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How and Where Fat Is Stored Predicts Disease Risk Better than Weight

Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2008

A new study indicates that overeating, rather than the obesity it causes, is the trigger for developing metabolic syndrome, a collection of heath risk factors that increases an individual's chances of developing insulin resistance, fatty liver, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. The study is among the first to suggest that weight gain is an early symptom of pre-metabolic syndrome, rather than a direct cause.

Why Not All Fat is Created Equal

Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The recent report that having a pot belly in your 40s roughly triples your risk of dementia in later life is just the tip of an ominous adipose iceberg.

Measuring Minute Amounts Of Insulin Aids Diabetes Treatment

Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2008

A new method that uses nanotechnology to rapidly measure minute amounts of insulin is a major step toward developing the ability to assess the health of the body's insulin-producing cells in real time.

Creatinine Increase in Elderly Means Increased Renal Disease, Mortality

Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Even small increases in serum creatinine levels during hospitalization raise the risk of end stage renal disease and mortality of elderly patients over the long term in a 10-year study of 87,094 patients according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study.

Signaling Pathway Lowers Blood Sugar Levels

Posted: Thursday, April 10, 2008

A signaling pathway between the gut, brain and liver, appears to have the effect of lowering blood sugar levels when activated, new research has shown. Armed with this knowledge, diabetes medications and treatment methods could be developed which aim to activate this pathway.

Reduced Lung Capacity Accelerates with Diabetes

Posted: Friday, April 04, 2008

People who have diabetes encounter a faster loss of lung capacity than those who do not have diabetes, a finding that may have implications for the potential use of future inhaled insulins. It was concluded that medical professionals need to pay more attention to lung function.

Study Identifies Key Factor that Links Metabolic Syndrome

Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008

One-fourth of Americans have Metabolic Syndrome. Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have reported on a new study that has identified insulin resistance in the liver as a key factor in the cause of metabolic syndrome and its associated atherosclerosis, disorders that put tens of millions of Americans at high risk of cardiovascular disease.

Endocrinologist Shortage Represents Significant Threat to Public Health

Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008

A new analysis supports what many in the healthcare field already suspect, that demand for endocrinologists in the United States far exceeds supply, and this shortfall in medical care will only get worse in the coming years.

Stem Cells Finally Found in Pancreas

Posted: Friday, February 01, 2008

An international team of researchers has finally managed to locate stem cells in the pancreas -- in mice, at least, and could pave the way for dramatic new therapies for diabetes, namely the regeneration of beta cells so the body could once again produce its own insulin.

Gastric Banding Achieves Diabetes Remission

Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Preliminary research indicates that obese patients with type 2 diabetes who had gastric banding surgery lost more weight and had a higher likelihood of diabetes remission compared to patients who used conventional methods for weight loss and diabetes control, according to a new study.