News tagged with diabetic polyneuropathy


Type of vitamin B1 could treat common cause of blindness

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created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that a form of vitamin B1 could become a new and effective treatment for one of the world's leading causes of blindness.





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NPs-NPR-B/pGC-cGMP signal pathway is involved in diabetic gastroparesis

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

The natriuretic peptide (NP) receptor type B (NPR-B) gene was expressed in gastric smooth muscles of normal and diabetic rats and the expression was increased in diabetic rats. These results suggest that natriuretic peptide-dependent ...


New study may redefine how a chronic auto-immune disease is diagnosed

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created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New research from Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience (JHN) may redefine how Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) is diagnosed.


Diabetic episodes affect kids' memory

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created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children who have had an episode of diabetic ketoacidosis, a common complication of diabetes, may have persistent memory problems, according to a new study from researchers at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain.


Diabetic patients require global care

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created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diabetes mellitus-associated coronary artery disease (CAD) is assuming epidemic proportions, especially in western countries. Both coronary revascularization and medical management have improved tremendously over the last ...


Occurrence of major eye disease projected to increase among patients with diabetes

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created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Based on projected increases in the prevalence of diabetes, the number of people with diabetes-related retinal disease, with glaucoma and with cataracts is estimated to increase significantly by 2050, according to a report ...


Natural compound stops retinopathy

Natural compound stops retinopathy

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created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to use a natural compound to stop one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. The research appears online ...


Bone marrow cells can heal nerves in diabetes model

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created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Transplanting cells that replenish blood vessels can also restore nerve function in an animal model of diabetic neuropathy, Emory researchers have found. The results are described online this week in the journal Circulation.


Study leads to a promising first-in-class drug candidate

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created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Discoveries by Scripps Research Institute scientists have led to a promising new drug candidate--the first in its class--for patients with a genetic protein-misfolding disease. In results announced by the biopharmaceutical ...


Researchers describe protease inhibitor that may aid in diabetic retinopathy treatment

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created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, and ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Francisco, announced today that they have demonstrated that a specific inhibitor of the protease plasma kallikrein, ASP-440, developed ...


Extreme glucose levels in diabetic patients with heart failure linked to increase risk of deaths

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created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...



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