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Study Supports Antihypertensive Effects of Statins Posted: Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Evidence continues to mount that HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) have significant blood pressure-lowering effects independent of their beneficial effects on cholesterol levels.

Subcutaneous Insulin Lispro Safe and Effective for Diabetic Ketoacidosis Posted: Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Treatment with subcutaneous insulin lispro in a non – ICU setting is a safe and effective treatment for uncomplicated diabetic ketoacidosis. Lispro has the potential to greatly reduce hospital costs

Update for Islet Cell Transplants for Diabetes Posted: Wednesday, September 29, 2004

About 58% of diabetes patients given an experimental transplant of pancreatic cells are able to live without insulin injections a year later, Canadian and U.S. doctors reported.

Beer Has The Same Benefits As Red Wine Posted: Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Researchers at the University of Western Ontario found that drinking one beer provides the same increase in antioxidant activity in the body as a glass of red wine, which has long been touted for its medicinal properties.

Chromium Picolinate Cleared Of Toxic Charges Posted: Wednesday, September 22, 2004

The safety research overwhelmingly confirms that chromium picolinate is a safe nutritional supplement. Chromium picolinate received a further boost when the Society of Toxicology affirmed its safety as a nutritional supplement.

Data for Atkins & South Beach Dieters on Insulin Resistance, Obesity and the Fiber Connection Posted: Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Insulin sensitivity may be more directly related to loss of intramyocellular or omental fat rather than loss of total body weight.

Depression Derails Diabetics' Self-care Posted: Wednesday, September 22, 2004

People with diabetes who are depressed are less likely to watch what they eat, to exercise, and to take their medications. Lin concluded that people with poor diabetes control might be helped "by screening for major depression and treating it effectively, including systematic follow-up."

Exercise Stalls Effects of Aging on the Heart Posted: Wednesday, September 22, 2004

The pumping ability of the Masters athletes' hearts was the same as that of the younger adults less than half their age. "It appears that lifelong exercise training completely prevented the stiffening of the heart muscle that has been thought to be an inevitable consequence of aging. We found that it is aging in addition to being sedentary,"

Exercise, Diet Cut Diabetes Risk in Sedentary Men Posted: Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Vigorous exercise - half-hour-long sessions three times per week - alone lowered glucose levels by 13 percent and insulin levels by 20 percent.

Fruit Fly Pancreas Points to Possible Diabetes Cures Posted: Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Fruit flies have cells that function like a miniature pancreas, which is good news for researchers hoping to use the tiny insects to develop cures for diabetes

 

 

 

 

 

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