News tagged with insulin resistance
Related topics: type 2 diabetes , diabetes , metabolic syndrome , cell metabolism , fat cells
Why resist insulin? Finding genes associated with insulin resistance
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers have uncovered six genetic regions that appear to affect resistance to the effects of insulin, which is important in many cases of type 2 diabetes. Previously, only two regions ...
Diabetes
Jun 11, 2012 |
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Human diabetes has new research tool: Overfed fruit flies that develop insulin resistance
(Medical Xpress) -- With Type 2 human diabetes climbing at alarming rates in the United States, researchers are seeking treatments for the disease, which has been linked to obesity and poor diet.
Diabetes
Jun 05, 2012 |
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Investigational diabetes drug may have fewer side effects
Drugs for type 2 diabetes can contribute to weight gain, bone fractures and cardiovascular problems, but in mice, an investigational drug appears to improve insulin sensitivity without those troublesome side ...
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Jun 04, 2012 |
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Improving obesity-induced insulin sensitivity
In recent years, a growing body of evidence has linked inflammation to the development of insulin resistance. In insulin resistance, the hormone insulin is less effective in promoting glucose uptake from the bloodstream into ...
Overweight and Obesity
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Gout flare-ups rise sharply with certain foods: study
(HealthDay) -- Meat, seafood and other foods rich in compounds called purines are associated with a fivefold increased risk of immediate gout flare-ups, a new study shows.
Arthritis & Rheumatism
May 31, 2012 |
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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
May 29, 2012 |
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Study reveals how high-fat foods impact diabetes and metabolic syndrome
A University of Michigan Health System study provides new clues about the health-damaging molecular changes set in motion by eating high-fat foods.
Diabetes
May 22, 2012 |
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Metformin may have dual effect in breast cancer
(HealthDay) -- For women without diabetes and with operable breast cancer, administration of metformin prior to surgery does not significantly affect the proliferative marker Ki-67 overall, but drug effects ...
Cancer
May 09, 2012 |
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Amino acid levels linked to type 2 diabetes risk
(HealthDay) -- Levels of some amino acids are associated with glycemia and insulin resistance and predict the development of type 2 diabetes in men, according to a study published online May 2 in Diabetes.
Diabetes
May 09, 2012 |
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Insulin may influence body weight gain in former smokers
It is probably safe to say that smokers refuse to give up their vice because they believe their waistlines will only get bigger. And while most researchers have long speculated that a metabolic link exists ...
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May 09, 2012 |
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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
May 08, 2012 |
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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 ...
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May 06, 2012 |
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Low testosterone levels could raise diabetes risk for men
Low levels of testosterone in men could increase their risk of developing diabetes, a study suggests.
Medical research
May 04, 2012 |
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Insulin resistance, inflammation and a muscle-saving protein
Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions around the world, fueled in large part by the equally alarming expansion of obesity as a global health problem. But while it's well-known that obesity is the most common cause ...
Medical research
May 01, 2012 |
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Insulin resistance cut-off established from clamp data
(HealthDay) -- Cut-offs for predicting insulin resistance based on hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp data and routinely measured clinical and biochemical variables have been determined, according to a study ...
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Apr 23, 2012 |
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