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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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'Pre-diabetics' face heightened risk of heart disease

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created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, was led by Jill P. Crandall, M.D., associate professor of clinical medicine and director of the Diabetes Clinical Trials Unit at Einstein.


New study set to change how critically ill patients are treated

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created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The current practice of intensively lowering blood glucose in critically ill patients increases the risk of death by 10%. Results of the largest trial of intensive glucose lowering in critically ill patients published today ...


Testosterone Decreases after Ingestion of Sugar

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created Jun 14, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Men with low testosterone should have their hormone levels retested after they fast overnight because eating may transiently lower testosterone levels, a new study concludes.


New evidence of how high glucose damages blood vessels could lead to new treatments

New evidence of how high glucose damages blood vessels could lead to new treatments

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created May 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New evidence of how the elevated glucose levels that occur in diabetes damage blood vessels may lead to novel strategies for blocking the destruction, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.


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 ...


Study pinpoints role of insulin on glucagon levels

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created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

April 7, 2009 - Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have shown for the first time that insulin plays a key role in suppressing levels of glucagon, a hormone involved in carbohydrate metabolism and regulating blood glucose ...


Scientists closer to understanding how to control high blood sugar

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created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists are closer to understanding which proteins help control blood sugar, or glucose, during and after exercise. This understanding could lead to new drug therapies or more effective exercise to prevent Type 2 diabetes ...


Fructose-sweetened drinks increase nonfasting triglycerides in obese adults

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created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Obese people who drink fructose-sweetened beverages with their meals have an increased rise of triglycerides following the meal, according to new research from the Monell Center.


Gut hormone has 'remote control' on blood sugar

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

A gut hormone first described in 1928 plays an unanticipated and important role in the remote control of blood sugar production in the liver, according to a report in the August 6th Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication. What's ...


Apelin hormone injections powerfully lower blood sugar

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created Nov 04, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

By injecting a hormone produced by fat and other tissues into mice, researchers report in the November Cell Metabolism that they significantly lowered blood sugar levels in normal and obese mice. The findings suggest that t ...



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