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There are roughly about 4 million Thais and about 380,000 expats in Thailand afflicted with this disease. Keep updated with ways to control and manage diabetes while also monitor what’s developing in the research sector of this disease.
Nikhil Prasad  Mar 10, 2024  9 days ago
Health News: In today's fast-paced world, characterized by demanding work schedules, social obligations, and technological distractions, sleep often takes a back seat. Yet, emerging research continues to underscore the critical importance of adequate sleep for overall health and well-being. Recent findings covered in this Health News report, from a comprehensive cohort study conducted by Uppsa...
Nikhil Prasad  Jan 29, 2024  2 months ago
Herbs And Phytochemicals: Diabetes mellitus (DM), a chronic inflammatory disease with severe health implications, affects millions globally. Current treatments involve oral antidiabetic drugs, but their associated side effects necessitate the exploration of alternative, safe, and effective interventions. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a rich history in DM treatment, with recent attention f...
Nikhil Prasad  Jan 25, 2024  2 months ago
COVID-19 News: In a shocking development, the Department of Pediatrics at Akron Children's Hospital in Ohio, USA, has reported an alarming increase in the incidence of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) in young children, even those as young as a few months old. The surge in cases is believed to be linked to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, revealing a concerning correlation between SARS-CoV-2 infe...
Nikhil Prasad  Nov 28, 2023  4 months ago
The study findings could possibly explain the increased COVID-19 susceptibility in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)   Medical News: As the global medical community continues to grapple with the complexities of COVID-19 and its implications, a recent study conducted by Alcalá University, Spain, in collaboration with the Health Research Institute of Castilla-La Mancha, Ram...
Nikhil Prasad  Nov 04, 2023  5 months ago
Diabetes News: A recent study conducted by Tulane University has unveiled a groundbreaking connection between frequent salt consumption and Type 2 diabetes. While individuals at risk for Type 2 diabetes are often cautioned to limit their sugar intake, this research suggests that salt may be another factor they should consider. In this Diabetes News report, we will delve into the study's findin...
Nikhil Prasad  Oct 14, 2023  5 months ago
Herbs And Phytochemicals: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a severe microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus, characterized by proteinuria and progressive renal function deterioration. Despite the use of anti-hyperglycemic and anti-hypertensive medications, there are limited therapeutic options available for Diabetic nephropathy (DN). This lack of effective treatments often leads to end-stage r...
Nikhil Prasad  Oct 05, 2023  6 months ago
Medical News: In a groundbreaking revelation at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Hamburg, Germany, new research has unearthed a range of characteristics linked to a heightened risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in individuals living with type 2 diabetes (T2D). https://www.easd.org/annual-meeting/easd-2023.html   This alarming discovery...
Nikhil Prasad  Sep 10, 2023  6 months ago
Ophthalmology News: In an alarming discovery, a recent international stud yby researchers from the University College London Institute of Ophthalmology-UK, Clínica Oftalmológica Pasteur-Chile, City University of London-UK, University Irving Medical Center-New York, Brigham and Women’s Hospital-USA, Harvard Medical School-USA, Icahn School of Medicine-New York-USA, St Thomas&rsq...
Thailand Medical News Team  Aug 25, 2023  7 months ago
Diabetes News: In the ever-evolving landscape of health research, a new dawn is breaking on the horizon of diabetes prevention. While it's long been established that our dietary choices, physical activity levels, and lifestyle habits significantly influence our susceptibility to type 2 diabetes, a new study has uncovered a fascinating link between breakfast timing and diabetes risk. Emerging f...
Thailand Medical News Team  Aug 17, 2023  7 months ago
Diabetes News: In an era dominated by the escalating prevalence of metabolic disorders, innovative approaches are essential to tackle the growing burden of conditions like type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). The conventional wisdom surrounding T2D primarily revolves around lifestyle factors, such as sedentary behavior and poor dietary choices. However, recent scientific inquiry has taken an intriguing...
Thailand Medical News Team  Aug 17, 2023  7 months ago
Herbs-Phytochemicals: In the realm of medical research, the quest for innovative solutions often leads scientists down unexpected paths, sometimes revealing a synergistic relationship between ancient wisdom and modern knowledge. Recent research conducted by a team from Peking University, China, has uncovered a remarkable interplay between traditional Chinese medicinal compounds and cutting-edge ph...
Thailand Medical News Team  Aug 13, 2023  7 months ago
Diabetes News: Dementia is a burgeoning global concern, with an estimated 57 million cases reported in 2019, a number projected to balloon to a staggering 152 million by 2050. This ominous surge is partially attributed to the escalating prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2d) and obesity worldwide, which are increasingly linked to cognitive impairment and dementia as covered in past studies and Diabet...
Thailand Medical News Team  Aug 06, 2023  8 months ago
Alternative Medicine: Diabetes mellitus, a chronic metabolic disorder affecting millions worldwide, is associated with numerous health complications and has seen a drastic increase in prevalence over the last few decades. This surge has led researchers to explore dietary strategies that may alleviate the burden of this disease. One such beverage that has garnered attention for its potential health...
Medical Devices - GlucoScreen  Apr 19, 2023  11 months ago
Medical Devices: The University of Washington's GlucoScreen is revolutionizing prediabetes diagnosis with its innovative smartphone-based system. Researchers from the university have developed a battery-free test strip capable of accurately measuring blood glucose levels, paving the way for more accessible and cost-effective at-home testing for prediabetes. With its compatibility with any smar...
Medical Devices - FreeStyle Libre Glucose Monitors  Apr 08, 2023  12 months ago
Medical Devices: More than 4 million FreeStyle Libre glucose monitors have been urgently recalled by Abbott after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced potential fire hazards associated with the devices. The lithium-ion batteries used in the system may get extremely hot, spark or catch fire if not properly stored, charged or exposed to liquids or foreign materials. This recall, cla...
Diabetes - Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)  Apr 08, 2023  12 months ago
Medical News: A new study by researchers from Sichuan University-China, Sun Yat-sen University-China and the Aviation Industry Corporation of China Hospital-China has shockingly found that diabetes can also contribute to the development of a variety of lung conditions including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and more so Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) due to its effects i...
AI-In-Medicine - Taiwan - Point-of-Care AI-DR - diabetic retinopathy - diabetic macular edema   Mar 29, 2023  12 months ago
AI In Medicine: Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a leading non-profit research organization has introduced a groundbreaking AI-assisted system called Point-of-Care AI-DR.   This innovative software is designed for rapid diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic macular edema (DME) and can be integrated into handheld and desktop fundus cameras commonl...
Diabetes News - Anthocyanins  Mar 26, 2023  12 months ago
Diabetes News: A new study by researchers from University of Turku-Finland has found that anthocyanins from purple fruits and vegetables helps in various issues associated with diabetes.  Synkeä Sakari -A Finnish purple potato variety abundant in acylated anthocyanins.  Pic Credit: TEIJA TUISKU Anthocyanins, the pigments responsible for red-orange to blue-violet hues in frui...
Source: COVID-19 Drugs - Diabetics - SGLT-2 Inhibitors  Dec 08, 2022  1 year ago
COVID-19 Drugs: A new study by researchers from Fujian Medical University -China, Fujian Provincial Hospital-China and Fujian Academy of Medical Sciences-China has found that diabetics taking SGLT-2i drugs like canagliflozin, dapagliflozin, and empagliflozin prior to contracting COVID-19 have reduced adverse outcomes. SGLT2i or sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors are a class of prescription...
COVID-19 News - New Onset Diabetes In Long COVID  Dec 04, 2022  1 year ago
COVID-19 News: A prominent and distinguished Long COVID researcher, Dr Ziyad Al-Aly from the Clinical Epidemiology Center, VA Saint Louis Health Care System, Missouri-USA and also the Institute for Public Health, Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri-USA has warned that otherwise previously health individuals, irrespective if they were vaccinated or unvaccinated with the various COVID-19 ...
Source: Medical News -COVID-19-Diabetes- Pediatrics  Sep 24, 2022  2 years ago
A new study by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Ohio-USA and The MetroHealth System-Ohio-USA has found that SARS-CoV-2 infections are associated with increase in new diagnoses of type 1 diabetes in youth, by as much as 72%! Already the incidence of new-onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, and this increase has been associated wi...
Source: Medical News -NSAIDs-Heart Failure  Sep 07, 2022  2 years ago
A new study by Danish researchers the Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark has found that the usages of common NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) like Ibuprofen and Diclofenac by diabetics were linked to a higher risk of heart failure.   The study findings were presented during the recent European Society of Cardiology annual congress or ESC Congress 2022 and will be publis...
Source: Medical News - Stevia, Saccharin And Sucralose  Sep 06, 2022  2 years ago
A new study led by Dr Kathleen A. Page, a Professor at the Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California,-Los Angeles, has found that using artificial sweeteners like stevia, saccharin and sucralose can also cause glycemic response impairment via the gut microbiome and also cause more long term health issues.   N...
Source: Medical Devices - Non-Invasive Continuous Glucose Monitor  Sep 05, 2022  2 years ago
Medical Devices: GlucoRx Ltd, a medical technology company based in Surrey, United Kingdom that specializes in home use glucose monitoring devices for diabetics along with Cardiff University are on schedule to launch the world’s first truly non-invasive continuous glucose monitor in Europe by early 2023. The product will then be launched in the Asia-Pacific region by mid-2023 and subsequentl...
Source: Drug News - GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Drugs  Sep 05, 2022  2 years ago
Drug News: Medical researchers from the U.S FDA have discovered that diabetics taking glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists drugs like exenatide, dulaglutide, semaglutide and lixisenatide have a higher risk of developing acute cholecystitis and even higher risk of death!   The study team conducted a detailed meta-analysis from data of the of U.S FDA's reporting system for ad...
Source: Medical News - SARS-CoV-2 - Pancreas  May 05, 2022  2 years ago
Italian researchers from Universitá di Milano, have in a new study found that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is able to directly and also indirectly affect the pancreatic islets of the host and cause pancreatic inflammation that can lead to Post COVID Hyperglycemia and other health conditions and issues!   It is interesting that ever since the Omicron wave, incidences of not only hypergl...
Source: Medical News - Diabetes & COVID-19  Mar 17, 2022  2 years ago
A new study conducted by researchers from the German Diabetes Center at the Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research-Heinrich Heine University-Germany and the Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf-Heinrich Heine University-Germany has alarmingly shown that even mild SARS-CoV-2 infections are triggering new onset type 2 diabetes in many. Graphical Abstract   The study team aimed...
Source: SARS-CoV-2-GP73  Jan 07, 2022  2 years ago
SARS-CoV-2-GP73: A new study led by researchers from the Beijing Institute of Biotechnology involving more than 8 other research institutions and  hospitals in China has found that SARS-CoV-2 infection induces the increase of the circulating protein GP73 that causes dysglycaemia, more specifically the GP73 proteins act as a kind of glucogenic hormone contributing to SARS-CoV-2-induced hypergl...
Source: COVID-19-Hypoglycemia  Jan 05, 2022  2 years ago
COVID-19 Hypoglycemia: Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine - New York City in a new study have found that the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus is able to triggers adipose tissue dysfunction, driving insulin resistance and causing hyperglycemia in infected individuals. In the study involving more than 3,800 COVID-19 patients, almost 50% developed high blood sugar levels.   Should further studies a...
Source: Medical News-GRP78, Metformin And SARS-CoV-2  Nov 06, 2021  2 years ago
A new study by Japanese researchers from Osaka University shows that that older, obese patients with diabetes are more susceptible to severe COVID-19 infection because the SARS CoV-2 spike protein also binds to GRP78, which is highly expressed in fat tissue. According to the study abstract, “Aging, obesity, and diabetes are major risk factors for the severe progression and outcome of SARS-C...
Source: COVID-19 And Hyperglycaemia  Sep 03, 2021  3 years ago
Researchers from the Università di Milano in Italy and the from the  Nephrology Division, Boston Children’s Hospital,Harvard Medical School-USA are warning that there will be a huge surge of diabetes caseloads in individuals who had been infected with the COVID-19 disease despite being healthy prior to the SARS-CoV-2 infection.   COVID-19 patients who were otherwise healthy...
Source: COVID-19 News  Feb 02, 2021  3 years ago
COVID-19 News: Globally a new phenomenon is being witnessed in which those that never had a history of diabetes before but upon being infected with the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are experiencing a sudden elevation of blood sugar levels and in some cases are ending up with full blown diabetes weeks after so called ‘COVID-19 recovery.’ https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/breaking-covi...
Source: Metformin-COVID-19  Dec 29, 2020  3 years ago
Metformin-COVID-19: The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists in a recent published clinical case report warns that diabetes patients taking SGLT2 Inhibitors to manage their diabetes may develop rare and sometimes serious complications upon contracting COVID-19.   SGLT2 inhibitors are a class of prescription medicines that are FDA-approved for use with diet and exercise to ...
Source: COVID-19 And Metformin  Sep 04, 2020  4 years ago
COVID-19 And Metformin: A new study comprising researchers from China, America and UK have shown that metformin as a diabetic drug for COVID-19 patients with type 2 diabetes was associated with higher incidence of acidosis which could lead to kidney complications but it was not associated with higher mortality rates.   The study findings were published in the journal: Cell Metabolism https:...
Source: Diabetes News  Aug 20, 2020  4 years ago
Diabetes News: Researchers from Salk Institute-California have made a major breakthrough in the pursuit of a safe and effective treatment for type 1 diabetes, an illness that impacts an estimated 1.7 million Americans with a cost of US$14.5 billion annually.   Utilizing stem cell technology, the research team generated the first human insulin-producing pancreatic cell clusters abl...
Source: Diabetes And Canagliflozin  Aug 09, 2020  4 years ago
Diabetes And Canagliflozin: A serious drug interaction between canagliflozin (Invokana) and rosuvastatin (Crestor) was thought to cause liver and muscle toxicity (myotoxoicty) in a female patient in Canada, according to a new published case report. The case report was published in the medical journal: Annals of Internal Medicine as reported by Dr David Juurlink, MD, PhD, of Sunnybrook Health Sc...
Source: Diabetes and COVID-19  Jul 02, 2020  4 years ago
Diabetes And COVID-19: A case study by German researchers from University of Kiel have confirmed that the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus can trigger diabetes and insulin dependency in young adults who have otherwise been healthy with any prior history of sickness or diabetes. It is assumed that the diabetes is triggered by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus attacking the pancreas thru the ACE-2 receptors present ...
Source: Diabetes  Jun 27, 2020  4 years ago
Diabetes: Researchers from Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia, United States in a new study have demonstrated that blood sugar control may not protect diabetes patients from vision loss as earlier believed. The research results, however, do not deny the importance of tight blood sugar control in diabetics avoiding eye complications.   Individuals with diabetes can have diabetic re...
Source: Vildagliptin Versus Metformin  Jun 17, 2020  4 years ago
Vildagliptin an oral anti-hyperglycemic agent that goes by the trade name Galvus showed similar protective effects as metformin on the beta-cell function, reduced insulin resistance, and blood sugar levels in newly diagnosed Asian Indians with type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a recent study. The research trial further found that there was an improved insulin sensitivity in patients treated wi...
Source: Diabetes  Jun 17, 2020  4 years ago
Diabetes: The elderly with type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a growing but under-studied population that is prone to hypoglycemia, particularly when diabetes is longstanding. Unknown to many, hypoglycemia can cause altered mental status and sometimes seizure or loss of consciousness, which can prove fatal. According to this six-month, multi-site clinical study trial called the Wireless Innovation for Sen...
Source: Thailand Diabetes  Jun 14, 2020  4 years ago
Diabetes: Indian Researchers led by a Keralite have found in a new study that green jackfruit powder decreases blood sugar and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in diabetes patients.   The study findings have been published in the American Diabetes Association’s medical journal: Diabetes. https://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/69/Supplement_1/719-P   The study suggests a thera...
Source: Diabetes and COVID-19  Jun 13, 2020  4 years ago
Diabetes and COVID-19: New emerging evidence suggests that COVID-19 may actually trigger the onset of diabetes in otherwise healthy people and also cause severe complications of pre-existing diabetes.   The report was published in the medical journal: New England Journal of Medicine. https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2018688   The report was initiated by an international group of 1...
Source: Diabetic Retinopathy   Jun 12, 2020  4 years ago
Diabetic retinopathy is a typical complication of diabetes and a leading cause of blindness in the world. A new research by scientist from University Of Oklahoma show that visual function in diabetic mice was significantly improved after treatment with a single dose of visual chromophore 9-cis-retinal, a vitamin A analog that can form a visual pigment in the retina cells, thereby producing a light...
Source: Diabetes And COVID-19  Jun 03, 2020  4 years ago
Diabetes And COVID-19: French researchers in a new study show that body mass index (BMI) is associated with tracheal intubation and/or death within seven days among individuals with diabetes hospitalized for COVID-19.   Dr Bertrand Cariou from the University of Nantes in France, and his research team conducted a multicenter study in 1,317 people with diabetes (88.5 percent with type 2 diabe...
Source: Metformin and Diabetes  May 30, 2020  4 years ago
Metformin: The US FDA has issued warnings that many brands and versions of the drug Metformin that is used by diabetics in the US and around the world have been found to be contaminated with a carcinogenic compound called N-Nitrosodimethylamine.   The U.S. health regulators have started telling five drugmakers to recall their versions of a widely used diabetes medication after laboratory te...
Source: Diabetes  May 29, 2020  4 years ago
Diabetes: The world’s first study of COVID-19 to specifically analyze the effect of the diabetes in hospitalized patients has found that one in ten patients dies within 7 days of hospital admission, and one in five is intubated and mechanically ventilated by this point.   The study is published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabete...
Source: Diabetes  May 27, 2020  4 years ago
Diabetes: According to medical researchers from the  University of Buffalo, a century old drug used to treat sleeping sickness, could be  been repurposed to fight oral mucositis and diabetic foot ulcers. http://inventions.arizona.edu/technologies/ua18-037_advanced-engineered-formulations-of-suramin-microparticles-and-nanoparticles-for-drug-delivery-and-applications-therein   The rec...
Source: Thailand Diabetes News  May 22, 2020  4 years ago
Diabetes: Canadian medical researchers have isolated metabolites in the blood that can accurately predict whether a female will develop type 2 diabetes after experiencing a transient form of illness during pregnancy.   This breakthrough could lead to a diagnostic test that would aid physicians identify females at greatest risk and help them potentially avert the disease through intervention...
Source: Diabetes And COVID-19  May 17, 2020  4 years ago
Diabetes and COVID-19: A new research shows that people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are at greater risk of a poor outcome should they become infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19. However there is some positive news: people with T2D whose blood sugar is well controlled fare much better than those with more poorly controlled blood sugar.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a...
Source : Thailand Medical News  Feb 04, 2020  4 years ago
According to a new study by a University of Alberta researchers, pregnant women diagnosed with diabetes who have elevated fasting (pre-meal) blood sugar levels are more likely to face complications than those who have only elevated post-meal glucose levels.   Cardiology Professor Dr Padma Kaul, who is also an adjunct professor in the School of Public Health told Thailand Medical News, "...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Jan 10, 2020  4 years ago
A breakthrough discovery that could improve the clinical delivery of insulin for people living with diabetes, medical scientists from Australia have developed a non-fibrillating form of human insulin. Utilizing a novel glycosylation technique, an international research team led by Associate Professor Dr Akhter Hossain from the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, has successfully...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Dec 24, 2019  4 years ago
Medical researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have deciphered the diabetogenic role of a certain type of calcium channel in insulin-secreting beta cells. The researchers believe that blockade of these channels could be a potential new treatment strategy for diabetes. The recent study is published in the scientific journal PNAS. The CaV3.1 channels have a marginal role in healthy ...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 22, 2019  4 years ago
A new broad European study involving multiple medical institutes finds that patients with diabetes do not benefit from implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) pacemakers. Typically, current treatment recommendations support ICD pacemaker treatment for all patients with severe malfunction of the left ventricle. The purpose of the defibrillator is to protect the patient from life-threatening...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Nov 05, 2019  4 years ago
Pharma giant Sanofi has announced that its Toujeo (insulin glargine 300units/mL) is effective at reducing average blood sugar (HbA1c) in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, compared to insulin glargine 100units/mL (Gla-100). In the Phase III EDITION-JUNIOR study of 463 children and adolescents over the age of six, Toujeo met its primary endpoint of non-inferior reduction of HbA1c compa...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Sep 24, 2019  5 years ago
Thailand Diabetes Researchers from Charles University in Prague have found that real-time continuous glucose monitoring (rtCGM) is effective among those with type 1 Diabetes irrespective of what modalities are used to deliver insulin to the body.   The three year trial called COMISAIR (Comparison of Different Treatment Modalities for Type 1 Diabetes Including Sensor-Augmented Insulin Regim...

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