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Researchers discover novel mechanisms that might causally link type-2 diabetes to Alzheimer's disease

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created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A recent study by Mount Sinai faculty suggests that a gene associated with onset of type-2 diabetes also decreases in Alzheimer's disease dementia cases. The research, led by Dr. Giulio Maria Pasinetti, MD, Ph.D., The Aidekman ...


Diabetes associated with different types of brain injury in patients with dementia

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

Patients with dementia and diabetes appear to display a different pattern of injuries in their brains than patients with dementia but without diabetes, according to an article posted online today that will appear in the March ...





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Fat collections linked to decreased heart function

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that fat collection in different body locations, such as around the heart and the aorta and within the liver, are associated with certain decreased heart ...


New study describes connections between Circadian and metabolic systems

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A paper by University of Notre Dame biologist Giles Duffield and a team of researchers offers new insights into a gene that plays a key role in modulating the body's Circadian system and may also simultaneously modulate its ...


Study suggests dentists can identify patients at risk for fatal cardiovascular event

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study indicates dentists can play a potentially life-saving role in health care by identifying patients at risk of fatal heart attacks and referring them to physicians for further evaluation.


Lifestyle changes may stave off diabetes for a decade

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sustaining modest weight loss for 10 years, or taking an anti-diabetic drug over that time, can prevent or lower the incidence of type 2 diabetes in people at high risk for developing the disease, according to the Diabetes ...


Smart solution: SLU researchers use smartphones to improve health of elderly diabetics in China

Smart solution: Researchers use smartphones to improve health of elderly diabetics in China

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cellular phones - once a luxury used strictly for talking - have taken on many new roles in recent years. Now researchers at Saint Louis University and Old Dominion University in Virginia say smartphones can ...


Lifestyle changes, drug lower type 2 diabetes risk

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Intensive lifestyle changes aimed at modest weight loss reduced the rate of developing type 2 diabetes by 34 percent over 10 years in people at high risk for the disease.


Should children undergo surgery without a long period of fasting after feeding?

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

Blood glucose levels in a lot of patients fed normal liquid food (NLF) and a high calorie diet (HCD) were high. There was no significant difference in the blood prealbumin levels. There was a significant increase in the blood ...


'Feel-good' hormone serotonin regulates blood sugar concentration

'Feel-good' hormone serotonin regulates blood sugar concentration

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Diabetes is the most prevalent metabolic disease in developed countries and one that engenders - in addition to its high fatality - enormous health care costs. The physiological meaning of ...


Moderate amounts of protein per meal found best for building muscle

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

For thousands of years, people have believed that eating large amounts of protein made it easier to build bigger, stronger muscles. Take Milo of Croton, the winner of five consecutive Olympic wrestling championships in the ...


For big athletes: Possible future risk

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New primary research comparing the signs of metabolic syndrome in professional baseball and football players, reveals that the larger professional athletes -- football linemen in particular -- may encounter future health ...



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