A team led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has isolated a natural hormone from muscle cells that triggers some of the key health benefits of exercise. They say the protein, which serves as a chemical messenger, is a highly promising candidate for development as a novel treatment for diabetes, obesity and perhaps other disorders, including cancer…
New research published online recently suggests that following a vegetarian diet and exercising at least three times a week significantly reduces the risk of diabetes among African Americans, who are normally twice as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes as non-Hispanic whites…
Building muscle can lower your insulin resistance risk, which in turn lowers your chances of developing pre-diabetes, and ultimately protecting you from ever suffering from diabetes type 2, researchers from the University of California in Los Angeles revealed in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Insulin resistance is a major precursor for diabetes type 2…
If you watch TV daily for at least 2 to 3 hours your risk of developing diabetes type 2, having nonfatal cardiovascular disease and dying from any cause is higher, researchers from the University of Southern Denmark and Harvard School of Public Health revealed in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association…
Researchers may have discovered a new advantage for Type 1 diabetics, according to research presented today at the American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM) 58th Annual Meeting and 2nd World Congress on Exercise is Medicine®. New research suggests that diabetics may burn more fat than non-diabetics during exercise…
Call me crazy, but Detroit is going incredibly health conscious and has begun developing technology that will be able to monitor glucose levels, provide severe allergy alerts and keep medical records available all at the touch of a button in your car’s interior. Ford Motor Company and their SYNC technology are leading the way…
Structured exercise programs comprising aerobics, resistance training or both helps people with type 2 diabetes control blood sugar levels, and although physical exercise advice by itself does not appear to make any difference, when combined with dietary advice it does, according to a Brazilian-led study that pooled data from over 50 trials involving more than 8,500 participants…
Implementing structured exercise training, including aerobic, resistance or both, was associated with a greater reduction in hemoglobin A1c levels (a marker of glucose control) for patients with diabetes compared to patients in the control group, and longer weekly exercise duration was also associated with a greater decrease in these levels, according to results of an analysis …
Lower potassium levels in the blood may help explain why African-Americans are twice as likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes as whites, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers. The findings, if confirmed, suggest that part of diabetes prevention may someday prove as easy as taking a cheap potassium supplement…
New guidelines on exercise for people with diabetes are likely to open some eyes and, for those who follow them, help prevent or manage diabetes, improve overall health and boost quality of life. A panel of nine experts developed the recommendations, published this month in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise®, the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)…