http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP) -- A Madison-based clinic is trying to track down hundreds of patients after a nurse apparently spent years improperly using diabetic injection devices on them, potentially exposing them to blood-borne diseases such as HIV. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-wis-clinic-disease-exposures.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:50:17 EST news233895002 79 million American adults have prediabetes and will likely develop diabetes later in life, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As the number of people diagnosed with diabetes continues to grow, researchers are focusing on discovering why the prevalence of the disease is increasing. John Thyfault, an assistant professor in MU's departments of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology and Internal Medicine, has found that ceasing regular physical activity impairs glycemic control (control of blood sugar levels), suggesting that inactivity may play a key role in the development of type 2 diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-links-inactivity-factors-diabetes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:52:22 EST news233337116 (AP) -- British police are investigating whether three hospital patients died as a result of receiving saline solution contaminated with insulin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-die-uk-hospital-saline-contaminated.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:05:34 EST news230119513 (AP) -- Federal health regulators have concerns about bladder and breast cancer seen in patients taking an experimental diabetes pill from Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-fda-safety-experimental-diabetes-drug.html Medications Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:30:01 EST news229946505 In a study, Identification of unrecognized diabetes and pre-diabetes in a dental setting, published in the July 2011 issue of the Journal of Dental Research, researchers at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine found that dental visits represented a chance to intervene in the diabetes epidemic by identifying individuals with diabetes or pre-diabetes who are unaware of their condition. The study sought to develop and evaluate an identification protocol for high blood sugar levels in dental patients and was supported by a research grant from Colgate-Palmolive. The authors report no potential financial or other conflicts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-dentists-people-undiagnosed-diabetes.html Dentistry Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:44:38 EST news229880665 In type 2 diabetes, a protein called amylin forms dense clumps that shut down insulin-producing cells, wreaking havoc on the control of blood sugar. But zinc has a knack for preventing amylin from misbehaving. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-diabetes-zinc-effects-kinky-two-faced.html Medical research Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:47:04 EST news228674805 The 25.8 million Americans who have diabetes may soon be free of finger pricks and daily insulin dosing. Mayo Clinic endocrinologists Yogish Kudva, M.B.B.S., and Ananda Basu, M.B.B.S., M.D., are developing an artificial pancreas that will deliver insulin automatically and with an individualized precision never before possible. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-mayo-clinic-artificial-pancreas-ease.html Medical research Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:24:00 EST news228155005 (Medical Xpress) -- Our liver could be a major springboard for determining life-changing diabetes diagnosis and treatment thanks to a world-first discovery by an Australian-Chinese research team. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-liver-key-diabetes.html Medical research Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:40:01 EST news227335903 Overweight girls lose more weight and can better stay on a healthy diet if they eat sugar-free, low-fat desserts several times weekly, as opposed to any dessert once a week, a new study finds. The results will be reported Monday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-desserts-glycemic-index-benefit-weight-loss.html Health Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:43:13 EST news226593775 Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are combining automation techniques from oil refining and other diverse areas to help create a closed-loop artificial pancreas. The device will automatically monitor blood sugar levels and administer insulin to patients with Type 1 diabetes, and aims to remove much of the guesswork for those living with the chronic disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-weapons-juvenile-diabetes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:02:53 EST news226580549 UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers are engaging the help of professional boxers and trainers to study whether a component in red wine and grapes could help reduce the short- and long-term effects of concussions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-red-wine-compound-concussions-pro.html Health Thu, 26 May 2011 03:49:08 EST news225600526 A high-fat diet during pregnancy may program a woman's baby for future diabetes, even if she herself is not obese or diabetic, says a new University of Illinois study published in the Journal of Physiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-high-fat-diet-pregnancy-child-future.html Health Wed, 25 May 2011 16:05:52 EST news225558251 A uniquely collaborative study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies uncovered a novel mechanism that turns up glucose production in the liver when blood sugar levels drop, pointing towards a new class of drugs for the treatment of metabolic disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-fasting-pathway-class-diabetes-drugs.html Medical research Thu, 12 May 2011 12:25:32 EST news224421912 Simply put, people develop diabetes because they don't have enough pancreatic beta cells to produce the insulin necessary to regulate their blood sugar levels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-mechanism-cells-insulin-making.html Medical research Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:44:29 EST news223303445 Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University, have uncovered a new clue for why bariatric surgery is more effective than dietary remedies alone at controlling glucose levels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-bariatric-surgery-effective-dieting-glucose.html Medical research Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:00:01 EST news223131445 A new study of older diabetes patients has found that well-controlled blood sugar levels were associated with a lower risk of major complications such as heart attacks, amputation and kidney disease, but the very lowest blood sugar levels were associated with a small but significant increased risk of death. The study published in the June 2011 issue of the journal Diabetes Care, followed more than 70,000 type 2 diabetes patients from Kaiser Permanente who were over 60 years of age for four years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-elderly-diabetes-patients-glucose-slightly.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:01:30 EST news222361199