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Drugs may be 'magic bullet' for infants born with rare form of diabetes
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Infants born with a rare form of inherited diabetes might avoid irreversible damage to their pancreases if they are treated immediately with sulfonylurea drugs rather than insulin, according to a new report in the February ...
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More babies born prematurely but survival rates up, study shows
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Premature births have increased significantly although survival rates of babies born early have improved dramatically, a study shows.
Morther's obesity a factor in newborn deaths for blacks, not whites, new study reports
Jun 09, 2008 |
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A study led by the University of South Florida sheds new light on obesity's role in the black-white gap in infant mortality. While maternal obesity appears to have no impact on the early survival of infants born to white ...
Mutations in the insulin gene can cause neonatal diabetes
Sep 10, 2007 |
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Mutations in the insulin gene can cause permanent neonatal diabetes, an unusual form of diabetes that affects very young children and results in lifelong dependence on insulin injections, report researchers from the University ...
Scientists uncover new mechanism regulating fetal growth and neonatal survival
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Dr. Sylvain Meloche, Principal Investigator at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the Université de Montréal, and his colleagues have uncovered the critical role played by the protein ...
Spontaneous and medically induced preterm births contribute equally to the rising rate of preterm births
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Research published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine shows that the rising rate of preterm birth in Scotland is as much a result of an increase in spontaneous preterm birth as it is of preterm birth that i ...
First anti-seizure drug for newborns to be developed
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the UCL Institute for Child Health are developing the first anti-seizure drug specifically for newborn babies, with the aim of reducing brain damage.
Does diabetes speed up memory loss in Alzheimer's disease?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 27, 2009 |
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -Research has shown that diabetes increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease and the risk of memory loss in people who don't have Alzheimer's disease. But it hasn't been clear whether people with Alzheimer's ...
Treating even mild gestational diabetes reduces birth complications (w/ Video)
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Treating pregnant women for mild gestational diabetes resulted in fewer cesarean sections and other serious birthing problems associated with larger than average babies, according to a study conducted in part at the University ...
Team reveals molecular mechanism underlying a form of diabetes
Sep 08, 2009 |
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By investigating a rare and severe form of diabetes in children, University of Iowa researchers have discovered a new molecular mechanism that regulates specialized pancreatic cells and insulin secretion. The mechanism involves ...
Girl's rare form of diabetes leads to injection-free treatment for some
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Three years after she made medical history and was freed from painful insulin injections, 9-year-old Lilly Jaffe is just beginning to understand how much her story changed the course of diabetes research and treatment.
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