Reading Time: 3 minutes Researchers working to identify drug combinations to treat people with obesity, Type 2 diabetes
Tag: Diabetes
Virtual clinic pilot sees success in rural Alberta community
Reading Time: 3 minutes U of A spinoff company launches MedROAD virtual clinic in Alberta, making long-distance health care a reality during COVID-19
Twenty stories that defined the University of Alberta in 2020
Reading Time: 7 minutes In a year of unprecedented challenges, the people of the U of A gave us plenty of reasons to expect a brighter future
Stem cell therapy research for Type 1 diabetes receives funding
Reading Time: 5 minutes Three U of A researchers will help lead projects to advance treatments for patients
Diabetes research closer than ever to possible cure
Reading Time: 3 minutes U of A researchers reprogram blood cells into insulin-producing cells to overcome the challenges of islet transplantation and possibly find a cure
Research opens new path for diagnosing and treating diabetes
Reading Time: 3 minutes Only a “proof of concept” at this stage, but validates the need for further research to understand the molecular differences that have been mapped
Type 2 diabetes drug buys time for a failing heart: study
Reading Time: 4 minutes The diabetes drug increased ketone levels, which might be the key to improving cardiac metabolism
Report card evaluates influences on children’s healthy food choices
Reading Time: 3 minutes Poor diet right behind tobacco consumption as leading cause of premature death for Canadians, says public health expert
Patient-led movement creating better diabetes treatment
Reading Time: 4 minutes U of A PhD candidate studies and participates in grassroots movement to hack diabetes equipment
Suffering from chronic pain? Don’t give up hope
Reading Time: 3 minutes Many people have ongoing pain where there is no obvious injury, or continue to have pain at the site of an injury long after it has healed