http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—For the millions of Americans at risk for heart disease or diabetes, a diet that includes tart cherries might actually be better than what the doctor ordered, according to new animal research from the University of Michigan Health System. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-tart-cherries-linked.html Health Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:31:47 EST news286011099 (HealthDay)—Treating mice fed a high-fat diet with telmisartan reverses insulin resistance and glucose intolerance, but only when the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-δ (PPAR-δ) gene is present, according to a study published online Dec. 13 in Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-telmisartan-reverses-insulin-resistance-mice.html Diabetes Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:40:01 EST news276442581 Researchers at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have discovered how a common diarrhea-causing bacterium sends the body's natural defenses into overdrive, actually intensifying illness while fighting infection. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-diff-reveal-potential-infections.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:20:01 EST news273495381 An FDA-approved drug initially used to treat insulin resistance in diabetics has shown promise as a way to improve cognitive performance in some people with Alzheimer's disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-diabetes-drug-memory.html Neuroscience Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:00:09 EST news272633264 (HealthDay) -- Normal-weight, insulin-resistant individuals whose parents have type 2 diabetes have fewer mitochondria in their muscles due to lower expression of lipoprotein lipase (LPL), according to a study published in the April issue of Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-mitochondria-offspring-parents-diabetes.html Diabetes Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:40:01 EST news251957394