News articles tagged with 'glucose'
Increased obesity hindering success at reducing heart disease risk
— 18 Nov 2009 13:10 | HealthThe dramatic increase in overweight and obesity in adult Americans over the past 20 years has undermined public health success at reducing risk for heart disease, according to research... — full story
A 'spoonful of sugar' makes the worms' life span go down
— 4 Nov 2009 14:03 | HealthIf 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... — full story
Lifestyle changes, drug lower type 2 diabetes risk
— 29 Oct 2009 09:16 | HealthIntensive lifestyle changes aimed at modest weight loss reduced the rate of developing type 2 diabetes by 34 percent over 10 years in people at high risk for the disease... — full story
Self-monitoring of blood glucose
— 29 Sep 2009 15:56 | HealthDiabetes 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... — full story
Postmenopausal women, too, reap cardiovascular benefits from endurance training
— 19 Sep 2009 10:10 | HealthMarilyn Graham was 56 when she signed up for a gruelling hour of cycling each morning for 12 weeks, occasionally decked out in a mask, a heart monitor and a bag of intravenous fluid... — full story
Insulin, metformin do not reduce inflammatory biomarkers for diabetes patients
— 16 Sep 2009 13:04 | HealthIn patients with recent onset type-2 diabetes, treatment with insulin or the diabetes drug metformin did not reduce inflammatory biomarkers, such as high-sensitivity C-reactive protein,... — full story
Team reveals molecular mechanism underlying a form of diabetes
— 9 Sep 2009 14:08 | HealthBy investigating a rare and severe form of diabetes in children, University of Iowa researchers have discovered a new molecular mechanism that regulates specialised pancreatic cells... — full story
Scientists discover new genetic variation that contributes to diabetes
— 6 Sep 2009 17:00 | HealthScientists have identified a genetic variation in people with type 2 diabetes that affects how the body's muscle cells respond to the hormone insulin, in a new study published today... — full story
UAB researchers find possible use for the vine that ate the South
— 3 Sep 2009 18:00 | HealthKudzu, the fast-growing vine that has gobbled up some 10 million acres in the Southeast, may prove to be a valuable dietary supplement for metabolic syndrome, a condition that affects... — full story
Blood-flow metabolism mismatch predicts pancreatic tumour aggressiveness
— 26 Aug 2009 11:55 | HealthResearchers from Turku, Finland, have identified a blood-flow glucose consumption mismatch that predicted pancreatic tumour aggressiveness, according to results of a study published... — full story