Type 2 diabetes progresses faster in kids, study finds
(HealthDay)—Type 2 diabetes is more aggressive in children than adults, with signs of serious complications seen just a few years after diagnosis, new research finds.
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Identifying key regulators of kidney injury
(Medical Xpress)—Micro-RNAs (miRNAs) are a recently discovered class of RNA molecules that regulate how genes are expressed. UCD researchers led by Conway Fellow, Professor Catherine Godson are studying the role of miRNAs ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 09, 2013 |
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Major international study finds no link between viral infection and rapidly developing Type 1 diabetes in young children
Some of the earliest results from The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in The Young (TEDDY) study - a major Europe-USA consortium exploring the causes of type 1 diabetes in children – has found no evidence for viral ...
Diabetes
May 06, 2013 |
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Diabetes self-care improves slowly, US report finds
(HealthDay)— More Americans are meeting diabetes care goals, but nearly half still aren't achieving major targets for controlling blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol, government health officials ...
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Apr 24, 2013 |
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Pot smoking linked to some metabolic changes
(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 ...
Diabetes
Apr 19, 2013 |
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'Health MOT' programme could uncover 440,000 new diabetes, heart or kidney patients per year
Leicester researchers believe a new health MOT-style programme for over-40s is likely to uncover more diabetes, kidney or heart patients than expected.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 19, 2013 |
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Experts examine Mediterranean diet's health effects for older adults
According to a study published in the Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, a baseline adherence to a Mediterranean diet (MeDiet) is associated with a lower risk of hyperuricemia, defined as a s ...
Health
Apr 18, 2013 |
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ACP unveils tools to improve care for patients with prediabetes, gout, obesity, and Alzheimer's
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.
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Apr 10, 2013 |
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Breakthroughs in diabetes treatment: Better outcomes, lower cost
(Medical Xpress)—When Jeffrey Katula and his research colleagues set out to determine if they could help prevent patients from developing diabetes using group-based problem solving, he didn't expect such ...
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Mar 19, 2013 |
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Study reveals therapeutic targets to alter inflammation, type 2 diabetes
New research from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) reveals that B cells regulate obesity-associated inflammation and type 2 diabetes through two specific mechanisms. The study, published in the Proceedings of th ...
Inflammatory disorders
Mar 12, 2013 |
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First evidence that obesity gene is risk factor for melanoma
The gene most strongly linked to obesity and overeating may also increase the risk of malignant melanoma – the most deadly skin cancer, reveals research published in Nature Genetics.
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Mar 04, 2013 |
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NIH study shows big improvement in diabetes control over past decades
More people are meeting recommended goals in the three key markers of diabetes control, according to a study conducted and funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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n-3 PUFA may reduce markers of kidney disease in T2DM
(HealthDay)—In patients with type 2 diabetes and evidence of kidney injury, supplementation with n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) does not reduce urine albumin excretion but is associated ...
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Feb 08, 2013 |
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Islet transplant may slow progression of atherosclerosis
Minimally invasive islet transplantation for patients with type 1 diabetes achieves insulin independence and reverses the progression of atherosclerosis in the first few years after transplant, according to a University of ...
Diabetes
Jan 28, 2013 |
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Kidney disease accounts for most of the increased risk of dying early among diabetics
One in every 10 Americans has diabetes, and a third or more of those with the condition will develop kidney disease. It may be possible to live a long and healthy life with diabetes, but once kidney disease develops, the ...
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