Your gut is something of an immunological mystery.
Unlike the rest of the body, which tends to treat foreign invaders with a singular purpose—seek and destroy—the stomach cannot afford to be so indiscriminate. It exists to help fuel the body, and that means routinely welcoming foreign bodies in the form food.
Continue reading How hot peppers and marijuana could help cure gut problems
GOOGLE’S ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE can play the ancient game of Go better than any human. It can identify faces, recognize spoken words, and pull answers to your questions from the web. But the promise is that this same kind of technology will soon handle far more serious work than playing games and feeding smartphone apps. One day, it could help care for the human body.
Continue reading Google’s AI Reads Retinas to Prevent Blindness in Diabetics
BEING FAT SUCKS. I’m not judging; I’ve been overweight all my life. Obesity puts you at risk for high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and even some cancers.
Continue reading Diabetes Drug That Also Treats Obesity Could Make Billions
Researchers at MIT and Harvard figured out how to produce pancreatic beta cells — the ones that produce insulin — in large quantities back in 2014. The same intercollegiate team announced in the journal Nature on Monday that they’ve now managed to implant those cells into mice that have been genetically designed to suffer from Type 1 diabetes — without the cells being rejected.
Continue reading New stem cell treatment could ‘cure’ type 1 diabetes
Wondering what blood sugar has to do with you, if you don’t have diabetes? Keeping your blood sugar levels as steady as possiblenow may help you avoid getting diabetes later. “As you get older, your risk for type 2 diabetes goes up,” says Alissa Rumsey, Registered Dietitian and Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. “Since you can’t modify your age, it is important to take other steps to lower your risk, including maintaining a healthy weight, getting enough exercise, and balancing your diet to prevent spikes in blood sugar.”
Continue reading The 4 Foods That Will Steady Your Blood Sugar
A three-year-old American girl has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes — a condition linked to obesity — making her one of the youngest people ever detected with the disease.
Continue reading American Toddler May Be Youngest Ever To Have Type 2 Diabetes
A growing body of research is finding that diabetes can take as devastating a toll on the brain as it takes on the body.
Continue reading The Way Diabetes Affects Thinking Skills And Brain Function
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