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Study finds best use of insulin as diabetes progresses

Study finds best use of insulin as diabetes progresses

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A large-scale trial in diabetes patients has provided new evidence on how best to add insulin to standard drugs to control blood sugar levels as type 2 diabetes progresses.


Glucose metabolism and recidivism of severe violent crimes in alcohol intoxications

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It is commonly known that alcoholism and alcohol intoxications are connected with severe violent crimes such as homicides. For instance, in Finland even 80 per cent of these crimes happen in alcohol intoxications. It has ...





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Hospital diabetes care standards not met by US academic medical centers

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A benchmarking study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine evaluated contemporary hospital glycemic management in United States academic medical centers, determining glucose control practices are suboptimal and do ...


Insulin resistance linked to ulcer bacteria

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created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Helicobacter pylori bacteria, which can cause gastric ulcers, have been linked to type B insulin resistance syndrome in diabetics, researchers reported in the British medical journal The Lancet.


High serum insulin levels and risk of prostate cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Elevated insulin levels in the normal range appear to be associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, according to a new study published online August 21 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.


Scientists create airway spheres to study lung diseases

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created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using both animal and human cells, Duke University Medical Center scientists have demonstrated that a single lung cell can become one of two very different types of airway cells, which could lead to a better understanding ...


Researchers discover mechanism of insulin production that can lead to better treatment for diabetes

Researchers discover mechanism of insulin production that can lead to better treatment for diabetes

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How a specific gene within the pancreas affects secretion of insulin has been discovered by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with Japanese and American universities. Their ...


Long-acting insulin analogues in type 2 diabetes: advantage over human insulin not proven

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created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Cardiovascular risk in youth with type 1 diabetes linked primarily to insulin resistance

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According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), youth with type 1 diabetes have now been found to have abnormal insulin resistance. Having abnor ...


Is inhaled insulin delivery still a possibility? Why has it been a commercial failure?

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The commercial failure of Exubera (Pfizer, New York, NY), the first inhaled insulin product to come to market, led other companies such as Eli Lilly-Alkermes to halt studies of similar drug delivery in development intended ...


Ethnic background may be associated with diabetes risk

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created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fat and muscle mass, as potentially determined by a person's ethnic background, may contribute to diabetes risk, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & ...


Scientists link elevated insulin to increased breast cancer risk

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created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Elevated insulin levels in the blood appear to raise the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Their findings are published in ...



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