Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a circulatory condition in which narrowed blood vessels reduce blood flow to the limbs. While many people with PAD have no or mild symptoms such as leg pain, it...
Metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors that occur together and increase your risk of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. Having at least three of the following risk factors could indicate...
Studies have linked lower vitamin D levels with a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes as well as impaired pancreatic beta-cell function and insulin resistance. Last week (June 7, 2019), results from a...
Drs. Cedric Garland and Sharif Mohr, along with others on their research team, have published numerous ecological studies on the association between UVB irradiance and the incidence of type 1 diabetes and many different...
Join us tomorrow (Friday, April 25) for the 2nd PreDiRe T1D (Preventing Disease and its Recurrence in Type 1 Diabetes) Symposium. GrassrootsHealth project manager, Jen Aliano, will be presenting on the D*action Type 1...
In February 2019, a study was published in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice titled “Does high-dose vitamin D supplementation impact insulin resistance and risk of development of diabetes in patients with pre-diabetes? A double-blind...
In the United States, diabetes affects more than 30 million people, with type 2 diabetes accounting for 90-95% of cases. Additionally, more than a third of US adults (84 million) have prediabetes. Diabetes is...
The role of vitamin D in pregnancy and lactation; emerging concepts by Carol Wagner et al. provides a thorough summary of how vitamin D can affect the life of the child during its...
In this three-part series on magnesium, we previously discussed what magnesium is and how it works in the body (part 1) and today we will take a look at why magnesium is important for...
Clinical Trial for Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Now Enrolling Individuals age 6 – 65 years old, who have been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) within the past 10 years, are invited to...