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. There is no difference in mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes and stable heart disease who received prompt bypass surgery or angioplasty compared to drug therapy alone, according to a landmark study focused exclusively on patients with both conditions. The study, which was led by investigators at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, published in the June 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the American Diabetes Association 69th Scientific Sessions, also found that while prompt bypass in patients with more severe heart disease did not lower mortality, it lowered their risk of subsequent major cardiac events. http://www.physorg.com/news163644832.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:55:01 EST news163644832 Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, and collaborators at Harvard Medical School have linked a specialized protein in human muscles to the process that clears glucose out of the bloodstream, shedding light on what goes wrong in type 2 diabetes on a cellular level. http://www.physorg.com/news162739002.html Chemistry Thu, 28 May 2009 14:17:20 EST news162739002 Incidence of Type 1 diabetes in children aged under five in Europe is set to double by 2020 over 2005 levels while cases among the under-15s will rise by 70 percent, according to a study published on Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news162708446.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 May 2009 05:52:17 EST news162708446 (AP) -- Diabetes is spiraling in Asia but - unlike the West - those affected are relatively young and less likely to be struggling with obesity, a new study shows. http://www.physorg.com/news162575319.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 May 2009 16:49:55 EST news162575319 (AP) -- Doctors who gave diabetics a drug originally intended to lower patients' cholesterol found it reduced their risk of so-called minor amputation by 36 percent, a new analysis of research says. Researchers in Australia, Finland and New Zealand studied almost 10,000 patients aged 50 to 75 with type 2 diabetes, the kind linked to obesity. http://www.physorg.com/news162156709.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 May 2009 20:32:12 EST news162156709 Scientists in Sydney and Boston believe they may have identified a gene that controls abnormal production of sugar in the liver, a very troublesome problem for people with diabetes. http://www.physorg.com/news162133734.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 May 2009 14:09:22 EST news162133734 Sleep apnea has long been known to be associated with obesity. But a new study published in the June issue of Diabetes Care finds that the disorder is widely undiagnosed among obese individuals with type 2 diabetes - nearly 87 percent of participants reported symptoms, but were never diagnosed. http://www.physorg.com/news162107392.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 May 2009 06:50:31 EST news162107392 The eyes may be the window into the soul, but they may also contain important medical information. According to new research to be presented at the American Thoracic Society's 105th International Conference in San Diego on May 19, patients with diabetes who have retinopathy should also be screened for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). http://www.physorg.com/news161974934.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 May 2009 18:02:40 EST news161974934 Asian Americans who have adopted more aspects of Western culture may be more likely to engage in behaviors that increase sun exposure, thereby endangering their skin health, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Dermatology. http://www.physorg.com/news161883101.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 May 2009 16:32:44 EST news161883101 Signs and symptoms of type 2 diabetes can present themselves as long as 10 years before diagnosis and most people have no idea before the damage is done. http://www.physorg.com/news161537752.html Medicine & Health Thu, 14 May 2009 16:36:54 EST news161537752 Research from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center reveals that the drug most commonly used in type 2 diabetics who don't need insulin works on a much more basic level than once thought, treating persistently elevated blood sugar - the hallmark of type 2 diabetes - by regulating the genes that control its production. http://www.physorg.com/news161527158.html Medicine & Health Thu, 14 May 2009 13:39:55 EST news161527158 (AP) -- People with Type 2 diabetes may soon get a very different treatment approach: A drug that helps control blood sugar via the brain - an idea sparked, surprisingly, by the metabolism of migrating birds. http://www.physorg.com/news160843146.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 May 2009 15:39:44 EST news160843146 The researchers have harvested the ingredients for the tea in Africa, totalling approximately fifty kilos of leaves and three hundred kilos of fruit from the wild nature of Nigeria. Afterwards the tea has been produced exactly as local healers would do so. The recipe is quite simple: boil the leaves, young stalks and fruit and filter the liquid. http://www.physorg.com/news160767113.html Medicine & Health Tue, 05 May 2009 18:32:20 EST news160767113 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has found that keeping the diet for type 2 diabetes under control gets a lot of help from including daily amounts of foods with the right kind of fats such as walnuts. http://www.physorg.com/news160765693.html Medicine & Health Tue, 05 May 2009 18:09:03 EST news160765693 As people become more educated, studies have demonstrated that they tend to choose foods that are lower in calories but higher in nutrients. They also pay more. In a study published in the May 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers from the University of Washington compared the eating habits and food costs of a sample of 164 adults in the Seattle, Washington area. http://www.physorg.com/news160376511.html Medicine & Health Fri, 01 May 2009 06:02:14 EST news160376511 A drug widely used to treat Type 2 diabetes may have unintended effects on the pancreas that could lead to a form of low-grade pancreatitis in some patients and a greater risk of pancreatic cancer in long-term users, UCLA researchers have found. http://www.physorg.com/news160326333.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:05:54 EST news160326333 A new University of Illinois study suggests that moderate amounts of exercise alone can reduce the inflammation in visceral fat -belly fat, if you will -that has been linked with metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors that predict heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. http://www.physorg.com/news159721475.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:05:16 EST news159721475 Recent studies have shown that the mitochondrial peptide Humanin (HN) protects against neuronal cell death such as happens in Alzheimer's disease. Now, in a study presented April 22 at Experimental Biology 2009 in New Orleans, Dr. Nir Barzilai reports that a small infusion of HN is the most potent regulator of insulin metabolism that his research team has ever seen, significantly improving overall insulin sensitivity and sharply decreasing the glucose levels of diabetic rats. http://www.physorg.com/news159632230.html Biology Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:17:42 EST news159632230 Strong evidence developed at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and elsewhere shows that sugary drinks are an important contributor to the epidemic rise of obesity and type 2 diabetes in the United States. Faced with these growing public health threats, experts from the Department of Nutrition at HSPH believe beverage manufacturers, government, schools, worksites and homes must take action to help Americans choose healthier drinks. http://www.physorg.com/news159452549.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:23:13 EST news159452549 Eating just one and a half servings of tart cherries could significantly boost antioxidant activity in the body, according to new University of Michigan research reported at the 2009 Experimental Biology meeting in New Orleans.1 In the study, healthy adults who ate a cup and a half of frozen cherries had increased levels of antioxidants, specifically five different anthocyanins - the natural antioxidants that give cherries their red color. http://www.physorg.com/news159373446.html Medicine & Health Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:24:32 EST news159373446 (AP) -- JoAnne Zoller Wagner's diagnosis as prediabetic wasn't enough to compel her to change her habits and lose 30 pounds. Not even with the knowledge her sister had died because of diabetes. http://www.physorg.com/news159372371.html Medicine & Health Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:06:47 EST news159372371 The benefits of physical activity and a balanced diet are well documented and form the basis of many public health recommendations. This is because each of these factors can independently influence risks for many chronic diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and some forms of cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news158944077.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:08:18 EST news158944077 Routine screening for coronary artery disease in type 2 diabetes patients with no symptoms of angina or a history of coronary disease is unnecessary and may lead initially to more invasive and costly heart procedures, according to researchers at Yale School of Medicine. They report their findings in the April 15 Journal of the American Medical Association. http://www.physorg.com/news158927121.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:27:40 EST news158927121 Having hypoglycemic (low blood sugar level) episodes that are severe enough to require hospitalization are associated with a greater risk of dementia for older adults with type 2 diabetes, according to a study in the April 15 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on diabetes. http://www.physorg.com/news158926730.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:19:50 EST news158926730 A recent study by Mount Sinai faculty suggests that a gene associated with onset of type-2 diabetes also decreases in Alzheimer's disease dementia cases. The research, led by Dr. Giulio Maria Pasinetti, MD, Ph.D., The Aidekman Family Professor in Neurology, and Professor of Psychiatry and Geriatrics and Adult Development at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, was published this week in the scientific journal, Archives of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news158584038.html Medicine & Health Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:08:36 EST news158584038 Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have demonstrated that adult humans still have a type of "good" fat previously believed to be present only in babies and children. Unlike white fat, which stores energy and comprises most body fat, this good fat, called brown fat, is active in burning calories and using energy. The finding, reported in the April 9th issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, could pave the way for new treatments both for obesity and type 2 diabetes. http://www.physorg.com/news158434060.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:28:49 EST news158434060 April 7, 2009 - Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have shown for the first time that insulin plays a key role in suppressing levels of glucagon, a hormone involved in carbohydrate metabolism and regulating blood glucose levels. http://www.physorg.com/news158328265.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:04:49 EST news158328265 Reducing sugar intake by the equivalent of one can of soda per day and increasing fiber intake by the amount equivalent to one half cup of beans per day appears to improve risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes in Latino adolescents, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news158254857.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:41:17 EST news158254857 It has so far not been proven that long-acting insulin analogues (LAIAs) have an advantage over conventional human insulin in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes. Even though the results of a 5-year study are available for one of the two LAIAs assessed (insulin glargine), the potential long-term benefits and harms of this drug class have still not been sufficiently investigated. This is the conclusion of a report by the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), Cologne, which was published in March 2009 and for which an English-language summary is now available. http://www.physorg.com/news157973855.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:38:23 EST news157973855 Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a process that controls the amount of fat that cells store for use as a back-up energy source. Disruption of this process allows cellular fat to accumulate - a key factor in age-related metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. The study is published today in the online version of Nature. http://www.physorg.com/news157815546.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:39:39 EST news157815546