diabetes

For decades, evidence has been piling up that links heart disease, chronic kidney disease, and metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity. People with diabetes are twice as likely to experience heart disease or stroke. Being overweight and obese increases the risk of high blood pressure…

New hope for breathing recovery after spinal cord injuriesStory By: Patty ZamoraAbout 300,000 Americans live with spinal cord injuries, and related respiratory complications are the leading cause of illness and death, according to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. But a new study led by…

Parameswaran Ramakrishnan, associate professor of pathology at the School of Medicine, was appointed as a nominated member of the editorial board of Diabetes journal, which is published by the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes is the top-ranked journal devoted exclusively to diabetes research…

Managing Type 1 diabetes (T1D) can often feel overwhelming—and that’s especially true for children and their caregivers. That’s where Case Western Reserve University’s Diabetes Inspired Culinary Education (DICE) study comes into play, offering a new way to approach T1D care and education. Led by…

The American Diabetes Association - Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Interest Group recently named Armando Vergara-Martel, research assistant in the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the School of Medicine, a winner of its Early Career Abstract Award. The title of Vergara-Martel’s abstract…

Parameswaran Ramakrishnan, associate professor of pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, received an award from JDRF, an organization dedicated to type 1 diabetes research. Parameswaran Ramakrishnan Ramakrishnan was selected for a $600,000 strategic research…

A recent study by Case Western Reserve University used national data from U.S. military veterans with diabetes to validate and modify a widely accepted model used to predict the risk of heart failure in diabetic patients. The model, called the WATCH-DM score, is used to predict the likelihood of…

Ian Neeland, associate professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, recently gave insights on navigating the semaglutide injection shortage. In a video on the American Journal of Managed Care website, Neeland discussed how diabetes can be managed with oral semaglutide when…

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals have identified an enzyme that blocks insulin produced in the body—a discovery that could provide a new target to treat diabetes. Their study, published Dec. 5 in the journal Cell, focuses on nitric oxide, a compound that…

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to a World Diabetes Day symposium and panel discussion Tuesday, Nov. 14, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Wolstein Research Building auditorium. Organized jointly by Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and the…