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- DIABETES: -MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & METABOLISM: -The plasma 5′-AMP acts as a potential upstream regulator of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetic mice
Increased plasma free fatty acid (FFA) level is a hallmark of type 2 diabetes. However, the underlying molecular basis for FFA-caused hyperglycemia remains unclear. Here we identified ...
- METFORMIN EFFECTS: -MORTALITY IN INCIDENTAL CANCER PATIENTS & TYPE 2 DIABETES: -Mortality after incident cancer in people with and without type 2 diabetes
OBJECTIVE Type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk of several types of cancer and with reduced survival after cancer diagnosis. We examined the hypotheses that survival after ...
- NOTORIOUS DECLINING RATES OF DIABETES CAUSATIVE OF AMPUTATION NON TRAUMATIC OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY: -Declining rates of hospitalization for nontraumatic lower-extremity amputation in the diabetic population aged 40 years or older: u.s., 1988–2008
OBJECTIVE To assess trends in rates of hospitalization for nontraumatic lower-extremity amputation (NLEA) in U.S. diabetic and nondiabetic populations and disparities in NLEA rates within the ...
- NEW TECHNOLOGY IN THERAPY FOR TYPE 1 DIABETES: -New technology could potentially lead to new therapeutics for Type I diabetes with improved efficacy and reduced side effects
BOSTON, January 12, 2012: A research collaboration between the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Children's Hospital Boston has developed ...
- DIABETES & HYPERTENSION: -HOW ARE RELATIOSHIPS: -For those with diabetes, controlling blood pressure is crucial, but not urgent
A new study suggests that middle-aged adults recently diagnosed with diabetes and hypertension have time to try to learn how to control their high blood pressure without medications, but not too ...
- NEW MECHANISM DISCOVERED: How poor maternal diet can increase risk of diabetes – new mechanism discovered
Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have shown one way in which poor nutrition in the womb can put a person at greater risk of developing type 2 ...
- TYPE 1 DIABETES, POOR SLEEP & HYPERGLYCEMIA: -Poor sleep linked to increased health and behavior problems in young diabetics
Lighter sleep and breathing problems lead to trouble controlling blood sugar, despite adherence to diabetic health guidelines DARIEN, IL – A new study suggests that young diabetics may be ...
- ENDOCRINOLOGY, VITAMIN D & TYPE 2 DIABETES: -Low vitamin D levels may contribute to development of Type 2 diabetes
Study finds low vitamin D levels associated with higher degrees of insulin resistance A recent study of obese and non-obese children found that low vitamin D levels are significantly more ...
- MK-0941, A NEW GLUCOKINASE ACTIVACTOR: NON CLINICAL USEFULLL: -Effects of MK-0941, a novel glucokinase activator, on glycemic control in insulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes
OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy and safety of MK-0941, a glucokinase activator (GKA), when added to stable-dose insulin glargine in patients with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS ...
- TUBERCULOSIS & DIABETES: ROLE OF CONTROL: -Diabetes, glycemic control, and risk of tuberculosis
OBJECTIVE To examine the association between diabetes, glycemic control, and risk of tuberculosis (TB). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted a population-based case-control study in ...
- TYPE 2 DIABETES & INSULIN TREATMENT: -Optimizing insulin glargine plus one injection of insulin glulisine in type 2 diabetes in the eleonor study
Abstract OBJECTIVE To determine the functional health status and treatment satisfaction in patients with type 2 diabetes from the Evaluation of Lantus Effect ON Optimization of use of single ...
- MONOGENIC DIABETES: -Clues to finding further causes for monogenic diabetes
In most cases of diabetes, various genes and environmental factors are involved. Not in monogenic diabetes, where the causes are mutations in just a single gene. Between 25 % and 45 % of family ...
- EXPERIMENTAL TYPE 1 DIABETES: -Yale UNIVERSITY researchers use uterine stem cells to treat diabetes
Controlling diabetes may someday involve mining stem cells from the lining of the uterus, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study published in the journal Molecular Therapy. ...
- NEW TACTIC IN TYPE 2 DIABETES: -New tactic for controlling blood sugar in diabetes contradicts current view of the disease
Study finds inflammation may be part of the solution, not the problem Increased low-grade inflammation in the body resulting from obesity is widely viewed as contributing to type 2 diabetes. ...
- DIABETES TREATMENT: -Treating diabetes
It’s common enough for researchers to look at the impacts of prescribed drugs on the body. And if you’re a diabetes researcher who believes that exercise has great benefits for those ...
