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More long-term studies necessary to assess safety, efficacy of testosterone-replacement therapy… University of California researchers conducted saliva tests on 350 adult males in the Tsimane tribe, an isolated population in the Bolivian rainforest. Advanced cases of prostate enlargement were found to be virtually non-existent, with the Tsimane also observed to …

Omega-3 fatty acids in found to improved nerve damage in mice with type 1 and type 2… Approximately 50 percent of patients with diabetes suffer from nerve damage, or neuropathy. No cure exists, and the most effective treatment, keeping blood sugar in control, only slows neuropathy. But a new study …

Elevated blood glucose caused increase in amyloid beta leveles in the brain… While many earlier studies have pointed to diabetes as a possible contributor to Alzheimer’s, the new study – in mice – shows that elevated glucose in the blood can rapidly increase levels of amyloid beta, a key component …

Children born to mothers who drank caffeine-laden drinks during pregnancy were 89% more likely to be obese… In-utero exposures through adverse fetal programming are emerging as an important contributing factor to the epidemic of childhood obesity. Researchers at the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, examined the impact …

Parents diagnosed with diabetes and hypertension found to negatively impact children’s glycemic control… It is common knowledge that childhood obesity has been on a drastic increase for the last 20 years. The TODAY trial (Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth) was a large randomized clinical trial …

Scientists saw dramatic effects on risk factors for colon cancer when American and African volunteers swapped diets for just two weeks… Western diets, high in protein and fat but low in fiber, are thought to raise colon cancer risk compared with African diets high in fiber and low in fat …

Condition increased risk of microvascular and macrovascular complications… In a new study, diabetic patients with psoriasis generally had an increased risk of microvascular and macrovascular complications compared with diabetic patients without psoriasis. However, greater severity of psoriasis was not associated with a greater risk of diabetic complications. April W. Armstrong, …

Trading 2 minutes/hour of sedentary activity with light-intensity activity was linked to 33% lower mortality in the general population and 41% lower mortality in those with chronic kidney disease (CKD)… Numerous studies have shown that sitting for extended periods of time each day leads to increased risk for early death, …

Obesity in childhood may predispose to poor psychosocial health…. Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet, in Stockholm, Sweden, investigated whether or not the completion of secondary school (9 school years) and upper secondary school (+3y) was lower in children treated for obesity than in matched controls. A total of 1061 individuals, over …

Metformin + H2RA and/or PPI = a recipe for neuropathy… An increased BMI is commonly seen in patients with T2D and/or GERD. Metformin is often the first line of therapy for patients with T2D, while H2RA and PPIs are commonly prescribed for patients with GERD. All three agents have been …