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Calorie restriction causes temporal changes in liver metabolism
Moderate calorie restriction causes temporal changes in the liver and skeletal muscle metabolism, whereas moderate weight loss affects muscle. view more (2009-05-05)
Ice cream may target the brain before your hips, UT Southwestern study suggests
Blame your brain for sabotaging your efforts to get back on track after splurging on an extra scoop of ice cream or that second burger during Friday night's football game. view more (2009-09-14)
Meditation may improve cardiac risk factors in patients with coronary heart disease
A relaxation technique known as transcendental meditation may decrease blood pressure and reduce insulin resistance among patients with coronary heart disease. view more (2006-06-13)
Scientists explain how insulin secreting cells maintain their glucose sensitivity
Scientists at the leading Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have now disclosed the mystery how the insulin-secreting cells maintain an appropriate number of ATP sensing ion channel proteins on their surface. view more (2007-09-06)
Insulin increasingly being abused by body builders to boost performance
Insulin is increasingly being used by body builders to boost their performance, with potentially fatal consequences, reveals a case report in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. view more (2003-08-01)
Personalised doses of insulin
Diabetes is a widespread illness affecting 5 per cent of the population. In diabetics the metabolism produces an excess of glucose in the blood and, as a result, a number of sufferers need doses of insulin which allows them to regulate their glucose levels. Currently, the method of administering insulin to diabetic patients making use of... view more... (2003-02-05)
Diabetes treatment may lie in helping muscles to burn fat better
Scientists in Sydney and Melbourne have produced results that could silence the current debate about exactly how fat molecules clog up muscle cells, making them less responsive to insulin. view more (2009-01-28)
Diabetes medication and lifestyle changes can help treat weight gain induced by antipsychotic drugs
Lifestyle intervention and the drug metformin are both effective against antipsychotic-induced weight gain, and treatment is most effective when the two therapies are combined, according to a study in the January 9/16 issue of JAMA. view more (2008-01-09)
Cytokine resistance contributes to pathology of type 2 diabetes
In a study appearing this month in the Journal of Immunology, researchers at the University of Illinois describe how an impaired anti-inflammatory response plays a role in the pathology of type 2 diabetes. view more (2007-06-18)
Pumpkin: A fairytale end to insulin injections?
Compounds found in pumpkin could potentially replace or at least drastically reduce the daily insulin injections that so many diabetics currently have to endure. view more (2007-07-09)
Reducing inflammation plays key role in type 1 diabetes therapy
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have found that a triple combination therapy consisting of both tolerance-inducing and anti-inflammatory properties is successful in abolishing adverse autoimmunity against insulin-producing cells in a mouse model of Type 1 diabetes. view more (2007-08-01)
Diabetes research at UH 'crystalizes' with major finding
A University of Houston professor and his student have made a major discovery in the field of diabetes research and diagnosis, finding a new mechanism for the formation of insulin crystals in the pancreas. view more (2006-05-10)
Einstein scientists link elevated insulin to increased breast cancer risk
Elevated insulin levels in the blood appear to raise the risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women, according to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. view more (2009-07-10)
HIV drug resistance is increasing in the UK
The prevalence of transmitted HIV drug resistance in the United Kingdom is increasing, according to a study in this week's BMJ. This finding emphasises the urgent need for new approaches to encourage safer sexual behaviour. A total of 69 patients infected with HIV between June 1994 and August 2000 were evaluated for resistance within 18 months of... view more... (2001-05-02)
Lifestyle can alter gene activity, lead to insulin resistance
A Finnish study of identical twins has found that physical inactivity and acquired obesity can impair expression of the genes which help the cells produce energy. view more (2008-06-19)
Joslin-led study uncovers role of appetite hormone MCH in insulin production
A new Joslin Diabetes Center-led study has shown conclusively that a neuropeptide, melanin concentrating hormone (MCH), found in the brain and known for its role in increasing appetite in people, plays a role in the growth of insulin-producing beta cells and the secretion of insulin. view more (2007-01-29)
Transplant cures rats' type 2 diabetes without need for immune suppression drugs
An approach proven to cure a rat model of type 1 or juvenile-onset diabetes also works in a rat model of type 2 or adult-onset diabetes. view more (2006-09-13)
New approach to insulin treatment improves patients` lives
Training patients with diabetes to adjust their insulin doses to match their food choices, improves diabetes control and quality of life, finds a study in this week’s BMJ. view more (2002-10-02)
ESC Congress 2003: Preeclampsia is a risk factor for coronary artery disease in women
IMPORTANT: This press release accompanies a poster or oral session given at the ESC Congress 2003. Written by the investigator himself/herself, this press release does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Society of Cardiology We have shown that hypertension related to pregnancy (preeclampsia) is a risk factor for developing... view more... (2003-08-31)
ACTOS (PIOGLITAZONE): NEW THERAPY FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES WITH NOVEL MODE OF ACTION LAUNCHED IN UK
“Type 2 diabetes is characterised by high blood sugar but also by lipid abnormalities, particularly raised triglycerides and low HDL (so-called good) cholesterol. This spectrum of metabolic imbalance related to insulin resistance together with raised blood pressure is the characteristic signature of most people with Type 2 diabetes. Any... view more... (2000-11-07)
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