NEW STUDY. Properly composed treatment and refraining from cigarette consumption can significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease resulting from type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. In some cases, the increased risks could theoretically be eliminated. “This is definitely good news. The study shows that patients with type 2 diabetes with all risk factors within therapeutic target range had an extremely…
Early type 1 diabetes shortens women’s lives by 18 years
NEW STUDY. Women who developed type 1 diabetes before the age of ten years die an average of nearly 18 years earlier than women who do not have diabetes. Men in the corresponding situation lose almost 14 years of life. The lives of patients diagnosed at age 26-30 years are shortened by an average of ten years, according to research published in the British medical journal the Lancet. “These are disappointing…
Five granted a total of almost SEK 15 million from Formas
GRANTS. Degradation products in the body that affect the risk of developing diabetes, how preschools should be built so that the sound environment is as good as possible for the children, how health of the residents of Ronneby has been affected by contaminated drinking water and how the interaction between the food we eat and bacteria in the intestines affects the risk of developing liver disease. That is what five…
Marcus Lindh accepts Jubilee Prize in Stockholm
AWARD. The diabetes researcher Marcus Lindh, Associate Professor at the Institute of Medicine, was recently awarded the Swedish Society of Medicine’s Jubilee Prize of SEK 150,000. He was awarded the prize for his pioneering clinical tests relating to type 1 and type 2 diabetes with the aim of improving treatments for these diseases. The award was made at the Swedish Society of Medicine’s Annual Ceremony on 14 November. “It is a great…
Gene therapy with BMP4 protects against weight gain and insulin resistance in mice
NEW STUDY. There was no weight gain, despite a higher energy intake, and insulin sensitivity was increased. These are the results from experiments on mice that had elevated levels of the protein BMP4 following gene therapy in a study at Sahlgrenska Academy, published in Cell Reports. “By increasing BMP4, we can increase the metabolic rate, but we only see this in initially lean mice. Overweight mice proved to have a…