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Air Pollution Increases Risk Of Insulin Resistance In Children
New research shows that growing up in areas where air pollution is increased raises the risk of insulin resistance (the prescursor to diabetes) in children. The research is published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study o
Medical News Today | May 14, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | May 14, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Despite Earlier Claims, Metformin Not Found To Improve Survival Rates After Cancer
Despite previous scientific studies that suggest diabetes drug metformin has anti-cancer properties, a new, first-of-its-kind study from Women's College Hospital has found the drug may not actually improve survival rates after breast cancer in certain pat
Medical News Today | May 14, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | May 14, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Work Conditions Can Predict Development Of Diabetes In Otherwise Healthy Employees
Cases of type 2 diabetes continue to rise in the US. And while the development of the disease is more commonly associated with risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure, and physical inactivity, research has shown that stress can also have a signi
Medical News Today | May 13, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | May 13, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Transplant Of Biomaterial Effective In Mice With Type 1 Diabetes
Researchers have made a significant first step with newly engineered biomaterials for cell transplantation that could help lead to a possible cure for Type 1 diabetes, which affects about 3 million Americans...
Medical News Today | May 13, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | May 13, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Type 1 Diabetes Vaccine In Twenty Years? Could Well Be
Diabetes UK have announced the biggest research program in the charity's history to try and develop a new vaccine for Type 1 diabetes within the next two decades, an accomplishment which could transform and improve the lives of the millions of people at h
Medical News Today | May 13, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | May 13, 2013 07:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Air Pollution Linked To Insulin Resistance, Diabetes In Children
Growing areas where air pollution is prominent increase the risk of insulin resistance (the predecessor to diabetes) in children. The finding was published in the journal Diabetologia, of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), and was
Medical News Today | May 10, 2013 8:00 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | May 10, 2013 8:00 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Inflammatory Protein Links Type 1 Diabetes And Heart Disease
Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes appears to increase the risk of heart disease, the leading cause of death among people with high blood sugar, partly by stimulating the production of calprotectin, a protein that sparks an inflammatory process that fuel
Medical News Today | May 9, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | May 9, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Novel Hormone Released From Fat Cells Could Impact Type 2 Diabetes Treatments
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers have discovered that a particular type of protein (hormone) found in fat cells helps regulate how glucose (blood sugar) is controlled and metabolized (used for energy) in the liver...
Medical News Today | May 9, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | May 9, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Major International TEDDY Study Finds No Link Between Virus Infection And Rapidly Developing Type 1 Diabetes In Young Children
Some of the earliest results from The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in The Young (TEDDY) study - a major Europe-USA consortium exploring the causes of type 1 diabetes in children - has found no evidence for viral infection as a cause of the rapid
Medical News Today | May 8, 2013 09:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | May 8, 2013 09:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Solving The Riddle Of How Type 2 Diabetes Develops Using New Mouse Model
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new mouse model that answers the question of what actually happens in the body when type 2 diabetes develops and how the body responds to drug treatment. Long-term studies of the middle-aged mouse
Medical News Today | May 7, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
Medical News Today | May 7, 2013 08:00 AM [GMT] | comment? | recommend
