could Inspire New Human Insulins

Venom that snails use to paralyze their prey before gobbling them up could inspire a new drug for diabetes. The venom that sea-dwelling cone snails squirt is an ultrafast-acting version of the hormone insulin, the molecular key that helps cells take in sugar from the blood and use it as...

Sep 28, 2016

World's First Automated Insulin-Delivery Device Approved in the U.S.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first automated insulin-delivery system. This represents a step toward a so-called artificial pancreas that could automatically regulate blood sugar levels for people who have diabetes. The device, made by the manufacturer Medtronic, has been approved to treat people with type 1...

Nov 14, 2016

Google Doodle Celebrates Inventor of Insulin

Everyone raise a glass of chocolate milk! Today's Google Doodle honors Frederick Banting, the doctor who first found a way to give insulin to patients with diabetes, nearly 100 years ago. Insulin is the hormone that tells cells to let in sugar from the blood, allowing the body to use...

Dec 2, 2016

Here Are the States with the Lowest & Highest Diabetes Rates

Diabetes is on the rise in the United States, and a new poll looks at where the disease is most and least common. In the poll, from Gallup-Healthways, researchers surveyed a nationally representative sample of more than 176,000 Americans in all 50 states in 2015. The participants were asked whether...

Dec 2, 2016

Diabetes in America: Full List of State Rankings

A new U.S. survey looks at the rate of diabetes in each state. The survey — a poll from Gallup-Healthways — includes information from a nationally representative sample of more than 176,000 Americans in all 50 states in 2015. Here's the full list of diabetes rates by state, ranked lowest...

Dec 28, 2016

Long-Sought 'Attack' Signal in Type 1 Diabetes Identified

In people with type 1 diabetes, the body wages a ruthless campaign of destruction against certain cells in the pancreas because it mistakes them for foreign invaders. Now, one of the long-sought triggers of this assault might have been found, according to a new study from Switzerland. The cells that...

Jan 27, 2017

Mary Tyler Moore's Life Offers Hope for People with Type 1 Diabetes

Mary Tyler Moore's death on Wednesday at age 80 may highlight the long-term effects that type 1 diabetes can have on the body. Moore died Jan. 25 after going into cardiopulmonary arrest, which means her heart stopped beating, several news outlets reported, citing Moore's publicist Mara Buxbaum. She had also...

Feb 15, 2017

Experimental Therapy May Slow Type 1 Diabetes

It may be possible to slow the progression of type 1 diabetes, according to a new pilot study that used an experimental therapy that centers on the immune system. In the new study, researchers in Sweden tested a new method to train the immune system to stop attacking the body's...

Feb 26, 2017

Type 2 Diabetes: Why Insulin Therapy Is So Difficult to Manage

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. So, your doctor told you that you need insulin therapy for your Type 2 diabetes. This is a common problem and likely to be more so in the coming...

Mar 9, 2017

Going Gluten-Free Won't Help You Avoid Diabetes

Gluten-free diets are all the rage these days, but for most people, shunning gluten may offer no benefit to overall health, a new analysis suggests. In fact, the people in the study who ate more gluten were 13 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes over the 30-year study...

Mar 21, 2017

Does 'Brown Fat' Explain a Link Between Temperature and Diabetes?

Are rising temperatures around the world also increasing the rates of diabetes? A new study from the Netherlands suggests that there may be a link between warming global temperatures and a higher prevalence of the disease, but not all experts are convinced. When the researchers analyzed average global temperatures and...

Jun 14, 2017

Broccoli Compound Could Help Treat Type 2 Diabetes

Some people don't like to eat their vegetables, but for obese people with type 2 diabetes, broccoli could hold the key to slowing, and potentially reversing, the disease, according to a new study. Scientists used both computational and experimental research to zero in on a network of 50 genes that...

Jan 24, 2018

No Needles: Contact Lens Could Monitor Glucose for People with Diabetes

Many people with diabetes need to prick their finger for a drop of blood up to eight times a day to monitor their glucose levels, an uncomfortable and cumbersome task. It can all add up to tens of thousands of finger pricks over a person's lifetime. Now, South Korean researchers...

Mar 2, 2018

The 5 'New' Types of Diabetes, Explained

Diabetes just got a little more complicated, or clearer, depending on your perspective. Researchers in Scandinavia have proposed classifying diabetes as five types of disease, rather than two types, according to a new study. But what are these different types, and why did the researchers make this decision? Having diabetes...

Jul 19, 2018

Diabetes May Increase Risk for Cancer, Especially for Women

People with diabetes appear to have a higher risk of developing cancer than those without diabetes, and the risk is greater in women than men, a new meta-analysis finds. In 2015, more than 400 million people had diabetes and 17.5 million people had cancer worldwide. And although previous studies have...