http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Blood levels of free fatty acids are associated with insulin resistance during young adulthood and cardiovascular risk factors in later adulthood, according to a study published online May 13 in Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-free-fatty-acids-linked-cardiac.html Cardiology Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:01 EST news288009521 (HealthDay)—Regularly smoking pot is associated with visceral adiposity and adipose tissue insulin resistance, but not other metabolic changes such as impaired β-cell function or hepatic steatosis, according to a study published online March 25 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-pot-linked-metabolic.html Diabetes Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:50:01 EST news285603337 In a study of patients with type 1 diabetes, Joslin researchers found that dietary fat can affect glucose levels and insulin requirements. These findings, which appeared in the April edition of Diabetes Care, have major implications for the management of type 1 diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-dietary-fat-affect-glucose-insulin.html Diabetes Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:47:34 EST news283614447 (HealthDay)—Many parents pursue costly and time-consuming treatments to help their children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Now, a new study finds little evidence that non-drug interventions reduce key symptoms of ADHD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-non-drug-adhd-treatments-dont-pan.html Attention deficit disorders Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:00:03 EST news278763057 Free fatty acids created during the digestion of infant formula cause cellular death that may contribute to necrotizing enterocolitis, a severe intestinal condition that is often fatal and occurs most commonly in premature infants, according to a study by University of California, San Diego bioengineers. Their report, which was based on in vitro tests comparing the digestion of fresh human breast milk and nine different infant formulas, was published online in the journal Pediatric Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-vitro-digested-formula-breast-toxic.html Pediatrics Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:50:50 EST news274362640 (HealthDay)—A new review summarizes the ways in which inflammation and altered metabolism are associated with colorectal cancer in obese individuals; the review was published online Sept. 3 in Obesity Reviews. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-inflammation-role-obesity-colorectal-cancer-link.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:20:02 EST news266765980 A University of Michigan Health System study provides new clues about the health-damaging molecular changes set in motion by eating high-fat foods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-reveals-high-fat-foods-impact-diabetes.html Diabetes Tue, 22 May 2012 10:02:57 EST news256899636 The condition tuberous sclerosis, due to mutation in one of two tumor suppressor genes, TSC1 or TSC2, causes the growth of non-malignant tumors throughout the body and skin. These tumors can be unsightly and cause serious damage to organs. Growth of tumors in the brain may cause seizures and in the kidney, liver or heart, tumors can disrupt normal function, to the extent of causing the organ to fail. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Cell and Bioscience shows that the growth of glucose-dependent TSC-related tumors can be restricted by 2-deoxyglucose, which blocks glucose metabolism, but not by restricting dietary carbohydrates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-cold-starve-tumor.html Cancer Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:12:33 EST news238385506 A report in the August issue of the Cell Press journal Cell Metabolism might help to explain why it's so frustratingly difficult to stick to a diet. When we don't eat, hunger-inducing neurons in the brain start eating bits of themselves. That act of self-cannibalism turns up a hunger signal to prompt eating. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-diets-dont-starved-brain-cells.html Medical research Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:21:15 EST news231506417 Though it generally is known that obesity dramatically increases the risk for type 2 diabetes, the biological mechanisms for that connection still are unclear. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-toxicity-fatty-acids-links-obesity.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:25:52 EST news230383542