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Researchers at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT have received a grant to support novel, integrative research aimed at finding ways to encourage the human body to replenish the cells that are missing in type 1 diabetes.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Many rural Alaska Natives are drinking more soda and drinks high in sugar, increasing their risk for diabetes, obesity and cavities, Anchorage Daily News reports. According to a 2006 Alaska
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Leading health charity Diabetes UK today warns that more than half a million people in the UK may face a future of ill health because they have Type 2 diabetes but don't know it. Diabetes is a serious condition which can lead to heart disease, blindness, amputation, kidney failure and shorter life expectancy. However, early diagnosis and good management of the condition can significantly reduce the...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
New findings from Bristol scientists could lead to future treatments to prevent lower limb amputations in diabetes - which currently affect 100 people a week in the UK (source Diabetes UK). The research from the University of Bristol is published online in Circulation Research and was funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the European Vascular Genomic Network of Excellence (EVGN).
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Researchers at the University of Warwick have discovered diabetes could be a hidden condition for some patients with coronary heart disease. In a study led by Dr Saverio Stranges, Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology at Warwick Medical School, the team looked at levels of oxidative stress in the body (a toxic effect which causes cell damage).
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
EpiVax, Inc, a leader in the field of computational immunology, announced that it has received a grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop "Epi-13", a novel therapeutic for the prevention and treatment of Type 1 diabetes, a devastating and chronic autoimmune disease that affects three million...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
To tackle diabetes and obesity, clinicians are now turning to mechanism-based mathematical models to reach quantitative diagnoses of insulin resistance, glucose intolerance and obesity, and to predict the likely outcomes of therapeutic interventions. A massive range of such models is available, which renders a judicious choice difficult.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Last month it was announced that Diabetes UK won the Everyclick Charity Challenge, winning a national outdoor advertising campaign. This great opportunity will see the re-launch of the popular Measure Up campaign. A number of innovative methods were created to promote the Everyclick service to supporters via the internet, both internally and externally. This resulted in 118,836 searches through Everyclick...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Trans-fatty acids have been the topic of a lot of negative health news, but in the July Journal of Lipid Research, a dietary study in rats suggests that trans-fats do not increase the risk of insulin resistance and diabetes, which may ease at least one area of concern.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
How will the epidemic of childhood obesity affect the future health of Americans? As concern about children's health grows along with their waistlines, medical experts fear that the childhood obesity epidemic could lead to large numbers of younger adults developing type 2 diabetes, causing serious and lasting health complications for future generations of Americans.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
A hundred people a week in the UK have a lower limb amputated as a result of diabetes, warns Diabetes UK today. The leading health charity says to reduce this figure there is an urgent need for greater awareness of the impact of the condition, which as well as lower limb amputation can lead to other devastating complications such as heart attacks, stroke, blindness and kidney failure.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by altered glucose tolerance and impaired lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, and is associated with a number of complications directly resulting from hyperglycemiainduced inflammation. Vascular changes in diabetes lead to increased risk of myocardial infarction and stroke due to atherosclerosis, retinopathy, end-stage renal disease, debilitating...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
1. Benefits of Tight Glucose Control Remain Uncertain for Older Diabetics In a computer modeling study, researchers set out to assess the effects of comorbid illnesses and functional status on the expected benefits of intensive glucose control.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
An estimated 24 million U.S. residents have diabetes, a 15% increase from two years earlier, according to a CDC report released on Tuesday, Bloomberg/Philadelphia Inquirer reports (Lopatto, Bloomberg/Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/25). About 8% of the U.S.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
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