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A very common type of virus called an enterovirus has been implicated in the development of type 1 diabetes, according to a new study. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins, says the data is gathered from a large …

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A so-called bionic pancreas helped people across the age range manage their type 1 diabetes more easily, a recent study reports. Johns Hopkins diabetes expert Rita Kalyani says the device is much simpler to use than currently available insulin pumps. …

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Even people with type 2 diabetes who were not obese were able to achieve resolution of their condition with weight loss, a new study concludes. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins, says this finding points to the need …

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A group of overweight but not obese people with type 2 diabetes were able to completely resolve the condition and go off medications when they lost 10-15% of their body weight, a new study finds. Diabetes expert Rita Kalyani at …

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Overweight and obesity are associated with the development of type 2 diabetes. Now a new study demonstrates that in people with the condition, losing weight even if they’re not obese can resolve the condition entirely. Johns Hopkins diabetes expert Rita …

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A blood marker called prostasin seems to link both one’s risk to develop diabetes and the risk of dying from cancer. How might these be linked? William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, offers his interpretation. …

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Bariatric surgery is used mostly to treat obesity in adults, and has the added benefit of reversing type 2 diabetes in many of them. In view of the increasing number of children who are developing type 2 diabetes along with …

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