Yearly Archives: 2010

Metformin, a drug used in type 2-diabetes might have the potential to also act against Alzheimer's disease.

Diabetes appears to be associated with the risk of depression and vice versa, suggesting the relationship between the two works in both directions.

A Finnish study confirms the hypothesis that infant feeding plays a role in the initiation of the disease process leading to type 1 diabetes in children carrying increased genetic disease risk.

Medical scientists have identified for the first time a new way in which our body controls the levels of sugar in our blood following a meal.

Scientists report finding a molecular switch that can turn off some cellular processes that are protective against aging and metabolic diseases. Findings may open doors for new drug treatments to halt or slow development of metabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes or heart disease.

Research demonstrated that chronic high fat cholesterol diet in rats exhibited pathologies similar to Alzheimer's disease.

Cardio-metabolic risk factors such as high blood sugar and insulin, and low high density lipoprotein cholesterol that are present before pregnancy, predict whether a woman will develop diabetes during a future pregnancy.

Persistent exposure to light at night may lead to weight gain, even without changing physical activity or eating more food.

Insulin resistance, a condition in which insulin produced by the body becomes less effective in reducing blood glucose levels, appears to be associated with an increased risk of stroke in individuals without diabetes.

A research team has identified the role of a type of T cell in type 1 diabetes that may lead to new treatment options for young patients.

Diabetes is the leading reason for kidney failure in the world, resulting in patients requiring dialysis or kidney transplantation. New research has found a cell in the kidney could be the key to understanding why this happens.

America continues to lag behind other nations when it comes to gains in life expectancy, and commonly cited causes for our poor performance - obesity, smoking, traffic fatalities and homicide - are not to blame.

A research team has identified the mechanism behind a single gene linked to the causes of both Alzheimer's disease and Type 2 diabetes.

A national epidemiologic study finds a strong, consistent correlation between adult diabetes and particulate air pollution that persists after adjustment for other risk factors like obesity and ethnicity.

Older adults with diabetes who have high blood pressure, walk slowly or lose their balance, or believe they're in bad health, are significantly more likely to have weaker memory and slower, more rigid cognitive processing than those without these problems.

Many middle-aged and older adults with diabetes are sexually active according to a study presented in the September 2010 issue of the journal Diabetes Care.