Researches and studies related to Diabets, Vitamin D

• Lack of vitamin D linked to teen health problems: “New research in teenagers links low levels of vitamin D to high blood pressure and high blood sugar, which can lead to ominous early health problems.”,  reports The Washington Post.
• Obesity danger ‘rivals smoking’: “Being severely obese is as hazardous to health as a lifetime of smoking, shortening life by a decade, a group of Oxford University experts has warned.”, according BBC.
• Shining Light On Diabetes-related Blindness: “A group of scientists in California is trying to develop a cheaper, less invasive way to spot the early stages of retinal damage from diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in American adults, before it leads to blindness.”, says Science Daily.
• Not Enough Vitamin D In The Diet Could Mean Too Much Fat On Adolescents: “Too little vitamin D could be bad for more than your bones; it may also lead to fatter adolescents, researchers say.”, according Science Daily.
• Stem Cells Crucial To Diabetes Cure In Mice: “More than five years ago, Dr. Lawrence C.B. Chan and colleagues in his Baylor College of Medicine laboratory cured mice with type 1 diabetes by using a gene to induce liver cells to make insulin.”, says SCience Daily. Read more