News tagged with impaired fasting glucose

'Short-sleepers' may develop blood sugar abnormality that can lead to diabetes

People who sleep less than six hours a night appear to have a higher risk of developing impaired fasting glucose — a condition that can precede type 2 diabetes, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 49th ...

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created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Got a craving for fast food? Skip the coffee, study says

Eating a fatty fast food meal is never good for you, but washing that meal down with a coffee is even worse, according to a new University of Guelph study.

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created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Researchers find brain insulin plays critical role in the development of diabetes

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered a novel function of brain insulin, indicating that impaired brain insulin action may be the cause of the unrestrained lipolysis that initiates and worsens type ...

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created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study identifies blood glucose levels that predict 10-year risk of retinopathy

Individuals who have higher blood glucose levels and poorer control of those levels over time appear more likely to develop eye-related complications 10 years later, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of ...

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created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Home-use blood sugar monitors not ideal in hospital surgical situations, researchers say

In surgical situations, fluctuation in patients’ blood glucose levels can be harmful, so physicians take frequent measurements to guide treatment decisions.

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created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spanish heart risk study challenges image of healthy Mediterranean diet and lifestyle

A Spanish study has challenged the long-held belief that people in the Mediterranean all enjoy more healthy diets and lifestyles, after discovering alarmingly high cardiovascular risk factors similar to those found in the ...

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created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

SRC-1 controls liver's 'sweet spot' for glucose production

SRC-1 (steroid receptor coactivator) orchestrates glucose production in the liver, regulating the activity of a cascade of enzymes that turns sugar production on and off in the liver, said Baylor College of Medicine and Duke ...

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created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Sugar high' is bitter-sweet for aggressive people: study

Drinking a sweet beverage may either help or hinder people with aggressive personalities depending on the social setting, a new study has found.

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created Nov 19, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Metabolic status before pregnancy predicts subsequent gestational diabetes

Cardio-metabolic risk factors such as high blood sugar and insulin, and low high density lipoprotein cholesterol that are present before pregnancy, predict whether a woman will develop diabetes during a future pregnancy, ...

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created Oct 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Short sleepers at higher risk of diabetes and heart disease

People who sleep less than six hours a night may be three times more likely to develop a condition which leads to diabetes and heart disease, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.

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created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Circadian rhythms: Their role and dysfunction in affective disorder

All humans are synchronised to the rhythmic light-dark changes that occur on a daily basis. Rhythms in physiological and biochemical processes and behavioural patterns persist in the absence of all external 24-hour signals ...

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