Practically everyone gets fatter as they get older, but some people can blame their genes for the extra padding. Researchers have shown that two different mutations in a gene called ankyrin-B cause cells to suck up glucose ...
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(HealthDay)—Maternal hyperglycemia seems not to be a risk factor for obesity in offspring aged 5 to 7 years after adjustment for maternal body mass index (BMI), according to a study published online June 19 in Diabetes ...
Jun 29, 2015
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Women who exercise during pregnancy are less likely to have gestational diabetes, and the exercise also helps to reduce maternal weight gain, finds a study published on 3 June 2015 in BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics ...
Jun 4, 2015
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A new study may help explain why glucose tolerance—the ability to regulate blood-sugar levels—is lower at dinner than at breakfast for healthy people, and why shift workers are at increased risk of diabetes.
Apr 14, 2015
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A cellular defect that can impair the body's ability to handle high glucose levels and could point the way to a potential new treatment for diabetes has been identified by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers. ...
Apr 7, 2015
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Exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A during pregnancy may raise a mother's susceptibility to weight gain and diabetes later in life, according to a new animal study published in the Endocrine Society's ...
Apr 1, 2015
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The excess fat tissue associated with obesity causes inflammation and reduces glucose tolerance, which increases the risk of diabetes. The mechanism responsible for these physiological effects, however, has been unclear. ...
Mar 27, 2015
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The composition of intestinal bacteria and other micro-organisms—called the gut microbiota—changes over time in unhealthy ways in black men who are prediabetic, a new study finds. The results will be presented Friday ...
Mar 5, 2015
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In a study to be presented on Feb. 5 in an oral concurrent session at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Diego, researchers will report on the effect of a probiotic capsule ...
Feb 2, 2015
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In a study published in Molecular Metabolism, a SLU researcher has found that adropin, a hormone that regulates whether the body burns fat or sugar during feeding and fasting cycles, can improve insulin action in obese, diabetic ...
Jan 29, 2015
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