News tagged with disease diabetes

Licorice root found to contain anti-diabetic substance

It provides the raw material for liquorice candy, calms the stomach and alleviates diseases of the airways: liquorice root. Chosen as the "Medicinal plant 2012", the root has been treasured in traditional healing since ancient ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scalable amounts of liver and pancreas precursor cells created using new stem cell production method

Scientists in Canada have overcome a key research hurdle to developing regenerative treatments for diabetes and liver disease with a technique to produce medically useful amounts of endoderm cells from human pluripotent stem ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Spinning blood device set to safeguard astronaut health

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA has begun developing a new blood-testing device for astronauts on the International Space Station. A wide range of ailments from diabetes to heart disease should be diagnosable in moments from a single ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New insights into insulin resistance could lead to better drugs for diabetics

Research published in the October Molecular and Cellular Biology moves us closer to developing drugs that could mitigate diabetes.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Eradicating dangerous bacteria may cause permanent harm

In the zeal to eliminate dangerous bacteria, it is possible that we are also permanently killing off beneficial bacteria as well, posits Martin Blaser, MD, Frederick H. King Professor of Medicine, professor of Microbiology ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

FDA finds no cancer link with blood pressure pills

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration says there is no link between a popular group of blood pressure medications and cancer, despite a recent paper suggesting a slightly higher risk in patients taking the drugs.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Man celebrates 85 years of living with diabetes

(AP) -- When Bob Krause turned 90 last week, it was by virtue of an unflagging determination and a mentality of precision that kept his body humming after being diagnosed with diabetes as a boy.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 30, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Recycling of Alzheimer's proteins could be key to new treatments

The formation of abnormal strands of protein called amyloid fibrils -- associated with two dozen diseases ranging from Alzheimer's to type-2 diabetes -- may not be permanent and irreversible as previously ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ACC/AHA issue first clinical guidance for controlling high blood pressure in the elderly

Hypertension is very common among older adults. 64 percent of older men and 78 percent of older women have high blood pressure, placing them at heightened risk for heart disease including heart failure, stroke, coronary artery ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Subset of self-destructive immune cells may selectively drive diabetes

New research identifies a distinctive population of immune cells that may play a key role in the pathogenesis of diabetes. The research, published by Cell Press and available online in the April 21st issue of Immunity, sheds ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Adipose cells and breast cancer -- a dangerous combination

Apart from its direct effect on health (such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes), obesity is increasingly suspected of playing a role in the prognosis of breast cancer and, in particular, its propensity ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Insulin could be Alzheimer's therapy

A low dose of insulin has been found to suppress the expression in the blood of four precursor proteins involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, according to new clinical research by University ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New strategic plan for NIH obesity research seeks to curb epidemic

To combat the obesity epidemic, the National Institutes of Health is encouraging diverse scientific investigations through a new Strategic Plan for NIH Obesity Research.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bariatric surgery reduces long-term cardiovascular risk in diabetes patients

In the longest study of its kind, bariatric surgery has been shown to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with diabetes. These results and other groundbreaking research were presented at the 2nd World Congress ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

URI scientist discovers 54 beneficial compounds in pure maple syrup

University of Rhode Island researcher Navindra Seeram has discovered 34 new beneficial compounds in pure maple syrup and confirmed that 20 compounds discovered last year in preliminary research play a key role in human health.

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 10 | with audio podcast