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A novel method for simultaneously measuring blood pressure and arterial stiffness

Arterial stiffness due to is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease but is very difficult to measure. It also can influence blood pressure readings since these rely on the time taken for arteries to return to normal ...

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created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Automatic suspension of insulin delivery via insulin pumps reduces hypoglycemia

An automated on/off feature built into insulin pump systems can suspend insulin delivery when it detects low blood glucose levels (via continuous glucose monitoring), significantly reducing the severity and duration of hypoglycemia ...

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diabetes linked to higher rate of birth defects

(Medical Xpress) -- Pregnant women with diabetes are almost four times more likely to have a baby with a birth defect than women without the condition and the likelihood is linked to the mother's glucose level, ...

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created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Calories, not protein or carbs, are key to weight loss for people with diabetes

(Medical Xpress) -- Overweight or obese people with type 2 diabetes are more likely to reduce weight if they focus on cutting back on total calorie intake, rather than specific high protein/high carbohydrate diets according ...

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We are getting fatter, whichever way we turn

We are getting fatter - no matter which way we look at it, a Deakin University analysis of two popular obesity testing methods has found.

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created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic study links body clock receptor to diabetes

A study published in Nature Genetics today has found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes. The study found that people who carry rare genetic mutations in the receptor for me ...

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created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic regulation of metabolomic biomarkers -- paths to cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes

In a study to the genetic variance of human metabolism, researchers have identified thirty one regions of the genome that were associated with levels of circulating metabolites, i.e., small molecules that ...

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created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Amylin's long-delayed diabetes drug gets FDA nod

Amylin Pharmaceuticals won approval Friday for its long-delayed diabetes drug Bydureon, a next-generation treatment that requires fewer injections than the company's 7-year old diabetes medicine, Byetta.

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created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Collaboration advances type 1 diabetes care research

(Medical Xpress) -- A study found that children with Type 1 diabetes experienced less time in deep sleep than children without diabetes, resulting in higher glucose levels, reduced quality of life and lower grades.

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created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New NIH fact sheet explains test for diabetes, prediabetes

A new fact sheet from the National Institutes of Health explains the A1C test, a widely used and important test to diagnose type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, and to monitor blood glucose levels of people with type 1 and type ...

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created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study identifies novel markers as key indicators of future renal failure in diabetes

Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have identified two novel markers that, when elevated in the blood stream, can predict accurately the risk of renal (kidney) failure in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 ...

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists shed new light on link between 'killer cells' and diabetes

Killer T-cells in the human body which help protect us from disease can inadvertently destroy cells that produce insulin, new research has uncovered.

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created Jan 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gut hormone leads to weight loss in overweight or obese patients

Giving overweight or obese patients a gut hormone that suppresses appetite leads to clinically beneficial weight loss as well as reduced blood pressure and cholesterol levels, finds a study published in the British Medical ...

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created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Stem cell therapy reverses diabetes

Type 1 diabetes is caused by the body's own immune system attacking its pancreatic islet beta cells and requires daily injections of insulin to regulate the patient's blood glucose levels. A new method described in BioMed ...

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created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Added benefit of linagliptin is not proven

Linagliptin (trade name: Trajenta) has been approved since August 2011 to improve blood glucose control ("glycaemic control") in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus whose elevated blood glucose levels are inadequately controlled ...

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