Diabetes

Researchers may have found a way to reduce the amount of fat absorbed by the body. Mixing food with specially engineered tiny silica particles has been seen to reduce the body's energy absorption of high-fat foods, and human trials are now underway.

The dream of a non-invasive device to continually monitor blood glucose levels has never become reality. The latest prospective technique, from the University of Warwick, uses artificial intelligence to detect low blood glucose from simple ECG data.

Regular insulin can accumulate into clumps to create blockages that pose a risk to diabetics, but scientists in Australia have engineered what they say is a safer alternative, with egg yolks serving as their starting point.

Research led by UCLA has uncovered a new process that may help explain how Type 2 diabetes develops. In tests on live mice and human cells, the team found a new mechanism that triggers pancreatic cells to begin overproducing insulin.

For a person with diabetes, monitoring blood glucose levels is an everyday hassle, usually involving finger pricks. A new prototype glucose monitor has been designed to power itself from that same glucose in bodily fluids.

A study is suggesting restricting food intake to a 10-hour window each day may be a simple way to help treat metabolic syndromes. The 12-week study revealed the intervention, in conjunction with prescribed drugs, improved patients’ health outcomes.

New research from Tufts University may make it a little easier to manage diabetes. In mouse tests, the team implanted beta cells that produce more insulin on demand, when they’re activated by blue light.

A team at MIT has developed a new capsule that would survive a trip through the stomach and deliver its drug payload to the lining of the small intestine via microneedles.

A new insole is designed to keep diabetic foot ulcers from forming, by monitoring skin pressure and temperature.

A new study has now found that less than six hours sleep a night increases the chances of early death in subjects suffering from some chronic diseases.

Fructose may be more damaging to your health than glucose according to a new animal study comparing the effect of both sweetening compounds on liver metabolism.

New research has discovered how gut bacteria can directly influence blood sugar levels by promoting the synthesis of gut-derived serotonin.