Frontpage » Tag » sugar

News tagged with sugar


A simple blood test could be used to detect breast cancer

A simple blood test could one day be a more accurate way to test for the early signs of breast cancer than using mammograms to spot a lump say researchers today, as Breast Cancer Awareness Month gets underway.

Cancer created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Low birth weight may increase risk for cardiovascular disease, kidney disease and diabetes

Being underweight at birth may have consequences above and beyond the known short-term effects says a research report published in the October 2012 issue of The FASEB Journal. The report shows that rats with a low birth ...

Pediatrics created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Future health risks for obese children may be greater than previously thought

Being obese as a child or adolescent may have a larger effect on future health than previously thought, suggests a study published in the British Medical Journal today.

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In lab, drug-on-the-cob fights rare disease

Biologists in Canada have made a medical enzyme using genetically-engineered corn, a feat that could one day slash the cost of treating a life-threatening inherited disease, a journal reported on Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cystic fibrosis disrupts pancreas two ways in CF-related diabetes

A new University of Iowa study suggests there are two root causes of a type of diabetes associated with cystic fibrosis (CF). The findings, which already have sparked a clinical trial, may guide development ...

Diabetes created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies mechanism that leads to diabetes, blindness

The rare disorder Wolfram syndrome is caused by mutations in a single gene, but its effects on the body are far reaching. The disease leads to diabetes, hearing and vision loss, nerve cell damage that causes ...

Medical research created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study explains decrease in insulin-producing beta cells in diabetes

Scientists generally think that reduced insulin production by the pancreas, a hallmark of type 2 diabetes, is due to the death of the organ's beta cells. However, a new study by Columbia University Medical ...

Diabetes created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tight blood sugar control for pediatric cardiac surgery patients does not improve outcomes

Tight blood sugar control in the intensive care unit for pediatric cardiac surgery patients does not improve patients' infection rate, mortality, length of stay or organ failure when compared to standard care, new research ...

Cardiology created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teens' diabetes management supported by family problem-solving

(Medical Xpress)—A clinic-based program for adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their families helped the teens develop the healthy behaviors needed to control their blood sugar levels, researchers at the National Institutes ...

Pediatrics created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tight glycemic control has no proven benefits for children in the cardiac ICU

Although some studies have portrayed tight blood sugar control as a potential means of lowering infection rates in critically ill adults, a new study—led by principal investigator Michael Agus, MD, director of the Medicine ...

Cardiology created Sep 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Broader approach reveals genetic complexity behind diabetes genes

(Medical Xpress)—Using a new method, diabetes researchers at Lund University, Sweden, have been able to reveal more of the genetic complexity behind type 2 diabetes. The new research findings have been achieved as a result ...

Genetics created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Even in normal range, high blood sugar linked to brain shrinkage

People whose blood sugar is on the high end of the normal range may be at greater risk of brain shrinkage that occurs with aging and diseases such as dementia, according to new research published in the September 4, 2012, ...

Neuroscience created Sep 03, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Confusion over diabetes types adds to patients' woes

(HealthDay)—Given that about one in 12 Americans has diabetes, chances are good you know someone with some form of the disease. But you may be less informed about the different types of diabetes and their ...

Diabetes created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diabetes can be controlled in patients after pancreas removal

Removing the entire pancreas in patients with cancer or precancerous cysts in part of the organ does not result in unmanageable diabetes—as many physicians previously believed, research at Mayo Clinic in Florida has found. ...

Diabetes created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Job stress doubles diabetes risk in women

Work stress doubles the risk of developing diabetes for women who have little or no control over what they do on the job, according to a new Canadian study.

Diabetes created Aug 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0