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New chair will help meet key challenges in diabetes
A new, world-leading centre of excellence for diabetes research and treatment, currently under development at Oxford University, is to be further enhanced by the creation of a new chair in diabetic medicine. The Robert Turner Professorship in Diabetic Medicine, created to commemorate one of the leading lights of type 2 diabetes research, has been... view more... (2000-11-27)
Potential association of type 2 diabetes genes with prostate cancer
Scientists have identified six new genes which play a role in the development of type 2 diabetes, and among the group is the second gene known to also play a role in prostate cancer. view more (2008-03-31)
Researchers open door to potential treatments for type 2 diabetes
Researchers funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) have identified an unsuspected role of a protein named SHP-1 that could constitute a new therapeutic path against Type 2 Diabetes. view more (2006-05-30)
Diabetes gene raises odds of lower birth weight
Pediatric researchers have found that a gene previously shown to be involved in the development of type 2 diabetes also predisposes children to having a lower birth weight. view more (2009-07-30)
Women with diabetes at increased risk for irregular heart rhythm
Diabetes increases by 26 percent the likelihood that women will develop atrial fibrillation (AF), a potentially dangerous irregular heart rhythm that can lead to stroke, heart failure, and chronic fatigue. view more (2009-09-28)
Genetics a key factor in premature infants' devastating eye disease
Genetics play a major role in predisposing infants to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a disease prevalent in premature infants that disrupts normal blood vessel development of the retina and can lead to blindness. view more (2006-11-27)
Early life infections increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Infections during the first year of life are a marker of increased risk of developing specific types of arthritis later in life. view more (2008-06-16)
Ethnic background may be associated with diabetes risk
Fat and muscle mass, as potentially determined by a person's ethnic background, may contribute to diabetes risk, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). view more (2009-10-06)
Significant dementia risk attributable to small blood vessel damage
Autopsy data of 221 men and women found that the brains of one-third of individuals who had dementia before death showed evidence of small, cumulative blood vessel damage that can arise from hypertension or diabetes. view more (2008-04-07)
Obesity may be factor in accelerated type I diabetes in some patients
Obesity, long known as a cause of type II diabetes, may accelerate the onset of type 1 diabetes in some - but not all - groups of younger patients, according to research at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and six clinical sites nationally. view more (2006-02-06)
MU Researchers Identify Proteins that Play Important Role in Blood Vessel Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes
According to the American Heart Association, three-fourths of people with diabetes die of some form of heart or blood-vessel disease. view more (2008-10-07)
Detection Of Glucose Intolerance After Heart Attack Could Identify Patients At High Risk Of Further Cardiovascular Disease
A Swedish study in this week's issue of THE LANCET confirms that people admitted to hospital with an acute heart attack are at an increased risk of having undiagnosed diabetes or increased glucose intolerance. Findings of the new study suggest that the fasting glucose of patients or high glucose concentrations immediately after heart attack could... view more... (2002-06-19)
Exploiting Nature's Weapons in the Fight Against Diabetes
Scientists at the University of Ulster are harnessing molecules produced naturally in the body to tackle one of the world's major health problems - diabetes. Their novel approach involves bioengineering gut peptides - molecules produced in the human intestine and released in response to feeding - to prolong their duration of action and,... view more... (2004-03-23)
Self-monitoring of blood glucose
Diabetes patients should always control their own blood sugar values if this leads to improvements in their treatment. view more (2009-09-29)
Study finds one in 523 children and adolescents have diabetes
About one in every 523 children and adolescents in the United States had physician-diagnosed diabetes in 2001, according to estimates from a major national study called SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth. view more (2006-10-03)
New insights in diagnosing diabetes may help the millions who are undiagnosed
In light of the 6.2 million Americans who don't realize they have diabetes, a panel of experts examined the current criteria for screening and diagnosing the disease and found a significant need for improvement. view more (2008-05-27)
Glucose challenge test is accurate and economical for diabetes and prediabetes screening
A test commonly used to help identify women with diabetes during pregnancy may be an accurate, convenient and inexpensive way to screen the general population for unrecognized diabetes and prediabetes, according to Emory University researchers. view more (2009-06-26)
MATERNAL FEVER IN EARLY PREGNANCY NOT ASSOCIATED WITH FETAL DEATH (pp 1526, 1552)
Danish authors of a study in this week’s issue of THE LANCET provide reassurance to pregnant women—maternal fever in the early stages of pregnancy is probably not a risk factor for miscarriage or stillbirth. view more (2002-11-13)
ARE THERE COMMON FACTORS AFFECTING TYPE-1 DIABETES AND ASTHMA? (p 607)
The occurrence of asthma and type-1 diabetes may be positively associated with each other at a population level, conclude authors of a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Asthma and type-1 diabetes are immune-mediated atopic diseases with wide variations in occurrence worldwide, and there are indications of increasing trends in... view more... (2001-02-21)
Carrot cake study on sugar in type 2 diabetes
Patients with type 2 diabetes are often advised to cut out sucrose (table sugar) all together. However, in recent years this traditional advice has been questioned by some researchers who suggest that moderate amounts of sugar can be safely consumed as part of the diet of patients with diabetes. view more (2008-01-09)
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