News tagged with glucose control
Obesity is associated with altered brain function
In most western countries the annual increase in the prevalence and the severity of obesity is currently substantial. Although obesity typically results simply from excessive energy intake, it is currently ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Some groups have trouble controlling diabetes
Among individuals in the U.S. with diabetes, non-Latino whites tend to better control the cardiovascular risk factors blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol, while African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, ...
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Scientists reassess weight loss surgery for type 2 diabetes
Weight loss surgery is not a cure for type 2 diabetes, but it can improve blood sugar control, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Surgery. Whereas some previous studies have claimed that up to 80 ...
Jan 04, 2012 |
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High blood sugar levels in older women linked to colorectal cancer
Elevated blood sugar levels are associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer, according to a study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The findings, observed in nearly ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Andromeda Biotech: A drug for type 1 diabetes
The treated patients in the double-blinded study of DiaPep 277 showed significantly better pancreas function that the control group.
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Early, intensive therapy for type 1 diabetes prevented kidney disease in long-term study
Maintaining good glucose control early in the course of type 1 diabetes could lessen the long-term risk of kidney disease, as measured by a common test of kidney function.
Nov 12, 2011 |
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Research aims to prevent diabetic kidney failure
The enzyme arginase-2 plays a major role in kidney failure, and blocking the action of this enzyme might lead to protection against renal disease in diabetes, according to researchers.
Nov 05, 2011 |
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Research proposes common link between autism, diabetes
A review of the genetic and biochemical abnormalities associated with autism reveals a possible link between the widely diagnosed neurological disorder and Type 2 diabetes, another medical disorder on the rise in recent decades.
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Finding may lead to treatments for obesity, type 2 diabetes
Activating a specialized type of fat, known as brown adipose tissue, may help combat obesity as well as result in better glucose control for type 2 diabetes, according to new research conducted by scientists at the UC Metabolic ...
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Study evaluates intranasal insulin therapy for adults with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's
Intranasal insulin therapy appears to provide some benefit for cognitive function in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease, according to a report published Online First today by Archives of ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Study links inactivity with risk factors for Type 2 diabetes
79 million American adults have prediabetes and will likely develop diabetes later in life, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As the number of people diagnosed with diabetes continues to grow, researchers ...
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Metformin and exercise combination less effective for glucose control
University of Alberta researchers looking at the effects of metformin and exercise in Type 2 diabetes patients found that a combination of these modalities didn't lower glucose control as much as hoped. Surprisingly, study ...
Aug 19, 2011 |
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Stanford study identifies potential anti-cancer therapy that starves cancer cells of glucose
Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have identified a compound that attacks the Achilles' heel of certain cancer cells by depriving them of their energy source, the sugar glucose.
Aug 03, 2011 |
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Type 2 diabetes: 'Intensive' versus 'conventional' blood glucose control -- no clear picture
Research published in The Cochrane Library found that the risk of death and cardiovascular disease, such as stroke, was unchanged whether glucose control was intense or conventional. They did find, however, that when aiming ...
Aug 01, 2011 |
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Benefit of blood glucose lowering to near-normal levels remains unclear
Whether patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus benefit from attempts to lower their blood glucose levels to near-normal levels through treatment ("intensive blood glucose control") remains an unanswered question. The studies ...
Jul 14, 2011 |
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