http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The American College of Physicians (ACP) today unveiled a series of interventions to help patients and physicians manage prediabetes, gout, obesity and weight loss, and Alzheimer's disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-acp-unveils-tools-patients-prediabetes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:33:52 EST news284834024 (HealthDay)—Resveratrol appears not to have a metabolic effect in obese men, according to a study published in the April issue of Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-resveratrol-effect-healthy-obese-men.html Diabetes Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:00:01 EST news284661538 (HealthDay)—Parents often worry when their child, especially a son, is much shorter than average. But as long as there is no medical cause, parents can rest easy, experts say. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-short-stature-childhood-discussed.html Health Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:12:16 EST news283630327 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking into new evidence that suggests a group of recently approved diabetes drugs can increase the risk of pancreatitis and other problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-fda-probes-pancreas-diabetes-drugs.html Medications Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:21:25 EST news282478877 Shares of Novo Nordisk tumbled Monday after the Danish drugmaker said U.S. regulators need a new study before they can finish their review of two diabetes treatments, a development that could delay approval for several years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-novo-nordisk-skid-drug-setback.html Other Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:59:42 EST news279799166 (HealthDay)—Women who experience early menopause have a greater risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online Dec. 10 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-early-menopause-tied-greater-diabetes.html Diabetes Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:30:01 EST news275838867 (HealthDay)—Pulse wave velocity is higher among patients with well-controlled type 2 diabetes when compared to controls, and is associated with white matter lesions, according to a study published online Nov. 5 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-higher-pulse-velocity-well-controlled-diabetes.html Diabetes Sat, 10 Nov 2012 07:40:01 EST news271749265 Studying gut bacteria can reveal a range of human illness. Now, new research shows that the composition of a person's intestinal bacteria could play an important role in the development of type 2 diabetes. These results, from a joint European and Chinese research team, have just been published in the journal Nature. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-gut-bacteria-diabetes.html Diabetes Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:00:02 EST news267877099 Scientists have been trying to explain the causes of diabetes for many years. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Novo Nordisk A/S have now shown that the increased activity of one particular iron-transport protein destroys insulin-producing beta cells. In addition, the new research shows that mice without this iron transporter are protected against developing diabetes. These results have just been published in the prestigious journal Cell Metabolism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-diabetes-linked-iron.html Diabetes Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:20:45 EST news267362437 (AP) — Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk A/S says its net profit grew by 29 percent in the second quarter of 2012, chiefly spurred by strong sales of its new diabetes drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-diabetes-drugs-boost-novo-nordisk.html Other Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:29:32 EST news263723362 Scientists at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research at the University of Copenhagen have used a new method to assemble a massive catalogue of data on proteins. This gives them unprecedented insight into a process called protein phosphorylation. The research was recently published in the scientific journal Nature Communications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-giant-raft-disease.html Medical research Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:53:22 EST news260095995 Defects in the gene that encodes the XIAP protein result in a serious immune malfunction. Scientists used biochemical analyses to map the protein's ability to activate vital components of the immune system. Their results have recently been published in Molecular Cell, a journal of international scientific repute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-scientists-immune-malfunction.html Immunology Thu, 17 May 2012 12:00:06 EST news256474758 (HealthDay) -- Insulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes who are noncompliant with their medication or clinic appointments face increased all-cause mortality, according to a study published online April 17 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-meds-clinic-noncompliance-linked-mortality.html Diabetes Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:00:01 EST news254490959 (HealthDay) -- Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) appears to affect the risk of cardiovascular disease even in type 1 diabetes patients with normal albumin excretion rates, according to a study published online April 12 in Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-cv-autonomic-neuropathy-cvd-albumin.html Cardiology Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:30:01 EST news254024521 The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that generic drug makers can challenge big-name pharmaceutical firms in court to stop them from broadening the scope of their patent descriptions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-supreme-court-drug-makers.html Medications Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:33:23 EST news253927980 (AP) -- Celebrity chef Paula Deen on Wednesday pledged a portion of her earnings from a lucrative endorsement deal with a diabetes drugmaker to the nonprofit American Diabetes Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-paula-deen-pledges-money-diabetes.html Other Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:16:21 EST news246168965