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Women with Preeclampsia Have Double the Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

Researchers reported that preeclampsia is an independent risk marker for type 2 diabetes, even when gestational diabetes is taken into account.

High Postmenopausal Sex Hormones Signal Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

Postmenopausal women with high levels of estradiol and testosterone are at a greatly increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to data on nearly 28,000 women.

New Groundbreaking Treatment for Diabetes Neuropathy a Success

Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006

Injecting patients with a DNA-binding protein may prevent diabetes-related nerve damage - known as diabetic neuropathy - particularly to the hands and feet.

New Study Advances Treatments to Prevent Type 2 and Metabolic Syndrome

Posted: Friday, June 02, 2006

Insulin uses two distinct mechanisms to control glucose and the metabolism of blood fats (lipids) in the liver. Failures in each of these networks can lead to serious health problems: the breakdown of glucose metabolism that can lead to type 2 diabetes, and the malfunction of lipid metabolism contributing to metabolic syndrome, which is a cluster of conditions that puts people at increased risk of heart disease, vascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

Ghrelin Involved in Development of Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Ghrelin, a hormone long considered a key player in obesity, may instead take a major role in maintaining the balance between insulin and glucose and the development of diabetes.

Insulin Identified as Trigger that Causes Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Two teams of scientists identified the hormone insulin last week as the antigeny in triggering Type 1 diabetes.

New Test Measures Quantity of Active Beta Cells

Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have identified a reliable, non-invasive imaging method that can measure the quantity of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells.

Mechanism For How The Pancreas Makes Insulin Is Crystalized

Posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2006

"It is possible that the insulin deficiency happens when the crystals don't form properly and then part of the insulin that is produced gets destroyed."

Discovery of Gene Plays Important Role in the Onset of Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2006

In a painstaking set of experiments, scientists have discovered a gene that appears to play an important role in the onset of type 2 diabetes.

Findings Shed Light on Mechanism of Condition Associated With Heart Disease, Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006

Researchers have shown, for the first time, that blocking the action of a critical protein with etanercept can improve multiple inflammatory pathways in patients with the metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes.