Endocrinology
Sleep Those Calories Off
People who sleep too little have reduced insulin sensitivity, leading to weight gain and diabetes. The fix is simple...
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November 05, 2012
Calcium May Prevent Parathyroid Tumors
Your parathyroids are only the size of grains of rice, but they can cause bone loss, cancer, and depression...
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November 02, 2012
A Benefit to Belly Fat?
Belly fat has a lot of negative effects, but researchers may have a found at least one benefit...
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June 23, 2012
Teenaged Hearts in Trouble
It's not romance but obesity that is breaking adolescent hearts. The early signs of cardiovascular disease are already evident...
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June 14, 2012
"The Medicinal Plant of 2012"
It helps reduces blood sugar levels and prevents insulin resistance and fatty liver disease. Now to develop a human dose...
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May 09, 2012
Exercise in a Pill?
Irisin, a newly-isolated hormone appears to help raise insulin levels and burn energy, just the way exercise does...
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January 17, 2012
The Perils of Shift Work
Shift workers are at risk for type 2 diabetes. And the longer you work rotating shifts, the worse it gets. Some tips for coping...
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January 14, 2012
Childhood Obesity Risks Reversed
If obese or overweight kids lose the weight as they become adults, the associated health risks also seem to vanish...
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December 23, 2011
Can Pollution Cause Diabetes?
A new study links traffic pollution to type 2 diabetes risk — especially in people who are healthier to begin with...
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December 16, 2011
Why Some Fats Are Good
Researchers have discovered just why unsaturated fats are so heart healthy. Now to get people to eat more of them...
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October 20, 2011
Sex and Diabetes
The sexual problems often experienced by men with diabetes were rapidly reversed and lasted for an entire year...
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August 19, 2011
BPA-Free?
With no regulations, that water bottle may not be BPA-free. So read the fine print and check out this study...
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August 09, 2011
Pass the Pistachios
Replacing carbohydrates with nuts can lower diabetics' blood sugar in a meaningful way...
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July 27, 2011
From Bad Cholesterol to Worse
LDL, is the bad artery-clogging lipoprotein. Now researchers have found something that makes it even worse...
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June 15, 2011
Paxil and Pravachol: A Bad Combo
Drug interactions can be surprising. Alone, neither Paxil nor Pravachol raise blood sugar. Together, they do...
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June 02, 2011
Third Time's the Charm
Adding a third medication may help diabetics whose blood sugar is still uncontrolled by metformin and sulphonylureas...
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May 28, 2011
Fat Cats... And Dogs
Diabetes epidemic not only in humans, but cats and dogs are developing it in record numbers. Put those treats down, now...
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May 23, 2011
A New Source of Insulin?
Researchers have turned beta cells into alpha cells. If they can do the reverse, they can create cells that produce insulin...
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May 18, 2011
Low Vitamin D Raises Risk of Diabetes
People with low levels of vitamin D are far more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Can taking vitamin D prevent it?
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May 11, 2011
The Calcium Controversy
Recent research suggests that taking calcium raises heart risk. But what about osteoporosis? Two experts comment...
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May 05, 2011
Fast Food + Coffee
Drinking coffee after a fatty meal causes blood sugar levels to spike and that doubles the damage fat does to organs...
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April 23, 2011
A Sugar By Any Other Name
Is high fructose corn syrup getting a bad rap? Is agave in your coffee a good idea? Answers from recent studies...
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April 13, 2011
Lose Your Belly Fat
This simple eating adjustment can help reduce belly fat, as well as your risk for diabetes and heart disease...
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November 10, 2010
Type 2 Diabetics, Good News
Lifestyle changes produced larger and longer-lasting health improvements than expected...
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October 14, 2010
What Hurts the Heart?
Metabolic syndrome can double the risk of heart attack and stroke. The good news is it doesn’t necessarily lead to diabetes...
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October 10, 2010
The Whole Grains Secrets
Researchers find that people who consume more magnesium are less likely to develop diabetes. So have some whole grains...
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October 09, 2010
FDA Restricts Diabetes Drug
The FDA has issued restrictions on who can be prescribed the type 2 diabetes drug Avandia
®. There is a confirmed heart risk...
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October 03, 2010
Omega-3's and Diabetes
Researchers show how these beneficial little fats reduce inflammation in fat cells, and could help stave off diabetes...
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September 21, 2010
Challenging Mammograms
Hormone Replacement Therapy may affect how doctors interpret the tests, leading to diagnoses of breast cancer where none is present...
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September 15, 2010
Chief Sitting Still
Researchers find that the longer you sit, the shorter your lifespan...
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July 30, 2010
Good News At the Pump
Insulin pumps have come of age. A new study shows that for people with type 1 diabetes they are better than insulin injections...
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July 10, 2010
Rice Is Nice
White rice eaters had increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, while brown rice eaters had a decreased risk...
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June 30, 2010
Bran Helps Heart Health in Diabetics
Diabetic women who eat lots of whole grains – especially bran – have better heart health and lower risk of death...
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June 02, 2010
More Reasons to Get Your ZZZs...
Inadequate sleep raises the risk of early death and diabetes. It may also help explain the rising rates of diabetes worldwide...
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May 20, 2010
Artificial Pancreas Shows Promise
Used during sleep, the system, which calculates and administers insulin, was far more effective at preventing nighttime hypoglycemia...
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March 8, 2010
Junk Food and Diabetes
Frequent eating of fast food fried chicken and burgers raises the likelihood of type 2 diabetes by 40−70%...
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February 22, 2010
Antipsychotics' Health Risks
Antipsychotic drugs like clozapine and olanzapine can raise the risk of diabetes, but patients are often not monitored...
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February 19, 2010
Diabetes and Depression
When diabetics suffer from depression, treating it can lower blood sugar and blood pressure levels as well...
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February 16, 2010
More Coffee, Less Type 2 Diabetes
Drinking three to four cups of coffee a day lowers a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes significantly...
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January 21, 2010
Cholesterol - Cancer Link
A new study suggests that low cholesterol levels don't cause cancer, but they may be a sign of undiagnosed cancers...
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December 4, 2009
Exercise Beats Diabetes Meds
For people with elevated blood sugar who are worried about developing type 2 diabetes, diet and exercise have been found to be better preventives than medication...
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November 27, 2009
Mediterranean Diet & Diabetes
For recently−diagnosed diabetics, following a Mediterranean−style diet may reduce the need for blood sugar medications. The effect of this diet on insulin sensitivity is one reason it appears to help...
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October 2, 2009
A Type 2 Diabetes Cure?
When PEDF, a protein released by fat cells, was neutralized in obese mice their insulin resistance vanished...
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August 5, 2009
Vitamin C Eases Vessel Damage
Vitamin C administered with insulin helped end the damage to blood vessels so common in both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, a finding that holds promise for the long−term complications associated with the disease...
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July 16, 2009
Obese Moms' Babies At Risk
Obese women pass on insulin resistance −− abnormally high insulin and blood sugar levels -- to their infants
in utero. These babies often have high levels of fat...
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July 10, 2009
Testosterone Nose Dives
Guys, You may want to re-think that sugary drink. A study has found that when men are given a glucose solution, their testosterone levels drop by 25%...
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July 09, 2009
Triglycerides And Neuropathy
When it comes to predicting the likelihood that a diabetic patient will develop neuropathy in the near future, looking at blood fats may be a much more valuable indicator than blood sugars...
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June 19, 2009
Virus Linked
To Diabetes?
A common enterovirus may be the tipping point in a chain of events that causes beta cells in the pancreas to stop
producing insulin...
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March 30, 2009