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Insulin Resistance and Systolic Blood Pressure Are the Determinants For

Posted: Monday, August 08, 2005

Differences may imply different benefits from treatments targeting blood pressure or insulin resistance in different ethnic groups.

Insulin Resistance Raises Risk of Heart Failure

Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Insulin resistance is an independent risk factor for congestive heart failure, this may, in large part, explain the well-known association between obesity and CHF.

Drugs Targeted At Muscle Cells Treat Insulin Resistance

Posted: Monday, May 02, 2005

A new type of drug targeted at receptors in the muscle cells increases the metabolism and absorption of glucose.

Fat-Buster Makes Burgers Healthier and May Prevent Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, March 31, 2005

A new form of soluble cellulose that, if added to high-fat food items, appears to slow down fat absorption to a healthier rate and reduce the likelihood of developing insulin resistance, a precursor to type 2 diabetes.

Poor Prenatal Nutrition Permanently Damages Function of Insulin-producing Cells

Posted: Monday, March 07, 2005

The bottom line is that if you don't have delivery of enough nutrients from the mother to the baby, the baby's pancreatic cells will be programmed abnormally and sets the stage for type 2 diabetes later in life.

Scientists Discover 'Master Switch' that Triggers Insulin Resistance & Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have discovered why excess weight leads to low-grade inflammation, which hampers the body's ability to use insulin. They found that the "master switch" of this inflammation is activated in the liver by weight gain. And they showed it can be turned off by salicylates, a class of drugs that includes aspirin

Type of Weight Loss Surgery Determines Insulin Resistance Effect

Posted: Thursday, January 20, 2005

With restrictive weight loss procedures, insulin resistance drops as weight loss increases, whereas with malabsorptive operations, resistance is completely reversed even before body weight normalizes, new research shows.

Depression Increases Insulin Resistance, Diabetes in Middle-Aged Women

Posted: Monday, January 17, 2005

Results of a new study provide more evidence that depression influences glucose metabolism and risk of diabetes. The incidence of diabetes was highest in African-American women in the 3 years of follow-up and was more than twice that of white women.

Extra Pounds In Middle Age Doubles Incidence of Stroke

Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

Obesity nearly doubles the risk that an otherwise healthy middle-aged man will eventually have a stroke, a long-running Swedish study finds. Insulin resistance the culprit.

Diabetes And Heart Disease Are Closely Connected

Posted: Wednesday, October 13, 2004

''It's a chain from obesity to diabetes to heart disease," said Heber, now director of UCLA's Center for Human Nutrition. ''In the next 10 years, 80 percent of all heart disease will be due to type 2 diabetes