News tagged with sugar control

Stopping diabetes damage with vitamin C

Researchers at the Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center have found a way to stop the damage caused by Type 1 diabetes with the combination of insulin and a common vitamin found in most medicine cabinets.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Low-carb diets prove better at controlling type 2 diabetes

In a six-month comparison of low-carb diets, one that encourages eating carbohydrates with the lowest-possible rating on the glycemic index leads to greater improvement in blood sugar control, according to Duke University ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

How to get obese mice moving -- and cure their diabetes

Mice lacking the fat hormone leptin or the ability to respond to it become morbidly obese and severely diabetic—not to mention downright sluggish. Now, a new study in the June Cell Metabolism shows that b ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0