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Broccoli sprouts may boost antioxidant defenses in people with diabetes.…

Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath This week, we continue with Part 4 of our special series of case discussions. CASE DISCUSSION: Mr. ZM Mr. ZM was referred to an endocrinologist by his GP at the request …

A computer analysis by two University of Michigan researchers shows promise for helping develop therapies for some major diseases by rescuing proteins that have stopped performing normally….

Treating high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and other vascular risk factors may help lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in people who already show signs of declining thinking skills or memory problems….

The national tab for prescription drugs last year grew at the second-slowest pace ever measured by a prominent health data firm.

Australian researchers have developed the country’s first diabetes specific stem cell line, a major advance for patients suffering from the chronic disease.…

Researchers have found that a gene associated with the onset of Type 2 diabetes also is found at lower-than-normal levels in people with Alzheimer’s disease….

A research team has identified the mechanism behind a single gene linked to the causes of both Alzheimer’s disease and Type 2 diabetes. A gene for a protein called SorCS1, which can cause Type 2 diabetes, impacts the accumulation of amyloid-beta (Abeta) in the brain. Abeta plays a key role …

Amyloid could “directly poison” pancreas cells. Shedding light on how a malfunctioning protein helps trigger Type 2 diabetes could one day offer the chance to halt the damage, say scientists…. 

Researchers at the Buck Institute for Age Research in Novato, CA, have discovered a novel way in which insulin affects cell metabolism and cell survival…