New trial tests strategies to protect heart health during prostate cancer therapy
City of Hope®, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States…
Blood-based epigenetic signatures enable early risk assessment in prediabetes
Prediabetes is an extremely heterogeneous metabolic disorder. Scientists from several partner institutes of the German Center for Diabetes…
Short-term oatmeal diet improves cholesterol and metabolic health markers
A short-term oat-based diet appears to be surprisingly effective at reducing the cholesterol level. This is indicated by…
Peptide-based platform marks a major step toward needle-free diabetes care
For more than a century, oral insulin has been considered a “dream” therapy for diabetes, hindered by enzymatic…
Workplace challenges in managing gestational diabetes care
Fear of insulin cognitive overload and workplace constraints can derail gestational diabetes care, but education, support, and motivation…
Blood metabolites reveal who will develop type 2 diabetes years before diagnosis
A decades-long study shows how patterns in circulating metabolites, shaped by genes and lifestyle, can identify people at…
Post-meal blood sugar spikes linked to increased Alzheimer’s risk
A new study led by researchers from the University of Liverpool has found that spikes in blood sugar…
Calcium signaling helps maintain protein quality in the endoplasmic reticulum
Calcium (Ca2+) drives many cellular functions, though the way it controls quality of proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum…
Gut microbe metabolite TMA improves blood sugar by shutting down a key inflammatory switch
A microbial metabolite long linked to cardiovascular risk emerges as a surprising ally against metabolic inflammation, revealing how…
Early exposure to fat-related food smells increases lifelong obesity risk
New experimental evidence shows that food smells encountered before birth and during early life can rewire brain and…
Higher PFAS levels reduce blood sugar improvements after teen bariatric surgery
A new USC study shows teens with higher blood levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) measured before…
Mediterranean diet benefits identified by SPARC levels
A new study published in Life Metabolism reports that a single post-meal blood biomarker, 1-hour postprandial SPARC (SPARC-1H),…