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Diabetes
pill hope as bacteria halts disease |
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Scientists Scientists at the University of Chicago
and Yale hope to develop a pill that could stave off diabetes after
discovering a link between the disease and bacteria in the stomach
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'Baby'
fat cells may be key to treating obesity, say researchers |
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Immature, or “baby,” fat
cells lurk in the walls of the blood vessels that nourish fatty
tissue, just waiting for excess calories to help them grow into
the adult monsters responsible for packing on the extra pounds
(UT Southwestern Medical Center , USA) |
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Identification
of a Lipokine, a Lipid Hormone Linking Adipose Tissue to Systemic
Metabolism |
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Our data reveal a lipid-mediated endocrine network
and demonstrate that adipose tissue uses lipokines such as C16:1n7-palmitoleate
to communicate with distant organs and regulate systemic metabolic
homeostasis (Cell Journal) |
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'Don't
dismiss people with diabetes as fat' |
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Although 80% of those with the disease - where
the body does not produce enough insulin or the insulin that is
produced does not work properly - are obese or over weight, 20%
are not. (BBC, UK) |
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HTA
project in progress |
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Maximising engagement, motivation and long term
change in a structured intensive education programme in diabetes
for children, young people and their families: child and adolescent
structured competencies approach to diabetes education (NIHR Health
Technology Assessment Programme) |
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More
Canadians Than Ever Before Now At Risk |
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According to new guidelines launched by Canadian
Diabetes Association emphasizing the early identification and aggressive
management of diabetes (Canadian Diabetes Association) |
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Although
the science is still in its infancy, it has major potential applications
in diabetes |
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Nanomedicine and its potential in diabetes research
and practice (Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews) |
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Predicting
insulin resistance in children: anthropometric and metabolic
indicators |
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Anthropometric and metabolic indicators appear
to offer good predictive power for insulin resistance in children
between 7 and 11 years old, employing the cutoff points with the
best balance between sensitivity and specificity of the predictive
technique (PubMed) |
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