http://medicineworld.org/news/diabetes-news.html MedicineWorld.Org brings daily diabetes news from various sources to keep you updated on the latest events in the world on this topic. Medicineworld diabetes news service is the most comprehensive diabetes news service on the internet. We keep an archive of previous few days of news on this site. Please go down through the list to find the older news items. Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT en-us http://medicineworld.org/images/diabetes-news.jpg http://medicineworld.org/news/diabetes-news.html 70 96 http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/5-2008/how-slow-growth-as-a-fetus.html http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/5-2008/how-slow-growth-as-a-fetus.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), which results in a baby having a low weight at birth, has been associated with the development of type 2 diabetes in adulthood. It has been suggested that this is because the expression of key genes is altered during fetal development and that this affects disease susceptibility during the later part of life. Evidence to support this hypothesis and indicating that the changes in gene expression might be permanent has now been provided by Rebecca Simmons and his colleagues, at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, using a rat model of IUGR........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/4-2008/salk-study-links-diabetes-and-alzheimers-disease.html http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/4-2008/salk-study-links-diabetes-and-alzheimers-disease.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT Diabetic individuals have a significantly higher risk of developing Alzheimers disease but the molecular correlation between the two remains unexplained. Now, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies identified the probable molecular basis for the diabetes Alzheimers interaction. As per a research findings reported in the current online issue of Neurobiology of Aging, researchers led by David R. Schubert, Ph.D., professor in the Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory, report that the blood vessels in the brain of young diabetic mice are damaged by the interaction of elevated blood glucose levels characteristic of diabetes and low levels of beta amyloid, a peptide that clumps to form the senile plaques that riddle the brains of Alzheimers patients........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/4-2008/cholesterol-blood-pressure-control-in-diabetics.html http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/4-2008/cholesterol-blood-pressure-control-in-diabetics.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT Aggressively lowering cholesterol and blood pressure levels below current targets in adults with type 2 diabetes may help to prevent and possibly reverse hardening of the arteries, as per new research supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Hardening of the arteries, also known as atherosclerosis, is the number one cause of heart disease and can lead to heart attack, stroke, and death........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/4-2008/bacteria-in-the-digestive-system-and-obesity.html http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/4-2008/bacteria-in-the-digestive-system-and-obesity.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT Obesity is more than a cosmetic concern because it increases a persons risk for developing high blood pressure, diabetes and a number of other serious health problems. Its well understood that consuming more calories than you expend through exercise and daily activities causes weight gain. But with about one in every three American adults now considered obese, scientists are attempting to identify additional factors that affect a persons tendency to gain and retain excess weight. In the recent issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, scientists from Mayo Clinic Arizona and Arizona State University examine the role that bacteria in the human gastrointestinal tract play in regulating weight and the development of obesity........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/3-2008/actos-preventes-progression-of-atherosclerosis.html http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/3-2008/actos-preventes-progression-of-atherosclerosis.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT New data from a clinical trial using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) technology observed that in patients living with type 2 diabetes, ACTOSandreg; (pioglitazone HCl) reduced the atherosclerotic burden in the coronary arteries in comparison to glimepiride, and prevented progression in comparison to baseline. These data stem from the PERISCOPE (Pioglitazone Effect on Regression of Intravascular Sonographic Coronary Obstruction Prospective Evaluation) trial........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/3-2008/antidepressants-and-type-2-diabetes.html http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/3-2008/antidepressants-and-type-2-diabetes.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT While analyzing data from Saskatchewan health databases, Lauren Brown, researcher with the U of As School of Public Health, found people with a history of depression had a 30 per cent increased risk of type 2 Diabetes. Brown then studied the medical history of 2,400 people who were diagnosed with depression and were taking antidepressants to determine whether there was a clear connection between that disease and type 2 Diabetes........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/3-2008/grape-skin-complications-of-diabetes.html http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/3-2008/grape-skin-complications-of-diabetes.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT Research carried out by researchers at the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England has observed that resveratrol, a compound present naturally in grape skin, can protect against the cellular damage to blood vessels caused by high production of glucose in diabetes, as per a paper reported in the science journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism this week........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/1-2008/cutting-caffeine-may-help-control-diabetes.html http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/1-2008/cutting-caffeine-may-help-control-diabetes.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT Daily consumption of caffeine in coffee, tea or soft drinks increases blood sugar levels for people with type 2 diabetes and may undermine efforts to control their disease, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Scientists used new technology that measured participants glucose (sugar) levels on a constant basis throughout the day. Dr. James Lane, a psychology expert at Duke and the lead author of the study, says it represents the first time scientists have been able to track the impact of caffeine consumption as patients go about their normal, everyday lives........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/11-2007/diabetics-risk-serious-foot-problems.html http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/11-2007/diabetics-risk-serious-foot-problems.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT More than six out of ten people with diabetes are walking around in the wrong-sized shoes, exposing themselves to serious foot problems that could lead to amputation, as per research in the recent issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice. Published to coincide with World Diabetes Day (14 November) the study, by the University of Dundee, has been welcomed by an expert in podiatry. She says that ulceration can have serious implications for patients and health services, including impaired quality of life, increased amputation risk and even elevated death rates........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/5-2007/obesity-and-its-complications.html http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/5-2007/obesity-and-its-complications.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT Due to the gastrointestinal tracts role in body weight regulation, gastroenterologists should work closely with other medical disciplines to oversee and coordinate the care of obese individuals, as per an American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute Obesity Task Force Report. The Report was published in a special 13th issue of Gastroenterology, the official journal of the AGA Institute, that focuses on the growing problems correlation to obesity and nutrition. The special issue of Gastroenterology presents a series of articles on the epidemiology of obesity, pathophysiology, associated disease and management........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/4-2007/depression-may-trigger-diabetes-in-older-adults.html http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/4-2007/depression-may-trigger-diabetes-in-older-adults.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT Chronic depression or depression that worsens over time may cause diabetes in older adults, according to new Northwestern University research. This is the first national study to suggest that depression alone -- and not lifestyle factors like being overweight can trigger Type 2 diabetes in adults 65 and older, a population with a high prevalence of diabetes and depression. The report will be published April 23 in Archives of Internal Medicine........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/4-2007/heavy-cost-of-type-2-diabetes-complications.html http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/4-2007/heavy-cost-of-type-2-diabetes-complications.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT A first-of-its-kind report looking at the prevalence and cost of type 2 diabetes complications shows that an estimated three out of five people (57.9 percent) with type 2 diabetes have at least one of the other serious health problems commonly associated with the disease, and that these health problems are taking a heavy financial toll on the United States. In 2006, the nation spent an estimated $22.9 billion on direct medical costs related to diabetes complications.*........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/3-2007/surprising-culprit-in-diabetic-birth-defects.html http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/3-2007/surprising-culprit-in-diabetic-birth-defects.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT Over the past several years, Joslin Investigator Mary R. Loeken, Ph.D., and her colleagues at Joslin Diabetes Center have unlocked several mysteries behind what puts women with diabetes more at risk of having a child with birth defects. Even though those risks have decreased significantly over the years, thanks in part to advancements at Joslin, women with diabetes still are two to five times more likely than the general population to have a baby with birth defects, particularly of the heart and spinal cord, organs that form within the first few weeks of pregnancy........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/2-2007/elucidation-of-the-genome-for-diabetics.html http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/2-2007/elucidation-of-the-genome-for-diabetics.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT The genome of patients with type 2 diabetes (DT2) has been elucidated, for the first time, thanks to the use of new DNA chip technologies allowing 400,000 DNA mutations to be studied simultaneously. New genes conferring a predisposition to DT2 have been identified. They include the zinc transporter of pancreatic insulin-secreting cells (ZnT8), which is a potential target for therapy. This study of the French population was carried out as a French-British-Canadian collaboration between the teams directed by Philippe Froguel (CNRS, University of Lille 2, Pasteur Institute, Imperial College London) and Rob Sladek (McGill University, Montreal, Canada). About 70% of the genetic risk of DT2 is accounted for by these new discoveries, published online in Nature on February 11 2007. This work opens up entirely new avenues of prevention and therapy for this disease........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/11-2006/metabolic-syndrome-may-be-treatable.html http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/11-2006/metabolic-syndrome-may-be-treatable.html Fri, 09 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT Studies of a rare genetic condition that increases cancer risk have unveiled a potential therapy for metabolic syndrome, a common disorder that afflicts as a number of as one in every four American adults and puts them at sharply increased risk of type 2 diabetes and clogged arteries. Researchers know relatively little about metabolic syndrome, which is associated with a range of symptoms that include obesity, insulin resistance, high blood pressure, low levels of good cholesterol and high blood sugar levels. The number of adults and children with the condition is rising sharply in industrial countries, and diagnoses are also increasing in developing countries like India and China as they adopt Western standards of living........ ]]>