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Saturday, February 04, 2012
| Insulin Resistance Linked to Brain Health |
| New research shows that reduced insulin sensitivity is linked to smaller brain size and deteriorated language skills in seniors. |
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Posted on 1-Feb-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Melatonin Receptor Gene Mutations Lead to an Increased Risk of Developing Diabetes |
| Researchers demonstrated that mutations in the melatonin receptor gene (melatonin or the "hormone of darkness" induces sleep) lead to an almost sevenfold increase in the risk of developing diabetes. |
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Posted on 1-Feb-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Decaffeinated Coffee Preserves Memory Function by Improving Brain Energy Metabolism |
| Researchers discovered that decaffeinated coffee may improve brain energy metabolism associated with type 2 diabetes. This brain dysfunction is a risk factor for dementia, Alzheimer's, and other neurodegenerative disorders. |
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Posted on 1-Feb-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Antipsychotic Medications Cause Side Effects Such as Diabetes |
| Study suggests that many antipsychotics affect metabolism because they activate the TGFbeta pathway - a finding that could lead to safer therapeutics for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia patients. |
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Posted on 1-Feb-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Penny-Per-Ounce Tax Has Huge Potential to Reduce Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Disease |
| Tax has huge potential to reduce obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, while saving more than $17 billion in healthcare costs over 10 years and generating $13 billion a year in tax revenues. |
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Posted on 27-Jan-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Risk of Using Rasilez with Certain Blood Pressure-Lowering Drugs |
| Researchers have published the first detailed figures showing the risk of using the prescription drug Rasilez in combination with certain other blood pressure-lowering medications. |
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Posted on 27-Jan-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Insulin Therapy May Help Repair Atherosclerotic Lesions in Diabetic Patients |
| New research reveals that insulin applied in therapeutic doses selectively stimulates the formation of new elastic fibers in cultures of human aortic smooth muscle cells. |
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Posted on 27-Jan-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Diabetes Affects Hearing Loss, Especially in Women |
| Having diabetes may cause women to experience a greater degree of hearing loss as they age, especially if the metabolic disorder is not well controlled with medication. |
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Posted on 27-Jan-2012 Read Full News Article |
| High Fructose Consumption by Adolescents May Put Them at Cardiovascular Risk |
| Evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk is present in the blood of adolescents who consume a lot of fructose, a scenario that worsens in the face of excess belly fat, researchers report. |
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Posted on 24-Jan-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Brief, High-Intensity Workouts Show Promise in Helping Diabetics Lower Blood Sugar |
| Researchers have found that brief high intensity workouts, as little as six sessions over two weeks, rapidly lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetics, offering a potential fix for patients who struggle to meet exercise guidelines. |
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Posted on 26-Dec-2011 Read Full News Article |
| Rotating Night Shift Work Linked to Increase in Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Women |
| Women who work an irregular schedule that includes three or more night shifts per month, in addition to day and evening working hours in that month, may have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. |
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Posted on 7-Dec-2011 Read Full News Article |