Preliminary results of an observational study presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy, Sept. 28–Oct. 2, show that high consumption of a sugar called dietary N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc), which is common in red meat, is associated with a 63% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). The association held after researchers accounted for other T2D risk factors, including physical activity, overall diet, smoking status and other health conditions.

People with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who began using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) while receiving basal insulin had a 44% lower risk of dying from any cause after one year than those who did not use CGM, according to an analysis of patient data being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy, Sept. 28–Oct. 2. After two years, their risk was 35% lower.

Exam stress is associated with significant increases in blood sugar levels in medical students during exams and in the days leading up to them, according to new research being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept. 28–Oct. 2). The findings highlight the measurable metabolic impact of acute psychological stress.

Many patients with early-stage breast cancer do not consistently maintain the long-term hormone therapy prescribed after lumpectomy, a large U.S. insurance claims analysis indicates. The findings provide real-world context for treatment approaches that consider omitting radiation therapy, which typically rely on the expectation that patients will continue taking medication for at least five years.

A newborn can look perfectly healthy, pass a hearing test and still carry an infection that may affect hearing or development later in childhood. That is the challenge posed by congenital cytomegalovirus, or cCMV, one of the most common infections passed from a mother to a baby during pregnancy. Most babies born with the virus show no obvious signs at birth, making it difficult to know which children may need closer monitoring.

State policies that make health care easier to obtain and protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination are associated with greater use of HIV prevention measures among white adults, but those benefits may not extend equally to Black and Latino populations, according to a new study. Black and Latino populations continue to have the highest HIV incidence rates and remain priority populations in the national initiative to eradicate HIV in the United States.

Low-dose radiation therapy may do more than relieve pain from early knee osteoarthritis, with a long-term analysis suggesting it could also influence how the disease progresses. The findings come from a new analysis of a randomized trial conducted in Russia that followed nearly 300 patients for almost 12 years.

UTHealth Houston researchers found that long COVID diagnoses varied significantly across populations and variant periods over two years, revealing patterns that could help public health agencies and health systems target follow-up care, monitor long-term effects and allocate health care resources where they're needed most.

A short course of ultra-low-dose radiation therapy relieved painful bone lesions from multiple myeloma for most patients in a multi-institutional Phase II clinical trial. The findings suggest that a lower-intensity approach could help ease patients' pain without interrupting other treatment and with almost no side effects.

Researchers have long known that diet plays an important role in health later in life, but the biological mechanisms underlying these associations are not yet fully understood. In this study, researchers examined how different dietary patterns were associated with a broad range of blood biomarkers reflecting metabolism, inflammation, vascular health and neurodegenerative processes related to aging.