http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A group of researchers from the University of Copenhagen has taken a significant step towards understanding the reasons for both diabetes and growth hormone deficiency. Their new discoveries centre on the body's ability to regulate certain hormones, and their findings have just been published in the respected scientific journal PLOS Biology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-explanation-diabetes-poor-growth.html Medical research Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:01:37 EST news285955270 (Medical Xpress)—A new drug for type 2 diabetes, involving research at Aston University is being launched as a once-daily tablet for adults with the condition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-diabetes-tablet-weight-loss.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:48:02 EST news273995274 New research reveals that insulin applied in therapeutic doses selectively stimulates the formation of new elastic fibers in cultures of human aortic smooth muscle cells. These results advance the understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of diabetic vascular disease. The study is published in the February issue of the American Journal of Pathology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-insulin-therapy-atherosclerotic-lesions-diabetic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:01:04 EST news245336456 Inhaling a concentrated cloud of insulin through the nose twice a day appears to slow - and in some cases reverse - symptoms of memory loss in people with early signs of Alzheimer's disease, a new pilot study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-insulin-alzheimer.html Neuroscience Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:31:33 EST news235146666