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Artificial pancreas reduces disease management burden for people with diabetes

Artificial pancreas reduces disease management burden for people with diabetes

Type 1 diabetes affects 46.3 million people worldwide, and the number of people affected increases by about 3% each year. It requires careful calculations of insulin needs and bothersome daily injections to avoid peripheral diseases caused by extremes of high or low blood sugar. Automated insulin delivery systems, also called artificial pancreases, make diabetes management …

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Risk For Diabetes & Obesity Linked To Common Food Ingredient

Risk For Diabetes & Obesity Linked To Common Food Ingredient

Combined results from randomized human trials and animal studies suggest consuming propionate used widely in food to prevent mold increases levels of hormones linked to obesity and diabetes, as published in Science Translational Medicine. The sympathetic nervous system has been found to be activated by low doses of propionate, as well as production of fasting …

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