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Tasting fructose with the pancreas

Taste receptors on the tongue help us distinguish between safe food and food that's spoiled or toxic. But taste receptors are now being found in other organs, too. In a study published online the week of February ...

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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

Link between obesity and diabetes discovered

A Monash University study has proven a critical link between obesity and the onset of Type 2 diabetes, a discovery which could lead to the design of a drug to prevent the disease.

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Researchers identify missing target for calcium signaling

An international study led by Ohio State University neuroscience researchers describes one of the missing triggers that controls calcium inside cells, a process important for muscle contraction, nerve-cell transmission, insulin ...

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created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Scientists delve into the brain roots of hunger and eating

Synaptic plasticity – the ability of the synaptic connections between the brain's neurons to change and modify over time -- has been shown to be a key to memory formation and the acquisition of new learning behaviors. ...

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Obama to seek more Alzheimer's research money

(AP) -- The Obama administration wants to spend just over half a billion dollars on Alzheimer's research next year, hoping to battle back against what could become the defining disease of the aging baby-boom generation.

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Donation opens new opportunities for more effective diabetes treatment

The Swedish medical university, Karolinska Institutet, has received a grant of 1.6 million Euro from the Stichting af Jochnick Foundation for research into the fundamental causes of diabetes. The grant will make it possible ...

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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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High fructose consumption by adolescents may put them at cardiovascular risk

Evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk is present in the blood of adolescents who consume a lot of fructose, a scenario that worsens in the face of excess belly fat, researchers report.

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External stimuli control the hormonal regulation of our eating behavior

Max Planck researchers have proven something scientifically for the first time that laypeople have always known: the mere sight of delicious food stimulates the appetite. A study on healthy young men has documented ...

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

NIH study to test treatment for fatty liver disease in children

With the launch of a new clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health, researchers are working to determine whether treating children diagnosed with the most severe form of fatty liver disease with a drug ...

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created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experts suggest all hospitalized patients have blood glucose levels tested

Hyperglycemia, or having high glucose levels in the blood, is a common, serious and costly health care problem in hospitalized patients. Today, The Endocrine Society released a clinical practice guideline (CPG) providing ...

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created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists find missing link in regulation of glucose

(Medical Xpress) -- A team led by USC neuroscientist Alan Watts identified for the first time a biochemical signal that helps regulate the amount of glucose in the blood.

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More reasons to keep this New Year's weight loss resolution uncovered

Long-term healthy dietary interventions frequently induce a rapid weight decline, mainly in the first four to six months, followed by weight stabilization or regain, despite continued dieting. The partial regain may discourage ...

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created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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