Archive: 22/02/2016
Insulin-secreting cells report on insulin resistance
Diabetes researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet have developed a novel technique that makes it possible to monitor insulin resistance in a non-invasive manner over time in mice. The new method, presented in the journal ...
Feb 22, 2016
Supply of GPs and detection of hypertension in England associated with premature mortality rates, study suggests
General practitioner numbers appear to have a small but important influence on premature mortality rates in England, according to research by the University of Leicester.
Feb 22, 2016
Using sugar to detect malignant tumours
Ordinary sugar could become a contrast agent of the future for use in magnetic resonance tomography examinations of tumours. Malignant tumours show higher sugar consumption than surrounding tissue.
Feb 22, 2016
Pakistan to import 'game-changing' Hepatitis-C drug: officials
Pakistan has authorised the import of an expensive Hepatitis-C drug from the United States to improve treatment for the estimated eight million people carrying the blood infection, officials said Monday.
Feb 22, 2016