Search

A recent study conducted by researchers at Harokopio University in Athens, Greece, examined the association between beverage consumption patterns and metabolic health in adults from families at high risk for type 2 diabetes in Europe. The study included 3,274 adults from six European countries and found that different beverage consumption patterns were associated with various metabolic health markers. One pattern, labeled as 'High in sugars beverage pattern', was positively associated with elevated triglycerides, blood pressure, fasting glucose, and the existence of metabolic syndrome. On the other hand, a pattern labeled as 'Healthy beverage pattern' was inversely associated with elevated blood pressure. The researchers suggest that promoting healthy beverage consumption through policy actions and public health nutritional education could be beneficial. [Extracted from the article]

Researchers from Democritus University of Thrace in Greece have conducted a study on the use of circulating cell-free DNA (ccfDNA) of mitochondrial origin (ccf-mtDNA) as an indicator of human pathology, specifically in breast cancer (BrCa), osteoarthritis (OA), and type 2 diabetes (T2D). The study found higher levels of ccf-mtDNA in BrCa and T2D compared to health, but not in OA. Machine learning analysis was used to develop biosignatures for clinical relevance, including a biosignature that could discriminate between OA and health with high performance. The findings suggest that aberrant ccf-mtDNA levels could have diagnostic and prognostic potential in BrCa and T2D, and the developed biosignatures could add value to their clinical management. [Extracted from the article]