News tagged with blood sugar level
High-fat diet impairs muscle health before impacting function
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Skeletal muscle plays a critical role in regulating blood sugar levels in the body. But few studies have comprehensively examined how obesity caused by a high-fat diet affects the health of muscle in adolescents ...
'Micro shuttle' drug delivery could mean an end to regular dosing
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Scientists working at Queen Mary, University of London, have developed micrometer-sized capsules to safely deliver drugs inside living cells.
Treating even mild gestational diabetes reduces birth complications (w/ Video)
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Treating pregnant women for mild gestational diabetes resulted in fewer cesarean sections and other serious birthing problems associated with larger than average babies, according to a study conducted in part at the University ...
Triple heart threat cuts decade off lifespan: study
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Middle-aged male smokers with high cholesterol and blood pressure die, on average, a decade sooner than peers without any of these heart disease risk factors, according to a study published Friday.
Goose bumps, laughter and butterflies
Sep 14, 2009 |
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The human body is as mysterious as it is magnificent. For every essential function like thought or a heartbeat, the body exhibits quirky behaviors that seem to defy explanation. Like goose bumps. Or hiccups. ...
Diabetes drug linked to increased risk of heart failure
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Rosiglitazone, a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, is associated with an increased risk of heart failure and death among older patients compared to a similar drug (pioglitazone), concludes a study published on BMJ.com today.
Landmark survey highlights needs of unpaid caregivers of people with diabetes
Aug 18, 2009 |
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The Hormone Foundation, the public education affiliate of The Endocrine Society, in collaboration with the National Alliance for Caregiving, today released key findings from a first-of-its-kind survey aimed at better understanding ...
Scarring key to link between obesity and diabetes
Aug 13, 2009 |
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The team, in collaboration with University Hospital Aintree, the University of Warwick and researchers in Sweden, found that people classified as obese and those with pre-diabetes have raised levels of a protein called SPARC, ...
'Jumping gene' diminishes the effect of a new type 2 diabetes risk gene
Jul 03, 2009 |
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Research led by the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) has identified a new gene associated with diabetes, together with a mechanism that makes obese mice less susceptible to diabetes.
Diabetics’ heart attack risk can be reduced, research finds
May 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- People with diabetes who maintain intensive, low blood sugar levels are significantly less likely to suffer heart attacks and coronary heart disease, new research published today in The Lancet has shown. ...
