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Study: Non-genetic factors play role in non-diabetic kidney disease among African-Americans
• Diabetes • • Urine Problems • Oct 09 12
The high rate of non-diabetic kidney disease in African-Americans is strongly associated with variations in a particular gene. Yet, not everyone who inherits these…
Obese adults with excess abdominal fat, insulin resistance may have higher risk of type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • • Fat, Dietary • • Obesity • Sep 19 12
Obese adults with excess visceral fat (fat located inside the abdominal cavity, around the body’s internal organs) and biomarkers of insulin resistance had an…
Brain neurons and diet influence onset of obesity and diabetes in mice
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Sep 19 12
The absence of a specific type of neuron in the brain can lead to obesity and diabetes in mice report researchers in The EMBO…
Blood sugar control does not help infants and children undergoing heart surgery
• Children's Health • • Diabetes • Sep 07 12
Tight blood sugar control in infants and children undergoing heart surgery does not lower the risk of infection or improve recovery, according to a…
Diabetes can DOUBLE your risk of stroke
• Diabetes • • Stroke • Aug 30 12
Diabetes can DOUBLE your risk of stroke, so why aren’t patients told to cut their blood pressure?
Adrian Scott was driving on a dual…
There may be an “obesity paradox” in diabetes - study
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Aug 13 12
Obesity and diabetes may not be the double whammy people expect, with an analysis of previous studies surprisingly finding that overweight and obese people…
Study finds novel therapy that may prevent damage to the retina in diabetic eye diseases
• Diabetes • • Eye / Vision Problems • Jul 28 12
Researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center have identified a compound that could interrupt the chain of events that cause damage to…
BUSM study identifies receptor’s role in regulating obesity, type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Jul 26 12
A recent study led by Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) demonstrates that the A2b-type adenosine receptor, A2bAR, plays a significant role in the…
Re-Defining Future Stroke Risk among Pre-Diabetics
• Diabetes • • Stroke • Jun 08 12
Millions of pre-diabetic Americans may be at increased risk of future stroke, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine…
Salk study may offer drug-free intervention to prevent obesity and diabetes
• Diabetes • • Obesity • May 17 12
-It turns out that when we eat may be as important as what we eat. Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have…
2 Your Health: Diabetes gone after weight loss surgery
• Diabetes • • Weight Loss • May 04 12
Doreen Giordana is on a mission. She wants to live.
At her highest weight she topped the scale at more than 275 pounds and…
Is There a Link Between Mood and Glucose Control in Diabetes?
• Brain • • Diabetes • • Neurology • May 02 12
When blood sugar levels in diabetes are poorly controlled, patients tend to have more complications such as depression and other mood disturbances, including anxiety…
Surgery Wins Again for Obese Diabetics
• Diabetes • • Obesity • • Surgery • Apr 17 12
Yet another study has found that bariatric surgery is a better diabetes treatment in obese patients than medical therapy, Italian researchers said, confirming results…
Sleepless city faces obesity, diabetes risk
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Apr 14 12
If you sleep less than five hours a day, chances are you will put on five kilos within a year and develop diabetes sooner…
Heart failure patients with diabetes may benefit from higher glucose levels
• Diabetes • • Heart • Apr 09 12
Lowering glucose levels for people with diabetes is normally critical to improving health outcomes. But for those with heart failure, that might not always…
Epigenetic changes in twins of dieting mothers increases risk of obesity and diabetes
• Diabetes • • Obesity • Apr 02 12
If you’re expecting, this might make you feel a little better about reaching for that pint of ice cream: New research published online in…
Vitamin D-fortified yogurt drink may lower risk of heart disease in type 2 diabetics
• Diabetes • • Heart • Mar 30 12
Daily intake of vitamin D-fortified doogh (Persian yogurt drink) improved inflammatory markers in type 2 diabetics and extra calcium conferred additional anti-inflammatory benefits, according…
Complicated link between diet drinks, health: study
• Diabetes • • Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Mar 29 12
Studies have hinted that diet-soda lovers could face higher risks of diabetes and heart disease, but new findings suggest that overall diet may be…
Bariatric Surgery Best for Obese Diabetics
• Diabetes • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Mar 26 12
Bariatric surgery improves glycemic control better than optimal medical therapy alone for obese patients with type 2 diabetes, two randomized trials determined.
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Diabetes associated with higher risk of cardiovascular problems in men
• Diabetes • • Gender: Male • • Heart • Mar 26 12
According to a new study by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), men with type 2 diabetes treated with insulin without a history…
Younger diabetes diagnoses may mean earlier strokes
• Diabetes • • Stroke • Mar 04 12
The risk of having a stroke increases every year a person has diabetes, according to a new study in Stroke, a journal from the…
FDA’s new statin label warning about diabetes risk may have little effect
• Diabetes • • Drug News • Feb 29 12
In evaluating the new warning U.S. regulators are issuing on statin prescription labels, many physicians are likely to take the view that high cholesterol…
“Spam” meat tied to diabetes risk in Native Americans: study
• Diabetes • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 31 12
Native Americans who often ate processed meat in a can, generically known as “spam” and a common food on reservations, one subsidized by the…
Genetic regulation of metabolomic biomarkers – paths to cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • • Heart • Jan 30 12
In a study to the genetic variance of human metabolism, researchers have identified thirty one regions of the genome that were associated with levels…
Study: Diabetes affects hearing loss, especially in women
• Diabetes • • Hair Loss • Jan 26 12
Having diabetes may cause women to experience a greater degree of hearing loss as they age, especially if the metabolic disorder is not well…