(HealthDay)—Consumption of pistachio nuts is associated with decreased insulin resistance in individuals with prediabetes, according to a study presented at the annual European Congress on Obesity, held from May 28 to 31 ...
Jun 1, 2014
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In healthy individuals, the amount of glucose, or sugar, in the blood increases after eating. When glucose increases, levels of insulin increase to carry the glucose to the rest of the body. Previous research has shown that ...
Apr 29, 2014
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More than one-third of people in the US are obese. Obesity and its related health problems—including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, insulin resistance, and belly fat—affect so many, yet effective treatments ...
Apr 1, 2014
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(HealthDay)—Myalept (metreleptin for injection) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat complications of leptin deficiency for people with the congenital or acquired generalized forms of lipodystrophy.
Feb 25, 2014
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Food transit through the small intestine affects the body's absorption of nutrients and, consequently, our health. The discovery that food transit time is regulated by a hormone indicates new ways to increase the intestinal ...
Nov 21, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—Eating 2 cups of wild blueberries a day for two months can reduce chronic inflammation, improve metabolism of fat and lower LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, according to research by a University of Maine ...
Aug 27, 2013
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If candy and potato chips didn't beckon from every street corner, wouldn't we all be thin? Thankfully, science is looking at ways to resist. Researchers have found that silencing a particular gene in mice keeps them from ...
Aug 26, 2013
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A study involving more than 8,000 participants has shown that people with a family history of diabetes see their risk of prediabetes increase by 26%. The research is published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European ...
Aug 21, 2013
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The longest and largest study of the effectiveness of insulin pumps to treat type 1 diabetes in children has shown that the pumps are more effective at controlling blood sugar than insulin injections and cause fewer complications. ...
Aug 18, 2013
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Type 2 diabetics who have severe hypoglycaemia are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, a paper published today in BMJ suggests.
Jul 30, 2013
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