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Diabetes Shrinks Elderly Brain
Elderly people with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes suffer from an accelerated decline in brain size and mental capacity in as little as two years.more
05 07, 2012
Stem Cell Researchers Map New Knowledge about Insulin Production
Scientists gained new insight into the signaling paths that control the body’s insulin production which is important knowledge with respect to the conversion of stem cells into insulin-producing beta cells that can be implanted into patients who need them.more
04 26, 2012
Molecular Switch to Offer Target for New Diabetes Therapies
Researchers have found a molecular switch that controls liver glucose production. This research may show a new avenue for treating insulin resistant type-2 diabetes.more
04 10, 2012
Dr. Pepper Ten, the New Macho Diet Drink: Are Diet Drinks Healthier?
Dr Pepper rolled out its new low calorie drink "Dr Pepper Ten" Monday, stirring discussion about its macho ad campaign.more
10 11, 2011
Diabetes Rising Globally Ahead of Leaders Meeting to Target Disease
The number of people with diabetes in 2011 has reached 366 million globally and one person dies from this disease every seven seconds, the International Diabetes Federation said Tuesday.more
09 13, 2011
Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Measured by Degree and Length of Obesity
How long a person has been obese and how overweight they have been are real risk factors in measuring the risk of type II diabetes, new research finds.more
09 06, 2011
Preventing diabetes damage: Zinc's effects on a kinky, two-faced cohort
In type 2 diabetes, a protein called amylin forms dense clumps that shut down insulin-producing cells, wreaking havoc on the control of blood sugar. But zinc has a knack for preventing amylin from misbehaving.more
06 30, 2011
Roche's Genentech unit reports positive Lucentis trial data
Roche subsidiary Genentech has reported positive new data from a pair of phase III diabetic macular oedema (DMO) clinical trials for the drug Lucentis. more
06 30, 2011
Watching television increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease
Watching television is the most common daily activity apart from work and sleep in many parts of the world, but it is time for people to change their viewing habits. According to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers, prolonged TV viewing was associated with...more
06 24, 2011
California's more than half a million rural elders are far more likely to be overweight or obese
Despite living in the countryside, where open space is plentiful and there is often significant agricultural production, California's more than half a million rural elders are far more likely to be overweight or obese, physically inactive and food insecure than their suburban counterparts,...more
06 24, 2011
