Scientists have identified a master regulator gene for early embryonic development of the pancreas and other organs, putting researchers closer to coaxing stem cells into pancreatic cells as a possible cure for type1 diabetes. The study appears in the July 21 Developmental Cell.
Black women ages 20 to 29 are more prone to pack on unhealthy abdominal and visceral fat than Hispanic women the same age, and as compared to their elders, according to researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues.
For years researchers have been searching for a way to treat diabetics by reactivating their insulin-producing beta cells, to no avail. Now, they may be one step closer. A protein, whose role in pancreatic development has long been recognized, has been discovered to play an additional and previously unknown regulatory role in the development of cells in the immature endocrine system. These cells ultimately give rise to pancreatic islet cells, which include beta cells.
By understanding if bitterness sensitivity is linked to type 2 diabetes, there is a potential to screen individuals for bitterness sensitivity and to use that information as a predictive marker for the disease and other chronic disease such as heart disease and obesity.
Persons with higher levels of adiponectin, a protein that is produced by fat cells and that has anti-inflammatory and insulin-sensitizing properties, have an associated lower risk of type 2 diabetes, according to an analysis of previous studies, reported in the July 8 issue of JAMA.
New cooperation between UMass Amherst nutritionists"•expert in adipogenesis at the molecular level"•and a Korean medical center will explore Asian medicinal herbs as tools for managing the global epidemic of Type II diabetes and obesity now sweeping through developed and developing countries alike.
Five articles recently posted online in the medical journal Diabetologia studied the possible connection between the use of insulin glargine (Lantus) and the development of cancer. While one of these studies suggested an increased risk of cancer, the other four did not come to the same conclusion.
Tune in for the Vascular Disease Foundation's "Ask the Doctor" chat as Dr. Peter Sheehan answers general questions about diabetes and vascular disease live online! Join us on Tuesday, July 7 at 4pm EST.
New study finds controlled glucose levels help decrease chance for complications.
Men and smokers don't tend to follow up as often with heath-care professionals to manage their health condition: study.
Spring Point Project gains Lions Clubs support in mission to provide an unlimited source of pig islet cells for human transplantation.
Obesity is probably the most important factor in the development of insulin resistance, but science's understanding of the chain of events is still spotty. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have filled in the gap and identified the missing link between the two. Their findings, to be published in the June 21, 2009 advance online edition of the journal Nature, explain how obesity sets the stage for diabetes and why thin people can become insulin-resistant.
Men with low testosterone should have their hormone levels retested after they fast overnight because eating may transiently lower testosterone levels, a new study concludes. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
New research from Mount Sinai School of Medicine has found that the price in New York and New Jersey of the medications most commonly prescribed for patients with diabetes varies widely depending on where you shop.
Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System are reporting remarkable results from their pilot clinical study of the artificial pancreas, a computerized, subcutaneous system that could one day revolutionize the way Type 1 diabetics manage their disease.
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) will present new findings at the American Diabetes Association's 69th Scientific Sessions June 5 - 9. Research includes helping diabetes avoid post-exercise hypoglycemia and the role of pancreatic beta cells in the progression of diabetes.
Mayo Clinic researchers have shown that very low doses of inhaled carbon monoxide in diabetic mice reverses the condition known as gastroparesis or delayed stomach emptying, a common and painful complication for many diabetic patients. The findings will be presented on June 1 at Digestive Disease Week in Chicago.
The eyes may be the window into the soul, but they may also contain important medical information. According to new research to be presented at the American Thoracic Society's 105th International Conference in San Diego on May 19, patients with diabetes who have retinopathy should also be screened for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
A common blood test for triglycerides may allow doctors to predict which patients with diabetes are more likely to develop the serious, common complication of neuropathy. A new study suggests that diabetes patients with neuropathy should control lipid counts as rigorously as they do glucose levels.
Only slightly more than half of the 18 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes had their blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure under optimum control in 2006. And another 6 million Americans may have diabetes but don't know it.
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