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Diabetes is one of the most common diseases affecting the population, especially in those who do not have good, healthy eating habits.

Types of diabetes

- Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 diabetics produce little or no insulin. This type of diabetes usually appears in childhood or youth and those who suffer from external sources need insulin your body to help control their blood sugar.

- Type 2 Diabetes
In this type of diabetes, the body does not produce enough insulin or can not use it properly. It is the most common variant of the disease that usually appears in adulthood. Often can be controlled with diet and exercise, but other times, it takes pills and even injections of insulin.

- Gestational Diabetes
It affects some pregnant women and usually disappears after delivery. Often recur in future pregnancies (two of every three cases). Having suffered from gestational diabetes increases the risk for type 2 diabetes later.

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Experts Biomedical Research Center in Red-Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn) have shown that blood donation leads to an improvement in insulin resistance.

Experts Biomedical Research Center in Red-Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn) through Section of Endocrinology, Hospital Josep Trueta de Girona, directed by Dr. Jose Manuel Fernandez-Real, have shown that blood donation drive to an improvement in insulin resistance and, consequently, could prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes, the most common among obese people and linked to a sedentary life style.

The center, under the Ministry of Science and Innovation, said today in a statement that the blood samples in a controlled manner can balance the levels of iron absorbed by the organism and thus prevent oxidation of tissues. Read the rest of this entry »

The risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction was reduced by 17%, and coronary heart disease by 15%.

The reduction “gradual and safe” blood glucose is beneficial to reduce the serious complications of diabetes, including macro vascular events, according to a meta-analysis of five major studies (UKPDS, ADVANCE, ACCORD, VADT, and Proactive) with 33,040 patients conducted by an independent team of researchers from the UK and whose results are published in the journal The Lancet (2009; 373:1765-1772).

The assessment criteria assessed included cardiovascular nonfatal myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease (myocardial infarction, fatal and non fatal), stroke and mortality associated with type 2 diabetes. After five years of treatment, the level of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) media in patients who followed the intensive regimen of blood glucose was 0.9 percent lower than those receiving standard treatment. Read the rest of this entry »

The latest recommendations from the American Heart Association are categorical: “for patients with type 2 diabetes, exercise is feasible, appropriate and beneficial.” In his advice to prevent cardiovascular complications, patients should complete at least two hours of moderate exercise or 90 minutes of vigorous activity a week. At a minimum, the meetings should take place in three alternate days.

“Physical activity has a favorable effect on the risk factors by reducing hypertension, hyperlipidemia and obesity,” and helps control glucose levels, highlights the company in a statement that includes this week’s journal ‘Circulation’.

Therefore “[...], the exercise should be a component of the prevention tips received by each patient with type 2 diabetes. Read the rest of this entry »

The hormone adiponectin could serve as a biomarker for predicting diabetes 2

The hormone adiponectin could serve as a biomarker to predict type 2 diabetes, a study of the Biomarkers Consortium Foundation that manages the National Institutes of Health U.S. published in the online edition of the journal Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

According to its authors, the research could help prescribe better therapies with fewer side effects to the millions who suffer from this disorder.

The current work, led by John A. Wagner from Merck Research Laboratories in Rahway (USA), reaffirms that hormone levels in patients with type 2 diabetes may also predict response to certain anti diabetic agents. Read the rest of this entry »

Obesity often leads to insulin resistance, a condition that can lead to development of type 2 diabetes.

Obesity often leads to insulin resistance, a condition that can lead to development of type 2 diabetes. Researchers at Monash University in Australia have now discovered that behind this result could be a protein called factor derived from the pigment epithelium (FDEP) that is secreted by fat cells.

The authors, who publish their work in the journal Cell Metabolism, provide evidence suggesting that specifically blocks the action of this protein could eliminate some of the complications of obesity.

Explains Matthew Watt, director of the study, “with the obesity increases the release of FDEP fat, leading to higher levels of FDEP in the blood. FDEP it sends a signal to other body tissues, producing insulin resistance in muscle and liver, a major defect that leads to the development of type 2 diabetes.

The high level of FDEP is also associated with an increased release of fatty acids from fat stores, which causes increased levels of blood lipids. This dyslipidaemia could be associated with other complications including cardiovascular disease. Read the rest of this entry »