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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
| Target Identified for New Diabetes Drug |
| New research points to the naturally produced protein apolipoprotein A-IV as a potential target for a new diabetes therapeutic. |
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Posted on 21-May-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Study Identifies Possible Protection Against Type 2 Diabetes |
| Researchers have shown that levels of certain related proteins found in blood are associated with a greatly reduced risk for developing type 2 diabetes up to a decade or more later. |
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Posted on 9-May-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Older Diabetics Live Long Enough to Benefit from Interventions and Research |
| Middle-aged and older adults with diabetes showed substantial survival rates in a new study of retirees. |
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Posted on 9-May-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Unique Physiology Key to Diagnosing and Treating Diabetes in Asian Populations |
| As the diabetes epidemic spreads worldwide, there is growing concern for Asian American populations, who are nearly twice as likely to develop diabetes, particularly type 2 diabetes. Compounding the problem, many of the standard ways to detect diabetes fail in people of Asian descent. |
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Posted on 9-May-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Popular Diabetes Drug May Treat Leading Cause of Blindness |
| Researchers have discovered that a drug already prescribed to millions of people with diabetes could also have another important use: treating one of the world's leading causes of blindness. |
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Posted on 9-May-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Fructose Consumption May Deplete Cellular Energy in Patients with Obesity and Diabetes |
| Obese people who consume increased amounts of fructose, a type of sugar that is found in particular in soft drinks and fruit juices, are at risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NFALD) and more its more severe forms, fatty inflammation and scarring. |
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Posted on 9-May-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Low Testosterone Levels Could Raise Diabetes Risk for Men |
| Scientists have found that low testosterone levels are linked to a resistance to insulin, the hormone that controls blood sugar levels. |
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Posted on 9-May-2012 Read Full News Article |
| 2 Drugs Better Than 1 to Treat Youth with Type 2 Diabetes |
| A combination of two specific diabetes drugs was more effective in treating youth with recent-onset type 2 diabetes than one of the drugs alone |
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Posted on 30-Apr-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Cancer Drug Use Leads to Diabetes |
| A drug widely used by cancer and transplant patients also comes with a downside: it leads to diabetes in as many as 15 percent of the people who take it. |
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Posted on 11-Apr-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Less Sleep, Disrupted Internal Clock Leads to Higher Risk of Diabetes and Obesity |
| A study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital reinforces the finding that too little sleep or sleep patterns that are inconsistent with our body's 'internal biological clock' may lead to increased risk of diabetes and obesity. |
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Posted on 11-Apr-2012 Read Full News Article |
| Study: Approach to Diabetes Self-Management Too Narrow |
| A new study from researchers at Queen Mary, University of London reveals the many difficulties faced by people with diabetes in self-managing their disease. |
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Posted on 11-Apr-2012 Read Full News Article |
