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Read More »Is Diabetes Truly a Coronary Heart Disease Risk Equivalent?
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Obesity and hypertriglyceridemia are significant risk factors for diabetic neuropathy independent of glycemic control….
Read More »New Protein Identified In Regulating Insulin Resistance
Understanding the role of p75NTR on glucose regulation in mice may lead to a potential therapy for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in humans….
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A panel of FDA advisers has voted to ease restrictions on access to Avandia (rosiglitazone), a past blockbuster drug brought low by reports that it increased the risk of heart attacks….
Read More »Artificial Sweeteners May Affect Blood Glucose Levels and Insulin Response
Sucralose, the artificial sweetener of Splenda®, was found to have an effect on the absorption of glucose and subsequent insulin secretion in non-diabetic, obese individuals…. M. Yanina Pepino, PhD, and colleagues out of Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, began looking at non-nutritive sweeteners such as Splenda® (sucralose) and …
Read More »Immune Protein May Prevent the Progression of Type 1 Diabetes
Scientists determine an immune protein, CD52, suppresses the autoimmune response against pancreatic beta cells….
Read More »Excessive Coffee Can Block Weight Loss
Studies found that chlorogenic acid, commonly found in coffee, failed to improve metabolic parameters in obese mice….
Read More »Scientist Use Bone Marrow Stem Cells to Cure Type 1 Diabetes
University of Missouri researchers have used adult bone marrow stem cells along with a novel anti-inflammatory drug to cure type 1 diabetes in mice….
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