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Diabetic News Archive (2002-2008)
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Decaffeinated Coffee Preserves Memory Function by Improving Brain Energy Metabolism
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1-Feb-2012 |
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Researchers discovered that decaffeinated coffee may improve brain energy metabolism associated with type 2 diabetes. This brain dysfunction is a risk factor for dementia, Alzheimer's, and other neurodegenerative disorders.
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Insulin Resistance Linked to Brain Health
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1-Feb-2012 |
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New research shows that reduced insulin sensitivity is linked to smaller brain size and deteriorated language skills in seniors.
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Melatonin Receptor Gene Mutations Lead to an Increased Risk of Developing Diabetes
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1-Feb-2012 |
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Researchers demonstrated that mutations in the melatonin receptor gene (melatonin or the "hormone of darkness" induces sleep) lead to an almost sevenfold increase in the risk of developing diabetes.
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Antipsychotic Medications Cause Side Effects Such as Diabetes
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1-Feb-2012 |
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Study suggests that many antipsychotics affect metabolism because they activate the TGFbeta pathway - a finding that could lead to safer therapeutics for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia patients.
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Diabetes Affects Hearing Loss, Especially in Women
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27-Jan-2012 |
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Having diabetes may cause women to experience a greater degree of hearing loss as they age, especially if the metabolic disorder is not well controlled with medication.
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Risk of Using Rasilez with Certain Blood Pressure-Lowering Drugs
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27-Jan-2012 |
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Researchers have published the first detailed figures showing the risk of using the prescription drug Rasilez in combination with certain other blood pressure-lowering medications.
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Insulin Therapy May Help Repair Atherosclerotic Lesions in Diabetic Patients
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27-Jan-2012 |
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New research reveals that insulin applied in therapeutic doses selectively stimulates the formation of new elastic fibers in cultures of human aortic smooth muscle cells.
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Penny-Per-Ounce Tax Has Huge Potential to Reduce Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Disease
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27-Jan-2012 |
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Tax has huge potential to reduce obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, while saving more than $17 billion in healthcare costs over 10 years and generating $13 billion a year in tax revenues.
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High Fructose Consumption by Adolescents May Put Them at Cardiovascular Risk
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24-Jan-2012 |
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Evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk is present in the blood of adolescents who consume a lot of fructose, a scenario that worsens in the face of excess belly fat, researchers report.
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Brief, High-Intensity Workouts Show Promise in Helping Diabetics Lower Blood Sugar
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26-Dec-2011 |
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Researchers have found that brief high intensity workouts, as little as six sessions over two weeks, rapidly lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetics, offering a potential fix for patients who struggle to meet exercise guidelines.
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Researchers Provide World's First View of Type 1 Diabetes as it Develops
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7-Dec-2011 |
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Researchers have created the first cellular movies showing the destruction underlying type 1 diabetes in real-time in models.
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Depression Raises Risk of Dementia in Type 2 Diabetics
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7-Dec-2011 |
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Depression in patients with diabetes is associated with a substantively increased risk of development of dementia compared to those with diabetes alone.
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Rotating Night Shift Work Linked to Increase in Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Women
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7-Dec-2011 |
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Women who work an irregular schedule that includes three or more night shifts per month, in addition to day and evening working hours in that month, may have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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Study Identifies Cause of Diabetes Misdiagnosis Among Asian Americans
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7-Dec-2011 |
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Researchers have determined key differences between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in the Asian American population.
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Heart Disease Will Shorten Lives of Today's Teens
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30-Nov-2011 |
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A new study that takes a complete snapshot of adolescent cardiovascular health in the United States reveals a dismal picture of teens who are likely to die of heart disease at a younger age than adults do today.
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Tools for Predicting Diabetes Are Not Being Used
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30-Nov-2011 |
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New research suggests that many cases of diabetes could be prevented by making use of existing prediction tools.
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Vitamin D-Fortified Yogurt Improves Cholesterol Levels and Heart Disease for Diabetics
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30-Nov-2011 |
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People with diabetes are known to have an increased risk of heart disease. New research shows that regular consumption of a vitamin D-fortified yoghurt drink improves cholesterol levels and biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction, a precursor of heart disease, in diabetics.
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Diabetes Drug Shows Promise in Reducing Risk of Cancer
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30-Nov-2011 |
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An inexpensive drug that treats Type-2 diabetes has been shown to prevent a number of natural and man-made chemicals from stimulating the growth of breast cancer cells, according to a newly published study.
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BPA, Found in Soup Can Lining, Linked with Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
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28-Nov-2011 |
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A new study has found that a group of volunteers who consumed a serving of canned soup each day for five days had a more than 1,000% increase in urinary bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations compared with when the same individuals consumed fresh soup daily for five days.
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Study: Hemoglobin A1c Fails to Identify Children with Diabetes or Those at Risk
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28-Nov-2011 |
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Based on study results, researchers urge that a nonfasting one-hour glucose challenge test, or a random glucose, may be promising methods for identifying children with prediabetes or diabetes.
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