Yearly Archives: 2003

Researchers successfully cured 91 percent of infants of a rare but serious condition called focal congenital hyperinsulinism.

FDA announced a recall of three lots of 90-count bottles of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor.

A new approach to providing medication for adult diabetics that is not dependent on insulin has been developed.

Researchers have traced runaway sugar production in the liver – an important feature of diabetes.

Low levels of an enzyme that degrades insulin could increase the risk for Alzheimer's disease.

Children are becoming obese as young as 3 years old, and obese 10-year-olds are showing abnormal liver function and abnormally high insulin levels, which may lead to type 2 diabetes.

An anti-inflammatory drug called lisofylline could be beneficial for people at risk for Type 1 diabetes.

A gene therapy developed by researchers has apparently cured diabetes in mice.

Millions of people suffering from diabetes mellitus may be spared the ordeal of pricking their fingers several times a day to test blood sugar levels.

Physiologists has produced evidence that the gastric emptying, or nutrient absorption, for specific foods, may hold the answer for dietary management of deadly illnesses.

97 percent of patients who underwent laparoscopic Roux-en Y gastric bypass surgery for obesity had resolution or improvement of their type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Insulin resistance is likely a major cause of heart disease in people with type 1 diabetes.

Some studies have suggested that people with adult onset Type 2 diabetes are also less able to detect a critical heart attack warning sign.

Metabolic Syndrome X is the term used to describe a group of heart disease risk factors.

Recent efforts may provide insight into ulceration issues.

Study finds that ethanol fed rats produce offspring displaying symptoms of diabetes insipidus.