The addition of waist measurements to BMI can help further stratify young individuals who might have abnormal lipid and blood-pressure values….
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Advantages in improved visual acuity seen with bevacizumab injections are maintained long term for diabetic macular edema patients compared with improvements from laser surgery.
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About 80 percent of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer also have diabetes.
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A resveratrol-like compound found in red wine and fruits could have potential for fighting obesity by blocking fat uptake….
Read More »Sugar Production Switch in Liver Offers New Target for Diabetes Therapies
In their extraordinary quest to decode human metabolism, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a pair of molecules that regulates the liver’s production of glucose….
Read More »Amylin Seeks FDA Approval for Metreleptin
Drug maker Amylin Pharmaceuticals has filed for regulatory approval of a drug to treat diabetes and elevated triglycerides in the bloodstream in children and adults with a rare disorder….
Read More »Exercising an Hour Every Two Days Works for People with Diabetes
People with diabetes don’t need to exercise every day to see an effect on their blood sugar levels….
Read More »AACE Endorses New Lower LDL Targets and ApoB Testing
New guidelines on dyslipidemia and the prevention of atherogenesis give official sanction to something endocrinologists have been doing for years: lowering LDL targets….
Read More »Walking Switches Off ‘Obesity Genes’ and TV-Watching Ramps Them Up
Walking briskly for an hour every day can cut the effect of genetic tendencies toward obesity in half….
Read More »High-fat Diet Raises Risk for Diabetes Complications
High-fat meals increase levels of blood toxins that can cause complications in type 2 diabetes patients….
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