http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Mice lacking the fat hormone leptin or the ability to respond to it become morbidly obese and severely diabetic -not to mention downright sluggish. Now, a new study in the June Cell Metabolism shows that blood sugar control in those animals can be completely restored by returning leptin sensitivity to a single class of neurons in the brain, which account for only a small fraction of those that normally carry the hormone receptors. http://www.physorg.com/news163164889.html Biology Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:36:37 EST news163164889 In a six-month comparison of low-carb diets, one that encourages eating carbohydrates with the lowest-possible rating on the glycemic index leads to greater improvement in blood sugar control, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news150397364.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:02:44 EST news150397364 A study reveals today that inadequate blood sugar control in patients having heart surgery is associated with a four fold increase in post-surgery death and major complications - and that the blood sugar disturbances occur in patients with and without diabetes. http://www.physorg.com/news134666907.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:28:27 EST news134666907