News tagged with blood glucose levels
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Student team's glucose sensor uses DNA instead of chemicals
People with diabetes may one day have a less expensive resource for monitoring their blood glucose levels, if research by a group of Missouri University of Science and Technology students becomes reality.
Medical research
Dec 28, 2011 |
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Scientists find missing link in regulation of glucose
(Medical Xpress) -- A team led by USC neuroscientist Alan Watts identified for the first time a biochemical signal that helps regulate the amount of glucose in the blood.
Neuroscience
Dec 22, 2011 |
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High blood sugar levels in older women linked to colorectal cancer
Elevated blood sugar levels are associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer, according to a study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The findings, observed in nearly ...
Cancer
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Sugar-sweetened beverages may increase cardiovascular risk in women
Drinking two or more sugar-sweetened beverages a day may expand a woman's waistline and increase her risk of heart disease and diabetes, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions ...
Cardiology
Nov 13, 2011 |
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Studies agree on the best blood glucose levels for diabetics with kidney failure
Two separate studies presented during the American Society of Nephrology's Annual Kidney Week agree that diabetics with kidney failure shouldn't lower their blood glucose levels as much as diabetics without kidney failure.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Connexins: Providing protection to cells destroyed in Type 1 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong disease characterized by high levels of sugar (glucose) in the blood. It is caused by the patient's immune system attacking and destroying the cells in their pancreas that produce the hormone ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Modern genetics answers age-old question on Garrod's fourth inborn error of metabolism
Fifty years after participating in studies of pentosuria, an inherited disorder once mistaken for diabetes, 15 families again welcomed medical geneticists into their lives. Their willingness to have their DNA analyzed with ...
Genetics
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Childhood diet lower in fat and higher in fiber may lower risk for chronic disease in adulthood
A recent study has found that a childhood behavioral intervention to lower dietary intake of total fat and saturated fat and increase consumption of foods that are good sources of dietary fiber resulted in significantly lower ...
Health
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Study finds clue to birth defects in babies of mothers with diabetes
In a paper published today in Diabetologia, a team at Joslin Diabetes Center, headed by Mary R. Loeken, PhD, has identified the enzyme AMP kinase (AMPK) as key to the molecular mechanism that significantly increases the ri ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Experts find continuous glucose monitoring beneficial in maintaining target blood glucose levels
Patients with diabetes face daily challenges in managing their blood glucose levels, and it has been postulated that patients could benefit from a system providing continuous real-time glucose readings. Today, The Endocrine ...
Health
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Neural stem cell transplant may tackle diabetes
Researchers in Japan have discovered how a patient's neural stem cells could be used as an alternative source of the beta cells needed for a regenerative treatment for diabetes. The research, published in EMBO Molecular Me ...
Medical research
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Team identifies key protein causing excess liver production of glucose in diabetes
Researchers at the John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have identified a powerful molecular pathway that regulates the liver's ...
Medical research
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Postcode lotteries in preventative health care -- not necessarily all bad news
There is much interest in the unequal health care caused by postcode lotteries. The area you live in can impact the treatment you receive for cancer treatment, surgery or GP care. Research published in BioMed Central's open ...
Health
Sep 28, 2011 |
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More frequent office visits associated with improvements in risk factors for patients with diabetes
Visiting a primary care clinician every two weeks was associated with greater control of blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels among patients with diabetes, according to a report in the September 26 issue of ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Diabetes may significantly increase your risk of dementia
People with diabetes appear to be at a significantly increased risk of developing dementia, according to a study published in the September 20, 2011, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neu ...
Neuroscience
Sep 19, 2011 |
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