Breaking news on diabetes
Memory Function - Decaffeinated Coffee May Help published
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:00:00 PST
Drinking decaffeinated coffee may improve brain energy metabolism associated with diabetes type 2, according to a study published in Nutritional Neuroscience and carried out by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Brain energy metabolism is a dysfunction with a known risk factor for dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease...
Link Between Insulin Resistance And Brain Health In Elderly published
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
New research from Uppsala University shows that reduced insulin sensitivity is linked to smaller brain size and deteriorated language skills in seniors. The findings are now published in the scientific journal Diabetes Care. The main hormonal function of insulin is to support the uptake and use of glucose in muscles and fat tissues...
Metabolic Side Effects Such As Obesity And Diabetes Caused By Antipsychotic Medications published
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
In 2008, roughly 14.3 million Americans were taking antipsychotics - typically prescribed for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or a number of other behavioral disorders - making them among the most prescribed drugs in the U.S...
Seasonal Changes May Influence The Efficacy Of Vaccination Against Diabetes published
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
The development of a medicine for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, based on autoantigen GAD65, received a setback following crucial clinical phase 3 trials that failed to show significant effects. One possible explanation may be seasonal variations in the immune system, claim those responsible for the study that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)...
Brain Energy Metabolism Improved By Decaffeinated Coffee published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered that decaffeinated coffee may improve brain energy metabolism associated with type 2 diabetes. This brain dysfunction is a known risk factor for dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease. The research is published online in Nutritional Neuroscience...
Biological Time-Keeper Linked To Diabetes published
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Researchers in Lille and Paris demonstrated that mutations in the melatonin receptor gene (melatonin or the "hormone of darkness" induces sleep) lead to an almost sevenfold increase in the risk of developing diabetes. This research, which was published in Nature Genetics on 29 January 2012, could contributed to the development of new drugs for the treatment or prevention of this metabolic disease...
Study Of Genetic Regulation Of Metabolomic Biomarkers - Paths To Cardiovascular Diseases And Type 2 Diabetes published
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
In a study into the genetic variance of human metabolism, researchers have identified thirty one regions of the genome that were associated with levels of circulating metabolites, i.e., small molecules that take part in various chemical reactions of human body...
New Genetic Study Links Body Clock Receptor To Diabetes published
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
A study published in Nature Genetics has found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes. The study found that people who carry rare genetic mutations in the receptor for melatonin have a much higher risk of type 2 diabetes...
Study Finds Mysterious Protein's Entwined Arm Movements May Control Fate Of Potentially Toxic Payload published
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Like a magician employing sleight of hand, the protein mitoNEET - a mysterious but important player in diabetes, cancer and aging - draws the eye with a flurry of movement in one location while the subtle, more crucial action takes place somewhere else...
Amylin's Once-Weekly Diabetes Injection Finally Wins FDA Approval published
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration finally approved Amylin Pharmaceutical's diabetes drug Bydureon, which provides glycemic control for diabetes type 2 in a once-weekly injection. The approval follows two earlier rejections in 2010, when the FDA asked the company to go back and carry out a new trial of the drug's effect on heart rhythm...
Animal Fat Consumption Before Conception Linked To Gestational Diabetes Risk published
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Women who consumed a diet high in animal fat and cholesterol before pregnancy were at higher risk for gestational diabetes than women whose diets were lower in animal fat and cholesterol, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Harvard University. Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes seen during pregnancy...
Women With Diabetes Experience More Hearing Problems published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PST
A new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, presented at the annual Triological Society's Combined Sections Meeting, on January 26 in Miami Beach, shows that diabetes is likely to cause a greater degree of hearing loss in women as they get older, particularly if the diabetes is not well controlled with medication...
Lower Limb Amputation Rates Associated With Diabetes Drop, US published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
An investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that between 1996 and 2008, the number of leg and foot amputations among U.S. individuals, aged 40+ with diagnosed diabetes, decreased by 65%. The study, entitled "Declining Rates of Hospitalization for Non-traumatic Lower-Extremity Amputation in the Diabetic Population Aged 40 years or Older: U.S...
Large Drop In Leg And Foot Amputations Among Adult Diabetics, CDC published
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PST
There has been a large drop in the rate of leg and foot amputations among Americans aged 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes, according to a new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in the February issue of Diabetes Care. The study reports that between 1996 and 2008 the rate of such amputations fell by 65%...
Patients With Diabetes Benefit From Lifestyle Counseling In Primary Care Setting published
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Lifestyle counseling, practiced as part of routine care for people with diabetes, helps people more quickly lower blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels and keep them under control, according to a large, long-term study published in the February issue of Diabetes Care...
Brown Fat - Keeps You Warm And Keeps You Slim published
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:00 PST
People with more brown fat seem better able to stay warm when it is cold, Canadian researchers reported in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. They added that the findings of their study could eventually be used to find ways of fighting obesity. Not much has been known about brown fat, a type of good fat, until recently...
High-Cost Screening Instead Of More Effective Tests Usually Offered To Neuropathy Patients published
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Researchers at the University of Michigan analyzed the tremendous cost of diagnosing peripheral neuropathy and found that less expensive, more effective tests are less likely to be used...
Increase In Physician Referrals Could Lead To Increase In Health Care Costs published
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Physician referral rates in the United States doubled between 1999 and 2009, a new study finds, an increase that likely contributes to the rising costs of health care. The increase in referral rates coincides with an increase in chronic conditions such as Type 2 diabetes...
Nurturing Mothers Rear Physically Healthier Adults published
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Nurturing mothers have garnered accolades for rescuing skinned knees on the playground and coaxing their children to sleep with lullabies. Now they're gaining merit for their offspring's physical health in middle age...
Saliva Test Could Replace Blood Test For Diabetics published
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Engineers at Brown University have designed a biological device that can measure glucose concentrations in human saliva. The technique could eliminate the need for diabetics to draw blood to check their glucose levels. The biochip uses plasmonic interferometers and could be used to measure a range of biological and environmental substances. Results are published in Nano Letters...
Cellular Degradation May Determine The Health Benefits Of Exercise published
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
The health benefits of exercise on blood sugar metabolism may come from the body's ability to devour itself, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report in the journal Nature. Autophagy is a process by which a cell responds to starvation and other stresses by degrading damaged or unneeded parts of itself to produce energy. It is sometimes called the cell's housekeeping pathway...
News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology published
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Saturated Fatty Acids Lead to Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Insulin Resistance Excessive levels of certain saturated fatty acids cause mitochondria to fragment, leading to insulin resistance in skeletal muscle, a precursor of type 2 diabetes, according to a paper in the January issue of the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology...
Chemists Unlock Potential Target For Drug Development published
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
A receptor found on blood platelets whose importance as a potential pharmaceutical target has long been questioned may in fact be fruitful in drug testing, according to new research from Michigan State University chemists. A team led by Dana Spence of MSU's Department of Chemistry has revealed a way to isolate and test the receptor known as P2X1...
TNF Receptor Levels In The Blood Warn Of Kidney Problems For Individuals With Type 1 And Type 2 Diabetes published
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Levels of certain blood proteins indicate which diabetes patients will likely develop life-threatening kidney problems in the future, according to two studies appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The results could help physicians protect the kidney health of patients with diabetes years before any visible signs of trouble arise...
The Mystery Of An Old Diabetes Drug That May Reduce Cancer Risk: Research Opens Exciting New Avenues In Cancer Prevention published
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
In 2005, news first broke that researchers in Scotland found unexpectedly low rates of cancer among diabetics taking metformin, a drug commonly prescribed to patients with Type II diabetes. Many follow-up studies reported similar findings, some suggesting as much as a 50-per-cent reduction in risk...
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