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Awards & Grants, Diabetes, IDM,

Anja Schork Receives “Junior Faculty Award 2025”

The journal Metabolism honors Dr. Anja Schork, who works at the Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases at Helmholtz Munich at the University of Tübingen and at the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), with the Junior Faculty…

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IDM Researchers Accompany Hirschhausen Documentary “Hirschhausen and the Sugar”

Sugar can be enjoyable, but it can also make you ill. How much sugar is still healthy? And are sweeteners really a good alternative? Eckart von Hirschhausen addresses these questions in his new ARD documentary “Hirschhausen und der Zucker”…

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New Research Findings, Diabetes, IDM,

Normalizing Blood Sugar Can Halve Heart Attack Risk

For the first time, an international analysis has shown that when people with prediabetes bring their blood glucose back into the normal range through lifestyle changes, their risk of heart attack, heart failure, and premature death is cut in half.…

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Normalizing blood sugar can halve heart attack risk

For the first time, an international analysis has shown that when people with prediabetes bring their blood glucose back into the normal range through lifestyle changes, their risk of heart attack, heart failure, and premature death is cut in half.…

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New Research Findings, Diabetes, IDM,

One-Hour Blood Glucose Level: A Better Chance to Prevent Diabetes

An elevated blood glucose level one hour after the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) signals a critical metabolic state – even before prediabetes. Affected individuals respond particularly well to lifestyle interventions. This value could become a…

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Obesity in the brain

Eating too many sweets or fatty foods alters the brain's hunger regulation after just a few days.