UF Health-led guidelines call for widespread Type 1 diabetes screening in children

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida Health physician-scientist led an international team of Type 1 diabetes experts who recently developed new…

A doctor tests a child's blood glucose level.

Clinician training program leads to better outcomes for patients with diabetes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A tele-education program for health care providers who treat people with diabetes resulted in significant improvements in patient outcomes,…

University of Florida team members meet via videoconference with physicians participating in Project ECHO Diabetes tele-education. Photo by Louis Brems.

Researchers feature successful diabetes interventions in drive to end global health disparities

Worldwide rates of diabetes are expected to nearly triple over the next two decades to an estimated 1.3 billion people with the condition by 2050. To address…

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UF Diabetes Institute director to be honored by the American Diabetes Association

University of Florida College of Medicine researcher and UF Diabetes Institute Director Mark Atkinson, Ph.D., is the recipient of the American Diabetes…

Some in-home tests for average blood sugar levels less accurate than traditional method

A trio of in-home tests that measure average blood sugar levels in patients with diabetes are not as accurate as in-office screening methods, new research by…

A man with a dark skin complexion sits at a dining room table. He is administering a glucose blood text, taking a small sample of blood from his index finder.

UF Diabetes Institute to establish novel biobank to study cardiovascular and kidney disease in diabetes

A major step toward transforming the understanding of cardiovascular and kidney disease in the millions of Americans with diabetes occurred Thursday when the…

UF biological scientist Helmut Hiller works in the lab for the highly successful Network for Pancreatic Organ donors with Diabetes, or nPOD. A new UF-based biobank of heart and kidney tissue to study diabetes will follow the nPOD model. (Photo by Jesse S. Jones.)

UF Diabetes Institute director Mark Atkinson wins Distinguished Scientist Award

University of Florida Diabetes Institute director Mark Atkinson, Ph.D., whose founding of a biobank of pancreatic tissue 15 years ago transformed the…

UF Health Shands Hospital ranked among nation’s best in six medical specialties

No other Florida hospital has as many adult and pediatric specialties ranked among the nation’s best as University of Florida Health Shands Hospital, with the…

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Patients with Type 1 diabetes cite negative interactions with providers as significant barrier to care

Experts recommend the use of continuous glucose monitors as the gold standard for managing Type 1 diabetes. Yet many adult patients, particularly those with…

UF Health researcher helps show hormone can reverse inflammation from fatty liver disease

Pushed by the obesity epidemic, a rising number of Americans are being diagnosed with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition that can lead to liver…

COVID-19 not likely to trigger Type 1 diabetes, UF Health researchers find in joint study

A protein thought to be the novel coronavirus’ entryway into the body could not be detected in the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas in three dozen…

UF Health researchers on team studying possible viral link with Type 1 diabetes

A prolonged infection by a common virus might sometimes trigger the immune system attack on the pancreas that ultimately leads to Type 1 diabetes. The finding…