Genetics
Lean gene discovery could lead to new type 2 diabetes therapies
People with type 2 diabetes could be helped by the discovery of a gene linked to leanness.
Jun 6, 2016
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News tagged with high blood sugar
Medical research
Molecular link found between high glucose, metabolic disease
Scientists at Johns Hopkins say they've discovered a cause-and-effect link between chronic high blood sugar and disruption of mitochondria, the powerhouses that create the metabolic energy that runs living cells. The discovery, ...
May 5, 2015
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Scientists find new link between diabetes and Alzheimer's
Researchers have uncovered a unique connection between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, providing further evidence that a disease that robs people of their memories may be affected by elevated blood sugar, according to scientists ...
May 4, 2015
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Diabetes
Newly discovered protein has link to gestational diabetes
For at least 40 years, scientists who study how the body metabolizes sugar have accepted one point: there are four enzymes that kick-start the body's process of getting energy from food.
Feb 4, 2015
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Diabetes
Diabetes debate: Triglycerides form in liver despite insulin resistance
Solving one of the great mysteries of type 2 diabetes, a team of Yale researchers found that triglycerides, a type of fat in the blood and liver, are produced in the liver independent of insulin action in the liver.
Jan 5, 2015
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Diabetes
Discovery may revolutionise diabetes treatment
Research published in the journal Nature Medicine on Monday by my team provides hope for a new approach to treating type 2 diabetes. In animal models of the disease, our treatment restores natural control of blood sugar.
Nov 6, 2014
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Diabetes
Metformin beats other type 2 diabetes drugs for first treatment: study
(HealthDay)—People newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes who are initially given the drug metformin are less likely to eventually need other drugs to control their blood sugar, a new study suggests.
Oct 28, 2014
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Diabetes
Magnesium cuts diabetes risk
Getting enough magnesium in the diet may reduce the risk of diabetes, especially for those who already show signs of heading that way.
Oct 20, 2014
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Diabetes
Impotence drug might counter common gene mutation in type 2 diabetes, study finds
In a small study, Swedish researchers found that the impotence drug yohimbine might help people with type 2 diabetes who have a particular gene mutation that lowers their insulin production.
Oct 9, 2014
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Genetics
Researchers identify gene that causes obesity-related metabolic syndrome
(Medical Xpress)—Yale-led research has identified a genetic mutation responsible for the cluster of cardiovascular risk factors that comprise the obesity-related "metabolic syndrome." The study appears in the May 15 issue ...
May 15, 2014
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