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Researching the Control of Type 2 Diabetes Through Lifestyle

Breaking News about Type 2 Diabetes, New Research and New Discoveries

Because type two diabetes has become a huge epidemic in todays western society there is incredible work being carried out to understand the disease in the hope that one day a cure can be found.  It is always exciting when a new study undertaken as it means that there is another glimmer of hope that a cure for this debilitating lifestyle disease may be discovered.

Below you will find pages containing links to new studies and discoveries that have been announced.

 


  1. 24/05/2020 – Covid-19 and Type 2 Diabetes
  2. 05/06/2017 – Australian soft drinks contain more sugar
  3. 05/02/2016 – Labelling manufactured food as imitations could stop the obesity epidemic
  4. 08/01/2016 – Researchers create insulin secreting beta cells from human skin cells
  5. 12/12/2015 – Obesity rates in Australia keep rising new report shows
  6. 27/10/2015 – Treating T2D early with insulin may help preserve insulin secreting beta cells
  7. 09/10/2015 – Is type 2 diabetes reversible?
  8. 22/09/2015 – Use of diuretics can increase the risk of diabetes by up to 30%
  9. 17/09/2015 – Use of antibiotics linked to type 2 diabetes risk
  10. 26/08/2015 – Sugary drinks linked to diabetes in people that have a healthy weight
  11. 30/07/2015 – Only 1 in 3 older Americans have their diabetes under good control
  12. 16/07/2015 – New study shows that diabetes images brain function
  13. 02/06/2015 – Any added sugar is bad sugar, some experts say
  14. 01/05/2015 – Study shows that the use if statins increases diabetes by 46%
  15. 22/04/2015 – Australian government to cut back on testing strips.
  16. 15/04/2015 – Blueberry tea could be a diabetes treatment.
  17. 05/03/2015 –  Vitamin D deficiency linked more closely to diabetes than obesity
  18. 20/02/2015 – Health survey shows that one quarter of Australian teenagers or overweight or obese
  19. 17/02/2015 – Apple watch to track and display blood glucose levels
  20. 04/02/2015 – Added fructose shown to be a major factor in the type 2 diabetes epidemic
  21. 16/01/2015 – The AMA says that dealing with obesity is Queensland’s biggest issue
  22. 03/12/2014 – Queensland heading for a diabetes catastrophe
  23. 27/11/2014 – Report shows that a plant based diet can help reverse type 2 diabetes
  24. 20/11/2014 – 25% of all Queensland deaths linked to weight
  25. 12/11/2014 – Noviosense announce a non prick, wireless glocometer system
  26. 05/11/2014 – Study shows that the use of statin drugs increases diabetes risk
  27. 22/10/2014 – Study shows that that a healthy lifestyle decreases gestational diabetes risk by 52%
  28. 26/09/2014 – Study shows that artificial sweeteners are bad for diabetes
  29. 05/09/2014 – Go nuts, it’s good for diabetics
  30. 23/08/2014 – FDA receives submission for new insulin delivery system
  31. 31/07/2014 – One injection of FGF1 normalises BSL’s in diabetic mice
  32. 16/07/2014 – The FDA approves the first inhaled insulin
  33. 08/07/2014 – Australians living longer but are sicker than ever
  34. 14/05/2014 – Adventame, a potent new artificial sweetener approved by the FDA
  35. 07/06/2014 – Sleep Apnoea may increase the risk of diabetes
  36. 29/05/2014 – Australia’s obesity rate is growing faster than anywhere in the world
  37. 14/05/2014 – Generic blood glucose test strips are coming
  38. 01/05/2014 – Study finds that type 2 diabetes is associated with brain degenaration 
  39. 05/03/2014 – Genetic mutation could provide protection against type 2 diabetes
  40. 19/02/2014 – Coca-Cola omits their fasted growing products in a sugar consumption study
  41. 15/02/2014 – New research questions the link between obesity and type 2 diabetes
  42. 13/02/2014 – Research paper that shows consumption of soft drinks has declined has been corrected.
  43. 04/02/2014 – The FDA want food labels changed
  44. 25/01/2014 – Chemical found in soft drinks may cause cancer
  45. 23/01/2014 – Xigduo a new breed of type 2 diabetes drug has been approved in the EU
  46. 21/12/2013 – Christmas diabetes warning issued by authorities
  47. 17/12/2013 – NZ Obesity Rates Skyrocket
  48. 28/11/2013 – Invokana, a new Drug type manage type 2 diabetes
  49. 21/11/2013 – A breathalyzer for diabetes has been developed
  50. 14/11/2013 – Caveman diet will end diabetes. A bold statement by an Australian researcher
  51. 13/11/2013 – New diet to halt diabetes: Eating less meat and dairy can slash risk by half
  52. 07/11/2013 – Overweight and Obesity rates across Australia, 2012-12 show that 63% of adults are to big
  53. 20/10/2013 – Predictions that 522 million people could have diabetes by the year 2030
  54. 24/10/2013 – GlocoTrack, a non invasive glocometer to be released in 2014
  55. 28/09/2013 – Diabetes Increases Risk of Developing & Dying from Breast & Colon Cancer
  56. 21/09/2013 – Coca Cola markets itself as a part of the solution to the obesity crisis.
  57. 04/09/2013 – New study shows that type 2 diabetes is at catastrophic levels in China
  58. 21/08/2013 – The AusDiab study finds that Australia is loosing its battle with type 2 diabetes and obesity with the 25 to 34 age group experiencing the largest weight gain
  59. 16/07/2013 – Undiagnosed Pre-Diabetes could be linked to the early onset of Alzheimer’s Disease
  60. 10/07/2013 – New Study shows the eating peanuts for breakfast reduces sugar levels after breakfast and extending to after lunch
  61. 20/06/2013 – Strategy proposed to combat type 2 diabetes in Australia which is now a epidemic
  62. 19/06/2013 – The American Medical Association officially recognises obesity as a disease
  63. 15/06/2013 – The American Academy of Sleep Medicine urges Type 2 Diabetics to screen for OSA
  64. 08/06/2013 – Study shows that vegetarians live longer and avoid lifestyle diseases
  65. 30/05/2013 – Type two diabetes rises 10 fold in the UK in the under 40’s between 1991 & 2010
  66. 28/05/2013 – Two new type 2 drugs are now in development
  67. 24/05/2013 – Study shows that high fructose corn syrup is a addictive as cocaine
  68. 21/05/2013 – BPA used in plastic products is linked to the onset of type 2 diabetes
  69. 12/05/2013 – Type 2 diabetes in epidemic proportions In India
  70. 25/04/2013 – Mangoes help reduce blood glucose
  71. 18/04/2013 – Study links the use of insulin in type 2 diabetics to weight gain
  72. 13/03/2013 – French study shows that the use of diet drinks leads to a higher risk of type 2 diabetes
  73. 04/03/2013 – Globesity – Fat’s New Frontier
  74. 27/02/2013 – Is food engineered to be addictive?
  75. 18/02/2013 – The Australian Government releases new eating guidelines admitting that there is an obesity epidemic with links to diseases like type 2 diabetes and advise that junk food should minimised
  76. 17/02/2013 – U.S. health advocates seek safe sugar limits for drinks
  77. 06/02/2013 – Taking insulin for type 2 diabetes could increase the risk of health complications
  78. 31/01/2013 – Processed foods designed to be addictive
  79. 24/01/2013 – Queensland kids in sugar-sweet state – media release
  80. 24/01/2013 – Testosterone to be trailed in the reduction of the onset of type 2 diabetes
  81. 10/01/2013 – Australian researchers discover insulin binding mechanism