Tag: Diabetes

Powerful Antibiotic Discovered Using Machine Learning For First Time

A powerful antibiotic that kills some of the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria in the world has been discovered using artificial intelligence. The Guardian reports: To find new antibiotics, the researchers first trained a “deep learning” algorithm to identify the sorts of molecules that kill bacteria. To do this, they fed the program information on the atomic and molecular features of nearly…

Researchers Call Chronic Inflammation ‘A Substantial Public Health Crisis’

UPI reports: Roughly half of all deaths worldwide are caused by inflammation-related diseases. Now, a team of international researchers is calling on physicians to focus greater attention on the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of severe, chronic inflammation so that people can live longer, healthier lives. In a commentary published Friday in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers at 22 institutions describe how…

Gut microbes may predict whether exercising will prevent diabetes

Exercising helps some people avoid developing diabetes but not others, and we may now know why: it could be down to features of the human gut microbiome Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2224911-gut-microbes-may-predict-whether-exercising-will-prevent-diabetes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

‘Is Eating Red Meat OK, After All? Probably Not’

Remember last month when “an international collaboration of researchers” suggested there was no reason to reduce consumption of red meat? Here’s a response from Frank Hu, chairman of the Nutrition Department at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health:
The recent guidelines published in the Annals of Internal Medicine should not change existing recommendations on healthy and balanced eating patterns for…

The World’s First Gattaca Baby Tests Are Finally Here

An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: Anxious couples are approaching fertility doctors in the US with requests for a hotly debated new genetic test being called “23andMe, but on embryos.” The baby-picking test is being offered by a New Jersey startup company, Genomic Prediction, whose plans we first reported on two years ago. The company says it…

Researchers Find Racial Bias In Hospital Algorithm

Black patients were less likely than white patients to get extra medical help, despite being sicker, when an algorithm used by a large hospital chose who got the additional attention, according to a new study underscoring the risks as technology gains a foothold in medicine. The Wall Street Journal reports: Hospitals use the algorithm — from Optum, UnitedHealth Group’s health-services arm…

Experimental drug that targets liver fat may help prevent diabetes

The build-up of fat in the liver affects 1 in 3 people and can lead to type 2 diabetes. An experimental drug tested in monkeys appears to reverse it Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2218665-experimental-drug-that-targets-liver-fat-may-help-prevent-diabetes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Experimental diabetes drug may lower blood sugar and reduce obesity

An experimental diabetes drug tested in animals seems to have several beneficial effects, from lowering blood sugar and reducing feeding to maintaining muscle mass and increasing bone density Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2217712-experimental-diabetes-drug-may-lower-blood-sugar-and-reduce-obesity/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Are Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Really Healthier Than Meat?

Plant-based/meat-free entrees are coming to major fast-food chains including White Castle, KFC, Del Taco, the Cheesecake Factory, and Subway. There’s just one problem, argues an opinion piece by a certified nutritionist at NBC News: “these offerings aren’t actually any healthier.” The Impossible Whopper, for instance, not only has comparable caloric and fat levels as its meat-based counterpart, but it has more…