Insulin Resistance Speeds Up Cognitive Decline, Dimentia
Researchers report that executive function and memory are particularly vulnerable to the effects of insulin resistance, which may increase the risk of dimentia later...
Hispanic Children in US at Greater Risk for Obesity than Other Ethnic/Racial Groups
The prevalence of overweight in the US population is among the highest in Mexican-American children and adolescents. Culturally appropriate nutritional intervention needed, according to nutrition experts.
Discovery of Pancreatic Cell Defect Could Lead to New Diabetes Treatment
Researchers have found a cellular defect that can impair the body's ability to handle high glucose levels, pointing the way to new treatments for...
Better Fix for Chronic Wounds Uses Minimally-Invasive Skin Graft
A team at MU Health Care used a recently developed, minimally-invasive autograft harvesting system to care for patients with various types of chronic wounds. Data...
Hypertension, Diabetes and Increased Carotid Artery Wall Thickness Means Increased Risk of Stroke
Increased carotid artery wall thickness (CAWT), which can cause heart attack and stroke in many patients, is significantly related to diabetes and hypertension.
Pancreatic Surgery Riskier for Obese Patients
Obesity may contribute to a greater likelihood of post-operative complications for patients having pancreatic surgery, a surgeon at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital has found.
New Gene Associated With Type 1 Diabetes
A new gene mutation identified by researchers is part of the constellation of genes associated with susceptibility to developing type 1 diabetes.
Limiting Fructose May Boost Weight Loss
One of the reasons people on low-carbohydrate diets may lose weight is that they reduce their intake of fructose, a type of sugar that can be made into body fat quickly, according to a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
New Tool Detects Alzheimer’s Earlier, Before Symptoms Appear
Researchers have developed a chemical compound that detects the Alzheimer's protein better than current FDA-approved agents for detecting Alzheimer's before symptoms appear.
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Genes Play a Role in Heart Function, May Determine Who Develops Heart Failure
Genes play a significant role in heart function, and may partly determine who develops the most common form of heart failure.
Low-Dose Aspirin Does Not Appear to Reduce Risk of CV Events in Patients with...
Low-dose aspirin as primary prevention did not appear to significantly reduce the risk of a combined end point of coronary, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study in JAMA. However, aspirin did significantly reduce the combination of fatal coronary and fatal cerebrovascular events.
Study: Simple Leg Exercises Can Help Diabetic Heart Health
A UBC study has found that a few simple leg exercises can reduce the risk of diabetes complications, improve blood vessel function and lower...
New Role for Protein in Fat Cells May Improve Understanding of Obesity and Diabetes
Scientists have shown for the first time that a protein involved in the transfer of fat in the blood may also influence how fat cells store fat.
Give the Foie Gras a Miss: Stressed Foodstuffs Associated with Type 2 Diabetes and...
Harmful proteins fragments known as amyloid fibrils associated with damage to brain cells in Alzheimer's disease and to pancreatic cells in Type II diabetes can be present in the meat of poultry and mammals.
Cause for Higher Fracture Risk in Diabetics Identified
A study using high resolution imaging to create a "virtual bone biopsy" has shed new light on why people with type 2 diabetes are...
Fast Food and the Tube: A Combo for Heart Disease Risk
Researchers found that eating``fast food meals more than twice a week was associated with``double the risk of abnormal glucose control and a 50 percent``increase in the risk of obesity.
