News tagged with plasma glucose


Pluronic L-81 is a potential anti-diabetic drug?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Pluronic surfactants are synthetic copolymers based on ethylene oxide and propylene oxide. It has been reported that a nonionic L-81, effectively inhibits absorption of dietary lipids from the intestine and secretion of VLDL ...


Intensive glucose control in diabetics reduces heart attacks

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- A meta-analysis of five trials has shown that more intensive glucose control in diabetes leads to fewer heart attacks and heart disease events - but has no significant effect on stroke or mortality from all ...





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Research says Diabetics Most at Risk from Neglected Post Meal Sugar Peak

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 10, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Christmas time is full of food when most of us simply have to worry about our expanding waist lines but new research led by the University of Warwick’s Medical School says that people with diabetes need to pay attention to ...


New insights in diagnosing diabetes may help the millions who are undiagnosed

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 27, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In light of the 6.2 million Americans who don’t realize they have diabetes, a panel of experts examined the current criteria for screening and diagnosing the disease and found a significant need for improvement. Their conclusions ...


Upping the power triggers an ordered helical plasma

Upping the power triggers an ordered helical plasma

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

If you keep twisting a straight elastic string, at some moment it starts kinking in a wild way. Something similar occurs when one increases the electrical current flowing in a magnetized plasma doughnut: it ...


Self-monitoring of blood glucose

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created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Diabetes patients should always control their own blood sugar values if this leads to improvements in their treatment. This is the view advocated by Michael Nauck of the Bad Lauterberg Diabetes Center and his coauthors in ...


Higher blood sugar levels linked to lower brain function in diabetics, study shows

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Results of a recent study conducted by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues show that cognitive functioning abilities drop as average blood sugar levels rise in people with type 2 diabetes.


New discovery a step towards better diabetes treatment

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created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In today's issue of the prestigious journal Cell Metabolism Uppsala scientists are presenting new findings that shed light on the processes that determine the release of the blood sugar-lowering hormone insulin. The discov ...


Low glycemic breakfast may increase benefits of working out

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The benefits of physical activity and a balanced diet are well documented and form the basis of many public health recommendations. This is because each of these factors can independently influence risks for many chronic ...


A 'spoonful of sugar' makes the worms' life span go down

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

If worms are any indication, all the sugar in your diet could spell much more than obesity and type 2 diabetes. Researchers reporting in the November issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, say it might also b ...


Sugar + weed killer = potential clean energy source

Technology / Energy

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (23) | comments 9

A spoonful of herbicide helps the sugar break down in a most delightful way.


Study identifies trends of vitamin B6 status in US population sample

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created May 20, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

In an epidemiological study, Tufts University researchers identified trends of vitamin B6 status in a sample of the United States population based on measures of plasma pyridoxal 5'- phosphate (PLP) levels in the bloodstream. ...



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