Scientists are closer to understanding which proteins help control blood sugar, or glucose, during and after exercise. This understanding could lead to new drug therapies or more effective exercise to prevent type 2 diabetes and other health problems associated with having high blood sugar.

Scientists are closer to understanding which proteins help control blood sugar, or glucose, during and after exercise. This understanding could lead to new drug therapies or more effective exercise to prevent type 2 diabetes and other health problems associated with having high blood sugar.

Current Hypertension Reports

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Results from a large, international, randomized, controlled trial have shown that there is a strong link between diabetics who have an abnormal heart rhythm (atrial fibrillation) and an increased risk of other heart-related problems and death. The ADVANCE study also showed that if these patients were treated with blood pressure lowering drugs, the risk was reduced: five years of active treatment would prevent one death among every 42 patients with AF.

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Academic Emergency Medicine

Academic Emergency Medicine

More than five years ago, scientists cured mice with type 1 diabetes by using a gene to induce liver cells to make insulin. "Now we know how it works," one of the researchers said. "The answer is adult stem cells."

More than five years ago, scientists cured mice with type 1 diabetes by using a gene to induce liver cells to make insulin. "Now we know how it works," one of the researchers said. "The answer is adult stem cells."

A history of diabetes and elevated levels of cholesterol, especially LDL cholesterol, are associated with faster cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study. These results add further evidence of the role of vascular risk factors in the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease.

A group of scientists in California is trying to develop a cheaper, less invasive way to spot the early stages of retinal damage from diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in American adults, before it leads to blindness. The scientists are using beams of light to measure blood flow in the back of the eye.

A history of diabetes and elevated levels of cholesterol, especially LDL cholesterol, are associated with faster cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study. These results add further evidence of the role of vascular risk factors in the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease.

March 15, 2009 (EurekAlert) - Scientists have identified the first gene that pulls the plug on ailing nerve cell branches from within the nerve cell, possibly helping to trigger the painful condition known as neuropathy....

Metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes appear to share risk factors with and may influence the development of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, according to several reports published in the Archives of Neurology.

With obesity reaching epidemic levels, researchers are studying a potentially long-term treatment that involves injecting a gene directly into one of the critical feeding and weight control centers of the brain.

Diabetes

March 11, 2009 (Newswise) - A group of scientists in California is trying to develop a cheaper, less invasive way to spot the early stages of retinal damage from diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in American adults, before...

As you all know, President Obama lifted Bush’s longstanding restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research yesterday — a huge breakthrough for all those who believe this avenue could produce unprecedented treatments for many incurable diseases. Like diabetes. Among others, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) has fought long and hard for this [...]