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Diabetes History Posted: Saturday, September 26, 2009

Diabetes treatments are sure much better today than they were hundreds of years of even several years ago. I would have hated to have had diabetes back even several years before, when meters where big and hard to use, and insulin needles were huge sources of pain when injecting. I'd like to take a look back at what diabetes was like many years ago, and tell you just how far diabetes treatments have come!

New Molecule Combats Diabetes and Obesity by Increasing GLP-1 Posted: Wednesday, September 09, 2009

We now have drugs that can replace the GLP-1 hormone and we have drugs that can reduce the destruction of GLP-1. Now we may have a drug that increases the production of GLP-1.

Liver Fat Has Greater Impact on Health than Abdominal Fat Posted: Wednesday, September 02, 2009

When it comes to how fat affects metabolic risk factors, the issue is where, not how much and the latest hot spot is the liver.

Why Diabetics Are at Greater Risk of Cancer Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah have uncovered new information on the notion that sugar "feeds" tumors. The findings also have implications for other diseases such as diabetes.

New Approach Targets Gut Hormone to Lower Blood Sugars Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009

A research team at the Toronto General Research Institute discovered a novel function of a hormone found in the gut that might potentially lower glucose levels in diabetes.

Diabetes Risk Linked to Sex Hormone Protein Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2009

A new study found that people with low blood levels of a protein that regulates sex hormones are at higher risk of diabetes, and genetics may play a role in determining both the levels and the risk.

Researchers Implant Pig Cells in Type 1 Diabetics Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2009

A New Zealand biotech company began a trial last week that implanted cells from newborn pigs into eight human volunteers as an experimental treatment for their diabetes and the participants will not use immunosuppressant drugs.

A Step Closer to Regenerating Beta Cells Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2009

US scientists have come a step closer to finding a way to help treat people with diabetes by reactivating their own insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. They discovered a hitherto unknown role for a well known protein: it helps immature endocrine systems generate new pancreatic islet cells, which include the insulin-producing beta cells.

New Link between Elevated Insulin and Breast Cancer Risk Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Elevated insulin levels in the blood appear to raise the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to researchers.

Polycarbonate Bottles Leak BPA Into Consumed Liquid Posted: Monday, May 25, 2009

Drinking from polycarbonate bottles increases levels of urinary bisphenol A (BPA), according to a recent study. BPA had been connected to cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes, and even infertility, in past research.

 

 

 

 

 

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