Cardiology
Less inflammation = better healing
Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly called heart attack, remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, raising an urgent need for novel therapies.
Oct 21, 2019
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News tagged with insulin resistance
Medical research
New drug helps combat metabolic syndrome
A new drug developed at Yale reduces a host of abnormalities associated with metabolic syndrome, an obesity-born condition that afflicts one of three adults in the United States, researchers report Oct. 2 in the journal Science ...
Oct 3, 2019
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Medical research
Scientists link 'hunger hormone' to memory in Alzheimer's study
Scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas have found evidence suggesting that resistance to the "hunger hormone" ghrelin in the brain is linked to the cognitive impairments and memory loss associated with Alzheimer's ...
Sep 3, 2019
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Diabetes
A bacteria likely to reduce the cardiovascular risks of one in two people
In 2007, Patrice Cani (FNRS-WELBIO researcher) and his team at the Louvain Drug Research Institute of University of Louvain, in close collaboration with Willem de Vos, professor at UWageningen, discovered the beneficial effects ...
Jul 1, 2019
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Medical research
Phenols in cocoa bean shells may reverse obesity-related problems in mouse cells
Scientists may have discovered more reasons to love chocolate.
Jun 21, 2019
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Diabetes
Improved diabetes in spite of obesity
Eating too much fat and sugar causes weight gain and reduced health. But why is that, and is there a remedy? In a study published in the journal Cell, Prof. Jens Brüning's research group at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism ...
May 31, 2019
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Medical research
Researchers restore beta-cell function by deleting old cells
Research from Joslin Diabetes Center has shown in mice that insulin resistance increases the proportion of aged beta-cells which are dysfunction. Such an increase in aged beta-cells could lead to type 2 diabetes. These researchers ...
May 30, 2019
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Medical research
Could a popular food ingredient raise the risk for diabetes and obesity?
Consumption of propionate, a food ingredient that's widely used in baked goods, animal feeds, and artificial flavorings, appears to increase levels of several hormones that are associated with risk of obesity and diabetes, ...
Apr 24, 2019
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Medical research
Unexpected connection between insulin receptor and gene expression opens new doors for insulin-related disease research
The discovery of insulin in the 1920s marked the breakthrough in the almost 3,500-year-long mystery of diabetes, a disease first described in ancient Egyptian papyruses. Until its discovery, physicians struggled to explain ...
Apr 4, 2019
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Diabetes
Cellular alterations increase vulnerability of obese and diabetic individuals to infection
People who suffer from obesity and type 2 diabetes are more likely to become victims of infectious diseases. Both conditions affect the immune system and hence increase the risk of infections. Scientists have long sought ...
Feb 27, 2019
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