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How Important Is Fat Distribution? Posted: Sunday, June 05, 2011

In obese individuals, the distribution of adipose tissue both on the body, and in the liver and skeletal muscle is an important predictor of insulin sensitivity.

Missing Sugar Molecule Raises Diabetes Risk in Humans Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2011

Findings help refine understanding of why obese humans appear to be particularly vulnerable to Type 2 diabetes.

Fatty Liver Linked to Diabetes Risk Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2011

Having an accumulation of fat in your liver cells may raise your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes regardless of the fat in other places of your body.

Risk of Type 2 Associated with Gene Variations Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2011

For individuals of white European descent, certain variations of the gene HMGA1 are associated with Type 2 diabetes.

Brain Insulin Plays Critical Role in the Development of Diabetes and Obesity Posted: Sunday, February 27, 2011

Researchers have discovered a novel function of brain insulin, indicating that impaired brain insulin action may be the cause of the unrestrained lipolysis that initiates and worsens Type 2 diabetes.

Air Pollution Raises Risk of Diabetes in Kids Posted: Monday, January 10, 2011

While poor diet and lack of exercise are thought to be the leading causes of diabetes, exposure to polluted air early in life can also lead to the disease.

The Thrifty Gene as a Liability Posted: Tuesday, December 28, 2010

In addition to fast food, desk jobs, and inertia, there is one more thing to blame for unwanted pounds -- our genome, which has apparently not caught up with the fact that we no longer live in the Stone Age.

"The United States of Diabetes" Posted: Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Diabetes will threaten the nation's economy as much as it does the health of individuals and the U.S. will spend $3.35 trillion on diabetes-related care in the next decade.

New Analysis Concludes Cause of Diabetes Not Genetic Posted: Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Since sequencing the human genome, genetic researchers have searched intensively but unearthed little evidence to suggest that inherited genes cause common diseases.

New Report Ties Diabetes to Shortened Life Expectancy Posted: Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Despite medical advances, a 50-year-old with the disease still can expect to live 8.5 years fewer years, on average, than a 50-year-old without the disease.

 

 

 

 

 

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