Fractalkine: New protein target for controlling diabetes
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a previously unknown biological mechanism involved in the regulation of pancreatic islet beta cells, whose role is to produce and release ...
Diabetes
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Diet shown to be critical factor in improving type 2 diabetes after bariatric surgery
Patients with type 2 diabetes who consume a diet identical to the strict regimen followed after bariatric surgery are just as likely to see a reduction in blood glucose levels as those who undergo surgery, ...
Diabetes
Apr 02, 2013 |
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Creatinine excretion rate linked to higher mortality in T2DM
(HealthDay)—In patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy, a lower creatinine excretion rate (CER) is associated with higher all-cause mortality, according to research published online Jan. 8 in Diabetes Ca ...
Diabetes
Feb 12, 2013 |
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Diabetes distresses bone marrow stem cells by damaging their microenvironment
New research has shown the presence of a disease affecting small blood vessels, known as microangiopathy, in the bone marrow of diabetic patients. While it is well known that microangiopathy is the cause of renal damage, ...
Diabetes
Jan 31, 2013 |
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Low-energy liquid diet offers effective weight loss for severely obese people, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—A new weight-loss programme available on the NHS for severely-obese individuals offers a safer, more cost-effective remedy than gastric surgery, according to a new study.
Overweight and Obesity
Jan 30, 2013 |
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Diabetes drug could hold promise for lung cancer patients
Ever since discovering a decade ago that a gene altered in lung cancer regulated an enzyme used in therapies against diabetes, Reuben Shaw has wondered if drugs originally designed to treat metabolic diseases ...
Cancer
Jan 29, 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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Weight counseling decreases despite rise in obesity
While the number of overweight and obese Americans has increased, the amount of weight counseling offered by primary care physicians has decreased—especially for patients with high blood pressure and diabetes—according ...
Overweight and Obesity
Jan 08, 2013 |
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Study shows heart calcium scan predictive of diabetes-related death from cardiovascular disease
People with Type 2 diabetes have two to four times the risk of cardiovascular disease compared to people without the disease. The best way for doctors to predict which diabetes patients are at the greatest risk for heart ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 20, 2012 |
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More than 200 genes identified for Crohn's Disease
More than two hundred gene locations have now been identified for the chronic bowel condition Crohn's Disease, in a study that analysed the entire human genome.
Genetics
Dec 13, 2012 |
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Research may have important implications for combating diabetes
(Medical Xpress)—Research by University of Notre Dame biochemist Anthony S. Serianni is providing new insights that could have important implications for understanding and treating diabetes.
Diabetes
Dec 11, 2012 |
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Pre-diabetic patients respond to self-directed lifestyle interventions, researchers say
Efforts to help overweight patients avoid diabetes through lifestyle changes need not rely on intensive, one-on-one focused programs, a new clinical study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Palo Alto ...
Diabetes
Dec 10, 2012 |
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Enzyme explains angina in diabetics
(Medical Xpress)—In a new study published in the scientific journal Circulation, scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital show that an enzyme called arginase might have a key ...
Cardiology
Nov 27, 2012 |
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Vitamin D may prevent clogged arteries in diabetics
People with diabetes often develop clogged arteries that cause heart disease, and new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that low vitamin D levels are to blame.
Diabetes
Nov 13, 2012 |
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Protein reveals diabetes risk many years in advance
When a patient is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the disease has usually already progressed over several years and damage to areas such as blood vessels and eyes has already taken place. To find a test that indicates who ...
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Nov 07, 2012 |
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