News tagged with glucose intolerance

Related topics: type 2 diabetes , insulin resistance




Will green tea help you lose weight?

Evidence has shown that green tea extract may be an effective herbal remedy useful for weight control and helping to regulate glucose in type 2 diabetes. In order to ascertain whether green tea truly has this potential, Jae-Hyung ...

Overweight and Obesity created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 created Apr 19, 2013 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Adding intestinal enzyme to diets of mice appears to prevent, treat metabolic syndrome

Feeding an intestinal enzyme to mice kept on a high-fat diet appears to prevent the development of metabolic syndrome – a group of symptoms associated with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and fatty liver – and ...

Medical research created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Telmisartan reverses insulin resistance in mice

(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, ...

Diabetes created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stress during pregnancy leads to abdominal obesity in mice offspring

A new report involving mice suggests that a relationship exists between maternal metabolic or psychological stress and the development of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome in her offspring. What's more, the ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Men with large waists face an increased risk of frequent urination

Men with large waists urinate more frequently than their slimmer counterparts, according to research in the August issue of the urology journal BJUI.

Health created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

21st century bloodletting reduces cardiovascular risk

It seems that while the practice of bloodletting throughout history had little or no effect on most diseases, and the practice was abandoned in the 19th century, new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal ...

Cardiology created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Phone contact with nurses linked with better outcomes for women with gestational diabetes

Among women with gestational diabetes mellitus, referral to a telephone-based nurse management program was associated with lower risk of high baby birth weight and increased postpartum glucose testing, according to Kaiser ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Killer T-cells found to counter obesity-related diabetes

(Medical Xpress) -- For years, researchers have known that obesity, type 2 diabetes and low-level inflammation are linked, but how they are connected has not been well understood.

Diabetes created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Liver fat gets a wake-up call that maintains blood sugar levels

A Penn research team, led by Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD, director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, reports in Nature Medicine that m ...

Medical research created May 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study reveals how cancer drug causes diabetic-like state

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered why diabetic-like symptoms develop in some patients given rapamycin, an immune-suppressant drug that also has shown anti-cancer activity and may even slow ageing.

Medical research created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Exercise can reverse negative effects of maternal obesity

(Medical Xpress) -- Exercise is the key to overcoming the adverse metabolic effects passed on to offspring by their overweight mothers, with research showing for the first time these effects can be almost completely reversed ...

Health created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Early research shows dietary supplement may lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes

UCLA researchers demonstrated that an over-the-counter dietary supplement may help inhibit development of insulin resistance and glucose intolerance, conditions that are involved in the development of Type 2 diabetes and ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Study shows loss of key estrogen regulator may lead to metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis

UCLA researchers demonstrated that loss of a key protein that regulates estrogen and immune activity in the body could lead to aspects of metabolic syndrome, a combination of conditions that can cause Type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Does menopause matter when it comes to diabetes?

Menopause has little to no impact on whether women become more susceptible to diabetes, according to a one-of-a-kind study.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast