Findings demonstrate the central importance of AKT signaling to insulin sensitivity in humans.
Read More »Issue 210 Item 14 Screening For Coronary Artery Disease Needed for Asymptomatic
58.6% of the asymptomatic diabetics had abnormal scans for coronary artery disease.
Read More »New Drug Liraglutide Is Promising in Type 2 Diabetes Treatment
Liraglutide a long-acting glucagons-like peptide 1 improved glycemic control in Type 2 diabetes without weight gain.
Read More »THE TRIGR TRIAL
THE TRIGR TRIAL will determine whether delayed exposure to intact food proteins will reduce the chances of developing type 1 diabetes later in life. If you have a patient who is pregnant that has type 1 diabetes or the unborn child’s father has type 1 diabetes or the unborn child …
Read More »Issue 215 Item 1 New Diabetes Drug Exenatide – One Step Closer to Market
A large lizard, a federal researcher’s hunch and a San Diego biotech’s leap of faith could result in the next diabetes treatment from Eli Lilly and Co. Twice a day injection will help to control blood sugars and help patients to loose weight.
Read More »Issue 215 Item 2 Half of Stroke Patients May Be Aspirin Resistant
Aspirin resistance was less common in patients taking low-dose aspirin. Results of a small prospective study suggest that almost half of patients hospitalized for treatment of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) are "aspirin resistant" as defined by an abnormal finding on PFA-100 (platelet function analyser) testing. Dr. Mark …
Read More »Issue 215 Item 3 Measuring Blood Sugar With A Wave Of The Arm
People with diabetes could soon be waving goodbye to the pain and hassle of needles, thanks to a new under-skin sensor that monitors blood sugar levels with a simple wave of the arm and could cost less then 50 dollars.
Read More »Issue 215 Item 4 Millions of Hispanics at Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
Forty percent of American adults ages 40 to 74 — millions of whom are Hispanic or Latino — currently have pre-diabetes. Pre-diabetes is a condition that raises a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.
Read More »Issue 215 Item 5 Low Triglyceride Levels Are Associated With More Severe Stroke
A previous study had linked low triglycerides with higher mortality after stroke. In the current retrospective study, Dr. Tomasz Dziedzic and colleagues from Jagiellonian University, in Krakow, Poland, studied 863 consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke.
Read More »Issue 215 Item 6 Hormone Therapy Hastens Plaque Formation in Diabetic Women
When treated with postmenopausal hormone therapy (HRT), women with abnormal glucose tolerance (AGT) experience greater atherosclerotic progression than healthy women.
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