Artificial Sweeteners: Yay or Nay? Artificial sweeteners don't deliver on weight loss promise

https://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Obesity/66966?xid=NL_breakingnews_2017-07-31&eun=g721819d0r

Drinking Alcohol Every Few Days May Help Protect Against T2D

reports, “Drinking alcohol – especially wine – every few days may help protect against type 2 diabetes [T2D].” The findings were published in Diabetologia. Researchers looked at “data from more than 70,000 healthy Danish adults who were surveyed about their health and drinking habits around 2007,” then tracked “them for five years.” http://time.com/4876998/drinking-wine-diabetes/

Study: Transplant Centers Routinely Reject Usable Donor Kidneys Some centers may underestimate kidney quality, experts said

https://www.medpagetoday.com/Nephrology/KidneyTransplantation/66923?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2017-07-28&eun=g721819d0r&pos=0

Clinical Trials Now Underway In First-Ever Vaccine For The Prevention Of T1D In Humans.

“Clinical trials are underway in the first-ever vaccine for the prevention of type 1 diabetes [T1D] in humans,” researchers from the University of Tampere in Finland have announced. Investigators there have “identified the enteroviruses belonging to the group B coxsackieviruses that are related to diabetes, and” have “developed a prototype vaccine that aims to prevent these viruses.” In the first phase of the clinical trial, safety of the vaccine will be monitored “in a small group of adults.” In the second phase, the vaccine will be evaluated in youngsters. In the third phase, investigators will find out “whether the vaccine could be used to prevent the onset of type 1 diabetes.” http://www.mdmag.com/medical-news/human-trials-begin-on-firstever-preventative-vaccine-for-t1-diabetes-in-humans

Environmental Working Group Says US Water Contains Dangerous Contaminants Still Permitted Under Law.

reports the Environmental Working Group released data Wednesday showing water samples from around the US containing contaminants “pose health risks but are perfectly legal under the Safe Drinking Water Act.” The advocacy group’s data “found 267 [contaminants] present in water supplies, many at levels above what scientific studies have found pose health risks but are still legal under the Safe Drinking Water Act.” The act has not been updated in “more than 20 years.” https://mail.google.com/_/scs/mail-static/_/js/k=gmail.main.en.HFKfDbXmXEw.O/m=pds,pdl,pdit,m_i,pdt,t,it/am=rcA8QL4fAhzMAGObTiDM_J-_XA4Pe377_38AOSrgG_Bv7v8J_DgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACwRfEJ/rt=h/d=1/rs=AHGWq9DRzB-lNCadZoXh3L8AKomp03PB8A

Sperm Count, Concentration Declining Among Men In Western World, Research Indicates

reports that research published in Human Reproduction Update indicated that “men in North America, Australia and Europe produced less than half as many sperm in 2011 compared with 1973.” The study also indicated that “the quality was worse.” USA Today points out that “some experts” are concerned “that so-called endocrine-disrupting chemicals...could be major contributors to falling sperm counts.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/25/male-sperm-count-declining/508734001/

HIV: End of Triple-Drug Therapy? Early studies suggest starting treatment with two drugs might be efficacious

https://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/IAS/66869?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2017-07-26&eun=g721819d0r&pos=0