Search results for high blood glucose:
'Pre-diabetics' face heightened risk of heart disease
Mar 03, 2009 |
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The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, was led by Jill P. Crandall, M.D., associate professor of clinical medicine and director of the Diabetes Clinical Trials Unit at Einstein.
New study set to change how critically ill patients are treated
Mar 24, 2009 |
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The current practice of intensively lowering blood glucose in critically ill patients increases the risk of death by 10%. Results of the largest trial of intensive glucose lowering in critically ill patients published today ...
Testosterone Decreases after Ingestion of Sugar
Jun 14, 2009 |
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Men with low testosterone should have their hormone levels retested after they fast overnight because eating may transiently lower testosterone levels, a new study concludes.
New evidence of how high glucose damages blood vessels could lead to new treatments
May 11, 2009 |
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New evidence of how the elevated glucose levels that occur in diabetes damage blood vessels may lead to novel strategies for blocking the destruction, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
Extreme glucose levels in diabetic patients with heart failure linked to increase risk of deaths
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Compared with patients with moderately controlled glucose levels, diabetic patients who have heart failure and either too high or too low glucose levels may be at increased risk of death, said researchers at Baylor College ...
Discovery of new signal pathway important to diabetes research
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Miami University have discovered that cells in the pancreas cooperate – signal – in a way hitherto unknown. The discovery can eventually be of significance to the treatment ...
Study pinpoints role of insulin on glucagon levels
Apr 07, 2009 |
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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 ...
Scientists closer to understanding how to control high blood sugar
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Scientists are closer to understanding which proteins help control blood sugar, or glucose, during and after exercise. This understanding could lead to new drug therapies or more effective exercise to prevent Type 2 diabetes ...
Fructose-sweetened drinks increase nonfasting triglycerides in obese adults
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Obese people who drink fructose-sweetened beverages with their meals have an increased rise of triglycerides following the meal, according to new research from the Monell Center.
Gut hormone has 'remote control' on blood sugar
Aug 05, 2009 |
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A gut hormone first described in 1928 plays an unanticipated and important role in the remote control of blood sugar production in the liver, according to a report in the August 6th Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication. What's ...
Apelin hormone injections powerfully lower blood sugar
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Nov 04, 2008 |
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By injecting a hormone produced by fat and other tissues into mice, researchers report in the November Cell Metabolism that they significantly lowered blood sugar levels in normal and obese mice. The findings suggest that t ...
Decreasing insulin resistance prevents obesity-related cardiovascular damage
Feb 11, 2009 |
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AUGUSTA, Ga. - Knocking out one gene that contributes to insulin resistance appears to prevent much of the cardiovascular damage typically associated with obesity, researchers say.
Master gene plays key role in blood sugar levels
Nov 27, 2008 |
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When mice that lack steroid receptor-2 (SRC-2) – a master regulator gene called a coactivator – fast for a day, their blood sugar levels plummet. If they go another day without food, they will die.
Pure fructose frequently confused with high fructose corn syrup
Mar 04, 2009 |
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As researchers continue to examine the role of sweeteners in the diet, it's important that people understand the differences among various ingredients used in scientific studies, according to the Corn Refiners Association ...
Researchers find possible use for the vine that ate the South
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Kudzu, the fast-growing vine that has gobbled up some 10 million acres in the Southeast, may prove to be a valuable dietary supplement for metabolic syndrome, a condition that affects 50 million Americans, say researchers ...
