Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system of patients attacks the pancreatic cells responsible for insulin production. A study from the University of Lleida (UdL) the Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (IRBLleida) and the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), recently …

Coffee consumption has a protective effect against the development of diabetic retinopathy, the eye condition that can cause vision loss and blindness, in people with type 2 diabetes, which accounts for 80% of diabetes cases, according to research recently published in the journal …

Thanks to the combined efforts of the Pere Virgili Health Research Institute (IISPV) and the University of Cambridge, it will be possible to tackle metabolic and inflammatory diseases (such as obesity and diabetes) from a global perspective. Researchers from both institutions will work together to …

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), non-communicable diseases kill 41 million people every year. These include a wide range of metabolic diseases, such as obesity and its associated diseases (type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease), and other diseases with a strong inflammatory component, such …

Some data on diabetic retinopathy – a rather unknown disease linked to diabetes Diabetes is a little-known, yet leading cause of blindness in Europe.It was estimated that  64 million people have diabetes in the European Region[i] in 2016 or representing around 7% of the Regional …

According to the World Health Organisation, over 422 million people have diabetes. Many have to regulate their condition by administering insulin several times a day, either by injection or insulin pump. Currently there is no decision support system for insulin dosing on the market that …