Diabetes

How leptin, the 'satiety hormone,' reverses diabetes

(Medical Xpress)—Treatment with leptin, the hormone associated with fullness or satiety, reverses hyperglycemia in animals models of poorly controlled type 1 (T1D) and type 2 (T2D) diabetes by suppressing the neuroendocrine ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Low vitamin D levels tied to increased cancer risk in IBD

(HealthDay)—Low plasma levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) are associated with an increased risk of cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), according to a study published in the May issue of Clinical ...

Diabetes

Cinnamon cuts blood glucose levels in diabetes patients

(HealthDay)—Consumption of cinnamon is associated with favorable reductions in plasma glucose and lipid levels, according to research published in the September/October issue of the Annals of Family Medicine.

Cardiology

ESC: Complications noted after dabigatran heart valve Tx

(HealthDay)—Patients with heart valve replacements have greater rates of thromboembolic and bleeding complications after treatment with dabigatran compared with warfarin, according to a study published online Sept. 1 in ...

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