News tagged with plasma glucose

Small fish recover faster than large fish

In football, linebackers are usually the largest players and have the endurance required to get through a game plus overtime. But when it comes to fish, larger doesn't always mean stronger. A University of ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Convenient blood test not as effective for diagnosing diabetes in children

Doctors are increasingly using a convenient blood glucose test for diagnosing diabetes and pre-diabetes, but a study by the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital shows it's not the best way to diagnose diabetes ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | 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 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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

Vitamins C and E linked to metabolic syndrome in low-income Ecuadorians

With life expectancy increasing in Latin America, age-related disease has become a pressing public health concern. Results of an epidemiological study conducted by researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Prevalence of eye disorder high among older US adults with diabetes

Nearly 30 percent of U.S. adults with diabetes over the age of 40 are estimated to have diabetic retinopathy, with about 4 percent of this population having vision-threatening retinopathy, according to a study in the August ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pluronic L-81 is a potential anti-diabetic drug?

Pluronic surfactants are synthetic copolymers based on ethylene oxide and propylene oxide. It has been reported that a nonionic L-81, effectively inhibits absorption of dietary lipids from the intestine and secretion of VLDL ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Intensive glucose control in diabetics reduces heart attacks

(PhysOrg.com) -- A meta-analysis of five trials has shown that more intensive glucose control in diabetes leads to fewer heart attacks and heart disease events - but has no significant effect on stroke or mortality from all ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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