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Mount Sinai Medical Center investigators say that brain metabolism can be improved by drinking decaffeinated coffee. The team studied the relationship between this type of metabolism and type II diabetes, and found a strong correlation between the two.
By drinking caffeine-free coffee, people can help improve the wa... |
6 February 2012
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The latest study on the effects that sugar has on the human body have shown that the substance should be cataloged as a toxic chemical, similar to how tobacco and alcohol are currently designated. The bad part is that sweeteners aren't any better for us. The number of researchers arguing that this is the way t... |
6 February 2012
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The people who live in crowded cities displaying an increased level of air pollution might face greater risks of developing diabetes than the ones who enjoy the benefits of better air quality, according to a recent study conducted by a team of Danish experts.
Our current system of transportation influences the way ... |
25 November 2011
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Researchers have known for quite some time that certain parts of the human body are more susceptible to being influenced by environmental changes than others, but the reason why this happens has thus far eluded them. In a new study, experts finally managed to come up with an answer to this riddle.
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22 November 2011
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A group of experts at the Brown University says that a special enzyme can be used in mice to reduce rodents' weight gain. At the same time, the animals display an improved metabolism, and show significantly higher insulin efficiency than their peers.
These results are very encouraging, if they could only be app... |
15 November 2011
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In a paper published in the latest issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, researchers underline a baffling connection between lung cancer survival rates and diabetes. It would appear that people who were also diagnosed with the latter live longer than lung cancer patients without diabetes.In the new study, Norweg... |
17 October 2011
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A series of new studies appear to demonstrate that behavior interventions can be especially useful for people suffering from diabetes. Many patients leave their blood sugar and insulin levels spiral out of control, which puts them at risk of developing various complications.
Even without these complications, diabe... |
13 October 2011
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In a new study conducted on unsuspecting lab rats, scientists at the Washington University in St. Louis (WUSL) School of Medicine (WUSM) determined that diabetes can be cured in mice using a compound that occurs naturally in the body. They now plan to conduct similar studies on humans.
In their experiments, the i... |
5 October 2011
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At this time, many drugs against obesity and diabetes are available on the market, but most of them have their actions disrupted by an enzyme called PTP1B. Researchers in the United States now say that they can use this molecule as a target for a new type of treatment.
The team – which is based at the Cold S... |
30 September 2011
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The extent to which diabetes is tied to heart diseases apparently escaped even the most intricate studies. In a recent investigation, experts in the United States learned that diabetes patients exhibited calcium build-ups in their bodies that were indicators of impending heart attacks or strokes.
Scientists have k... |
27 September 2011
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A team of experts from the Karolinska Institutet, in Sweden, say that they were able to establish a direct link between the onset of metabolic conditions such as blood lipid disorder, diabetes and obesity and a dysfunction occurring in lipid cells.
If put to good use, this discovery could result in the development... |
26 September 2011
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One of the primary issues with diabetes is that beta cells in the pancreas – which play a critical role in the production of insulin – are damaged irretrievably. In a new investigation, experts were able to uncover the mechanisms that lead to the development of such cells.
With this remarkable breakthr... |
12 September 2011
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A team of researchers at the University of Michigan has recently finished conducting a new scientific study, which provides a better view into the role that zinc and a protein called amylin play in the development of type II diabetes.
One of the things that experts knew about amylin when the research effort began ... |
1 July 2011
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Scientists have recently discovering that subjecting diabetes patients to a draconian, 600-calorie- a-day diet can actually reverse the course of the disease in these individuals. The team behind the work is however quick to point out that this does not work for every single patient.The new work was carried out on 11... |
27 June 2011
10:57 GMT |
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An international collaboration of scientists has just released the conclusion of a major global study on the spread of diabetes since 1980. The conclusions are grim, showing that more than 347 million people suffer from the condition. This number was achieved in 2008 – the last year for which complete figures a... |
27 June 2011
09:44 GMT |
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The fight against juvenile diabetes will only get worse before it starts producing results, investigators say, and this is why engineers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) are working on creating an artificial pancreas. According to the researchers the closed-loop, synthetic organ will contribute to monito... |
9 June 2011
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Genetics experts announce the discovery of a regulatory master gene, that is involved in underlying the development of type II diabetes, and also in controlling and supervising the behavior of numerous other genes, that act within fat cells in the human body.This finding indicates a possible new target of treatment i... |
16 May 2011
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A recent investigation conducted on unsuspecting lab mice has revealed that administering a spoonful of sugar to diabetes patients may in fact be one of the best way to address the disease. In the new experiments, researchers looked at how much glucose was used up in pancreatic cells that produce insulin. The team al... |
6 April 2011
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Scientists have recently established that smokers who are also diabetics put themselves at an increased risk of developing complications to their condition if they continue on with the habit. This effect adds to the large number of health consequences that smoking has. According to the new work, the addictive chemica... |
31 March 2011
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A multitude of diabetes patients arrive at their doctors' offices hoping to get pills that could alleviate their condition. When they go home however, they carry on with the same lifestyle choices that triggered the condition in the first place. Scientists say that changing lifestyles is the best drug. An import... |
21 March 2011
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A study conducted on middle-aged diabetes patients has revealed that this particular subgroup has a life expectancy that is six years shorter than the average. Death occurred both due to diabetes and complications caused by the condition.These included common forms of cancer, mental disorders, heart diseases, liver, ... |
3 March 2011
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A group of investigators from the Joslin Diabetes Center (JDC) announces the discovery of a mechanism that causes excessive hemorrhage following stroke, in patients who suffer from diabetes.For a long time, the two conditions have been tied together, in the sense that experts noticed a worsening in stroke effects in ... |
24 January 2011
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People who manage to take more steps every day not only help prevent obesity, but also reduce their disk of developing diabetes, a new study published on bmj.com today, concluded.There is certain popular belief that we should take 10,000 steps every day, but a more recent recommendation lowered the number to 3,000 st... |
13 January 2011
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Obesity looks like the 21st century plague of mankind, so researchers are continuously conducting studies hoping to find that miraculous weight-loss therapy, and for once, a team of scientists from the Joslin Diabetes Center, found a group of cells in mice, that can be transformed into energy-burning brown fat.Adults... |
21 December 2010
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A group of researchers from Washington DC managed to develop a new technology allowing them to convert stem cells in the male testes into cells capable of producing insulin in the pancreas. The achievement could lead to new drugs and therapies for conditions such as diabetes. Using the testes of organ donors, researc... |
13 December 2010
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Healthcare experts are currently drawing attention to the fact that a large portion of teens suffering from diabetes are still smoking, which exposed them to increased risks of developing heart diseases early on in life. Diabetics are through the very nature of their disease more prone towards becoming obese, sufferi... |
6 December 2010
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The latest research from the University of Bristol, concluded that a dietary supplement of the synthetic derivative of vitamin B1, could help prevent heart disease in people suffering from diabetes.Since vitamin B1 can help the body get rid of its toxins, it can also protect the cells of the heart from being damaged.... |
6 December 2010
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The couch potato mouse is the new model for studying muscle function, and it is the result of the latest research carried out by Daniel Kelly, MD, and his colleagues at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) at Lake Nona. The couch potato effect comes from a missing protein called PGC-1, that a... |
1 December 2010
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A new investigation appears to indicate that the established drug Metformin, which has been used for years to treat people suffering from type II diabetes, may also be effective in combating symptoms associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The correlation puzzled scientists, as diabetes appears when sugar levels i... |
24 November 2010
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The deep economic crisis that affects the world is having effects on a wide array of affects of society, including on people with low-income who suffer from chronic diseases such as diabetes.These individuals' health is heavily dependent on a certain type of nutrition and menus, and food insecurity due to dimini... |
8 November 2010
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A new research found that once fat cells and tissues of morbidly obese people and animals no longer can store fat appropriately, they trigger changes within the body, that are linked to type 2 diabetes and other obesity-related diseases.This work was funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Counci... |
8 November 2010
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An international group of researchers recently published a study detailing the discovery of a new pathway in the human body that is related directly to the development of cancer and diabetes. A key step in this pathway was also identified, which raises hopes for the development of future cures.In a paper appearing in... |
6 November 2010
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Babies exposed to hunger while in the uterus, face an elevated risk of high blood sugar levels in later life, confirmed Wageningen University and Chinese researchers.The team of scientists gathered data of nearly eight thousand Chinese individuals, who were exposed to food restrictions between 1951 and 1961.The Wagen... |
5 November 2010
04:12 GMT |
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If you think of becoming a father, you should start eating healthy food, a new research carried out by the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, suggests.Previous research has already proven that a poor maternal diet along with obesity can damage the offspring's metabolism and rise their risk of ob... |
21 October 2010
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Type 1 diabetes patients are dependent on the hormone insulin for their very survival, and now scientists are engaging in an effort to see whether they can make the therapy more effective by adding the hormone leptin to the mix as well. This type of diabetics has abnormally high levels of sugar in their blood stream,... |
11 October 2010
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Kidney failure is a series of disorders which unfortunately appears more and more often in patients. Now experts believe they may have found away to mitigate its effects. Scientists say that one of the main reasons why kidneys today fail more than they dis in the past is because more and more people are suffering fro... |
6 October 2010
03:27 GMT |
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In a recent scientific study, researchers established that even obese individuals who have healthy metabolisms might improve their health levels considerably by losing a few pounds. For the purpose of this investigation, a healthy metabolism was considered to exhibit normal levels of cholesterol and blood sugars. In ... |
4 October 2010
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In a ground breaking new investigation, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies managed to uncover an important connection between diabetes and circadian rhythms. The group says that it performed a series of studies on mice, in which it was revealed that changing the concentration of a certain protei... |
21 September 2010
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Scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) say that obesity and diabetes, two conditions tightly linked to each other, are currently still exhibiting a sharp rise in the state.According to the new research paper, it would appear that the majority of adult Americans living in California are eithe... |
1 September 2010
09:46 GMT |
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Experts in the United States recently determined that breastfeeding can be used as an indicator of gagging a woman's risk of developing type II diabetes later on in life. The researchers found that females who had breastfed their babies after birth were a lot more likely not to exhibit any of the symptoms associ... |
27 August 2010
08:52 GMT |
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Grapefruits contain naringenin, which is an antioxidant derived from their bitter flavor, as well as from other citrus fruits, that causes the liver to break down fat and increase insulin sensitivity.Research carried out by a team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), found... |
26 August 2010
05:23 GMT |
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A new research published on bmj.com yesterday, found that eating more green leafy vegetables can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.Still study leader Patrice Carter, at the University of Leicester, and his colleagues say that further research is needed to fully understand the potential benefits of green l... |
20 August 2010
05:29 GMT |
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Scientists have found that emodin, a natural product that can be found in several Chinese herbs like Rheum palmatum and Polygonum cuspidatum (actually called Japanese Knotweed, or fleeceflower), can be a type 2 diabetes impact reduction agent.Administrating emodin to mice with diet-induced obesity, had the positive e... |
18 August 2010
02:51 GMT |
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A new report in the August 9/23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine says that people with a large waist circumference have bigger risks of dying over a period of nine years.Researchers at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta analyzed the possible link between risk of death and waist circumference in 48,500 men a... |
10 August 2010
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A group of investigators from the University of Nottingham, in the United Kingdom, has recently made a very interesting discovery. In their investigation on the effects of certain treatments on diabetes-related foot ulcers, they determined that patients exhibited varied rates of healing. The team found that the varia... |
2 August 2010
10:34 GMT |
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine discovered that human insulin-producing beta cell can replicate for at least four weeks in a mouse model of diabetes, thanks to a single stimulatory molecule. Research also gave several molecule combinations that allow human beta cells to replicate and po... |
28 July 2010
06:48 GMT |
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Scientists have recently been able to determine that a clear correlation exists between the body's ability to process and absorb sugar in the blood, and an individual's risk of developing mental disorders. These were found to include schizophrenia and related conditions, as well as mood swings and other suc... |
9 June 2010
07:03 GMT |
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Insulin is a vital chemical for millions of people suffering from diabetes worldwide. The hormone helps these individuals' bodies break down sugars, and allows them to survive. But obtaining insulin is relatively difficult at this point, despite high demand. Researchers at the Helmholtz-Center for Infection Rese... |
27 May 2010
09:02 GMT |
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One of the most common side-effects of diabetes is blindness, that much all patients suffering from the condition know. Regardless, only a very small portion of people who have the condition get their eyes checked out. In the United States, the situation is disastrous, with about 11 million people of the 23 million s... |
13 May 2010
10:12 GMT |
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It's no longer a secret to anyone that people are sicker now than they were but a few decades ago. Obese and overweight individuals have become the rule, rather than the exception, and the trend appears to be accelerating. But, while one may argue that everyone should be free to do whatever they want with their ... |
10 May 2010
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