How Gum Disease Causes Type-2 Diabetes

How Gum Disease Causes Type-2 Diabetes

Many studies have concluded that people with gum disease have an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease. But a new study in PLOS ONE now takes it a few steps further, concluding that gum disease also causes type-2 diabetes and a decline in muscle strength. The...
This Game Treats Type 2 Diabetes

This Game Treats Type 2 Diabetes

Tackling type 2 diabetes isn’t always fun. You’re told to eat food you don’t like, to exercise more than you want to, and to lose weight that simply doesn’t want to go. But a new study published in JAMA Network Open reveals a simple game that tackles the source of...
Reverse Diabetes by Doing This Unhealthy Thing

Reverse Diabetes by Doing This Unhealthy Thing

When making decisions about our health, we sometimes need to choose between two evils. Should we, for example, take medication that causes side effects or risk not treating a disease that could potentially kill us? Natural remedies usually provide the best of both...
This Popular Tea Treats Diabetes (not green tea)

This Popular Tea Treats Diabetes (not green tea)

You have probably heard about the health benefits of green tea again and again. But what if you don’t like green tea? Then you’ll be happy to learn that researchers from Mahidol University in Bangkok have recently published a study in the Asia Pacific Journal of...