How type 2 diabetes quietly damages blood vessels
The risk of cardiovascular disease rises steadily the longer a person lives with type 2 diabetes. A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal Diabetes, suggests that changes…
Statins may help almost everyone with type 2 diabetes live longer
A large long-term study has found that statins, a widely used class of cholesterol-lowering medications, significantly reduce the risk of death and serious heart-related problems in adults with type 2…
Type 2 diabetes physically changes the human heart, study finds
Researchers at the University of Sydney have uncovered new evidence showing that type 2 diabetes directly changes the heart’s structure and how it produces energy. These findings help explain why…
This type of meat supercharges muscle growth after workouts
A new study examined how muscles respond to weight training when people eat different types of pork afterward. Researchers compared high-fat and lean ground pork burgers that contained the same…
Honda Sneakily Added Civic Type R Parts to the New Prelude
The Honda Prelude goes on sale later this year, and while it won’t have a Type R badge, it will have a few performance bits from the hardcore Civic variant.…
‘Market Demands:’ An Electric Honda Civic Type R Could Still Happen
The future of electric vehicles, especially in America, is more uncertain than ever, with federal tax credits and funding drying up. That’s forcing many companies to reconsider their futures, including…
Fasting twice a week could be a game-changer for type 2 diabetes
Intermittent energy restriction, time-restricted eating and continuous energy restriction can all improve blood sugar levels and body weight in people with obesity and type 2 diabetes, according to a study…
Overlooked cell type orchestrates brain rewiring
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have upended decades-old dogma of how connections between brain cells are rearranged during states of heightened vigilance or attention. The…
How cellular quality control contributes to insulin resistance related to type 2 diabetes
Researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center have revealed critical insights into how impaired mitochondrial dynamics and quality control mechanisms in skeletal muscle influence insulin sensitivity in patients with Type 2…
‘Game changing’ release of Type Ia Supernovae data may hold key to the history of the Universe
A unique dataset of Type Ia Supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of the Universe. Dr Mathew Smith and Dr Georgios Dimitriadis from Lancaster…