http://medicineworld.org/blogs/diabetes/diabetes-watch-blog.html Diabetes watch blog from medicineworld.org adds a personal touch to the stories related to diabetes. This diabetes watch blog brings you stories of success, stories of endurance and latest news and research related to diabetes. Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:22:26 GMT en-us http://medicineworld.org/images/diabetes-blog.jpg http://medicineworld.org/blogs/diabetes/diabetes-watch-blog.html 90 98 http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/blood-vessel-damage-in-diabetes.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2011/blood-vessel-damage-in-diabetes.html Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:22:26 GMT A key mechanism that appears to contribute to blood vessel damage in people with diabetes has been identified by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Blood vessel problems are a common diabetes complication. A number of of the nearly 26 million Americans with the disease face the prospect of amputations, heart attack, stroke and vision loss because of damaged vessels........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2010/moderate-alcohol-consumption.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2010/moderate-alcohol-consumption.html Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:22:26 GMT With the emergence of an epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes (DM) throughout the world, the association of lifestyle habits that may affect the risk of metabolic diseases is particularly important. Most prospective studies have shown that moderate drinkers tend to have about 30% lower risk of developing late onset diabetes than do non-drinkers, and moderate drinkers also tend to be at lower risk of developing metabolic syndrome (MS). A cross-sectional analysis of 6172 subjects age 35 -75 in Switzerland related varying levels of alcohol intake to the presence of DM, MS, and an index of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR)........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2010/insulin-resistance-and-stroke-risk.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2010/insulin-resistance-and-stroke-risk.html Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:22:26 GMT Insulin resistance, a condition in which insulin produced by the body becomes less effective in reducing blood glucose levels, may be linked to an increased risk of stroke in individuals without diabetes, as per a report in the recent issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2010/promise-for-type-1-diabetes-treatment.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2010/promise-for-type-1-diabetes-treatment.html Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:22:26 GMT A research team from the University of British Columbia and the Child and Family Research Institute (CFRI) at BC Children's Hospital has identified the role of a type of T cell in type 1 diabetes that may lead to new therapy options for young patients. Also known as juvenile diabetes, type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease primarily affecting children and young adults. In patients with type 1 diabetes, the body attacks itself by destroying insulin-producing cells in the pancreas that regulate glucose, or blood sugar........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/new-approach-for-diabetes-therapy.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/7-2010/new-approach-for-diabetes-therapy.html Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:22:26 GMT Nutrition experts at Oregon State University have essentially "cured" laboratory mice of mild, diet-induced diabetes by stimulating the production of a particular enzyme. The findings could offer a new approach to diabetes treatment, experts say, particularly if a drug could be identified that would do the same thing, which in this case was accomplished with genetic manipulation........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/can-too-much-hdl-be-harmful.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/can-too-much-hdl-be-harmful.html Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:22:26 GMT Elevated blood levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) or "good" cholesterol, typically thought to protect against heart disease, may do the opposite in women with type 1 diabetes, as per a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health study being presented at the 70th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/linking-diabetes-and-cancer.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/6-2010/linking-diabetes-and-cancer.html Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:22:26 GMT A new consensus statement of experts assembled by the American Diabetes Association and the American Cancer Society reviews emerging evidence that suggests cancer incidence is linked to diabetes as well as certain diabetes risk factors and therapys. The new report reviews the state of science concerning the association between diabetes and cancer incidence/prognosis; risk factors common to both diseases; possible biologic links between diabetes and cancer risk; and whether diabetes therapys influence the risk of cancer or cancer prognosis. In addition, the report outlines key unanswered questions for future research........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2010/possible-source-of-beta-cell-destruction.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2010/possible-source-of-beta-cell-destruction.html Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:22:26 GMT Doctors at Eastern Virginia Medical School's Strelitz Diabetes Center have been stalking the culprit responsible for Type 1 diabetes. Now, they are one step closer. Members of a research team at the center, led by Jerry Nadler, MD, professor and chair of internal medicine and director of the center, have been studying the role of the enzyme 12-Lipoxygenase (12-LO) in the development of Type 1 diabetes. They hope that targeting this enzyme will hold the key to a cure........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2009/noninsulin-producing-alpha-cells-in-the-pancreas.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/8-2009/noninsulin-producing-alpha-cells-in-the-pancreas.html Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:22:26 GMT In findings that add to the prospects of regenerating insulin-producing cells in people with type 1 diabetes, scientists in Europe -- co-funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation -- have shown that insulin-producing beta cells can be derived from non-insulin-producing cells in the pancreas........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/5-2009/triglycerides-implicated-in-diabetes-nerve-loss.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/5-2009/triglycerides-implicated-in-diabetes-nerve-loss.html Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:22:26 GMT ANN ARBOR, Mich. A common blood test for triglycerides a well-known cardiovascular disease risk factor may also for the first time allow doctors to predict which patients with diabetes are more likely to develop the serious, common complication of neuropathy. In a study now online in the journal Diabetes, University of Michigan and Wayne State University scientists analyzed data from 427 diabetes patients with neuropathy, a condition in which nerves are damaged or lost with resulting numbness, tingling and pain, often in the hands, arms, legs and feet. The data revealed that if a patient had elevated triglycerides, he or she was significantly more likely to experience worsening neuropathy over a period of one year. Other factors, such as higher levels of other fats in the blood or of blood glucose, did not turn out to be significant. The study will appear in print in the journal's July issue........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/5-2009/how-high-glucose-damages-blood-vessels.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/5-2009/how-high-glucose-damages-blood-vessels.html Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:22:26 GMT New evidence of how the elevated glucose levels that occur in diabetes damage blood vessels may lead to novel strategies for blocking the destruction, Medical College of Georgia scientists say. They found a decreased ability of blood vessels to relax resulted from increased activity of a natural mechanism for altering protein form and function, says Dr. Rita C.Tostes, physiologist in the MCG School of Medicine........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2009/how-to-control-high-blood-sugar.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/3-2009/how-to-control-high-blood-sugar.html Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:22:26 GMT Researchers 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 linked to having high blood sugar. Insulin resistance happens when insulin produced by the body doesn't properly stimulate the transport of glucose into the cells for energy. Too much glucose in the bloodstream can cause a host of medical problems, including Type 2 diabetes, said Gregory Cartee, professor at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2009/insulin-analogues-or-insulin.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/2-2009/insulin-analogues-or-insulin.html Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:22:26 GMT Insulin analogues are modified human insulins developed to address the limitations of human insulins which do not always respond to increased blood glucose levels in the same way as insulin that is naturally secreted by the body. A comprehensive systematic review by Sumeet Singh and his colleagues http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg385.pdf. looked at outcomes linked to the use of rapid- and long-acting insulin analogues in adult and childhood type 1 and type 2 diabetes as well as gestational diabetes........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2009/diabetes-dementia-and-brain-injuries.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/1-2009/diabetes-dementia-and-brain-injuries.html Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:22:26 GMT Patients with dementia and diabetes appear to display a different pattern of injuries in their brains than patients with dementia but without diabetes, as per an article posted online today that will appear in the March print issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. "The association between diabetes mellitus and increased risk for dementia in the elderly is well documented," the authors write as background information in the article. Several possible mechanisms have been proposed for this association, including the direct effects of high blood glucose and insulin, the build-up of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain and the effects of diabetes-related vascular disease on blood vessels in the brain........ ]]>