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Possible New Treatment for Prediabetic Patients Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2011

A natural product called DLPC (dilauroyl phosphatidylcholine) increases sensitivity to insulin and reduces fatty liver.

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.

Diabetic? Eat Almonds Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2011

Consuming a few almonds daily can help combat the lifestyle disease.

Birch Bark Ingredient Has Metabolic Benefits Posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2011

In mice, a compound known as betulin lowered cholesterol, helped prevent diet-induced obesity and improved insulin sensitivity.

Strength Exercise Improves Muscle Mass and Hepatic Insulin Sensitivity in Obese Posted: Sunday, November 14, 2010

A controlled resistance exercise program without weight loss increases strength and lean body mass, improves hepatic insulin sensitivity, and decreases GPR without affecting total fat mass or visceral, hepatic, and intramyocellular fat contents.

Metformin and Cancer Occurrence in Insulin-Treated Type 2's Posted: Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Several studies have shown that metformin is associated with reduced cancer-related morbidity and mortality, due to the improvement of insulin sensitivity, or to the activation of AMP-activated protein kinase.

EASD: New Drug Classes Entering Type 2 Pipeline Posted: Sunday, October 03, 2010

Farnesoid X receptor agonists, 11-â-HSD1 inhibitors, and glucokinase activators are some of the new approaches to treating Type 2 diabetes described in research presented, but some senior researchers expressed doubts about the clinical need for them.

EASD: Adding Incretin to Insulin Lowers HbA1c Posted: Sunday, October 03, 2010

Adding exenatide to insulin glargine for patients who aren't fully controlled with insulin glargine and/or other oral agents can help to improve their blood glucose.

Intensive Glucose Lowering Therapy -- Weighing the Evidence Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010

A review of two intensive therapies to lower blood glucose levels in newly diagnosed Type 2 patients.

One Molecule Can Produce Insulin-Producing Cells to Treat Diabetes Posted: Monday, August 09, 2010

With a single stimulatory molecule, human insulin-producing beta cell replication can be sustained for at least four weeks.

 

 

 

 

 

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