News articles tagged with 'diabetes'
Flavonoid in tangerines fights obesity and protects against heart disease
— 9 Apr 2011 11:35 | HealthNew study from the University of Western Ontario has discovered a substance in tangerines not only prevents obesity, but also offers protection against type 2 diabetes, and even atherosclerosis,…
Researchers identify the metabolic signalling pathway responsible for dyslipidemia
— 6 Apr 2011 17:16 | HealthResearchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), including Yu Li, PhD, and other colleagues, have demonstrated that a nutrient sensing pathway is involved in the disruption…
Micro-RNA blocks the effect of insulin in obesity
— 1 Apr 2011 15:15 | HealthBody weight influences the risk of developing diabetes: between 80 and 90 percent of patients with type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese. According to scientists at the Max Planck…
Diabetes veterans may show ways to prevent complications
— 30 Mar 2011 17:10 | HealthOver time, diabetes can wreak havoc on the body's eyes, cardiovascular system, kidneys and nerves. A major study by Joslin Diabetes Centre researchers, however, has found that some…
Avoiding health risks could prevent more than half of all cases of atrial fibrillation
— 29 Mar 2011 15:46 | HealthReducing cardiovascular risk factors like high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes and being overweight could potentially reduce more than half of all cases of atrial fibrillation, according…
Johns Hopkins scientists link DNA 'end-caps' length to diabetes risk
— 28 Mar 2011 17:32 | HealthNew evidence has emerged from studies in mice that short telomeres or 'caps' at the ends of chromosomes may predispose people to age-related diabetes, according to Johns Hopkins scientists…
Trigger found for autoimmune heart attacks
— 28 Mar 2011 17:27 | HealthPeople with type 1 diabetes, whose insulin-producing cells have been destroyed by the body's own immune system, are particularly vulnerable to a form of inflammatory heart disease (myocarditis)…
A diabetes drug, sitagliptin, also has a potential to prevent diabetes
— 28 Mar 2011 15:27 | HealthDiabetes type 2 is caused by insufficient levels of insulin to keep blood glucose under control. Excessive levels of another hormone, glucagon, can also contribute to diabetes type…
Metabolite levels may be able to improve diabetes risk prediction
— 21 Mar 2011 16:02 | HealthMeasuring the levels of small molecules in the blood may be able to identify individuals at elevated risk of developing type 2 diabetes as much as a decade before symptoms of the disorder…
New study adds weight to diabetes drug link to heart problems
— 18 Mar 2011 14:54 | HealthA new study published on bmj.com today adds to mounting evidence that rosiglitazone - a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes - is associated with an increased risk of major heart problems…