Wfubmc.edu - Long-term use of a popular class of oral diabetic drugs - thiazolidinediones (TZDs), which include rosiglitazone and pioglitazone - doubles the risk of fractures in women with type 2 diabetes, according to new findings out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of East Anglia.
The findings appear online on the [...]
HopkinsMedicine.org - Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that a drop in blood potassium levels caused by diuretics commonly prescribed for high blood pressure could be the reason why people on those drugs are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The drugs helpfully accelerate loss of fluids, but also deplete important minerals, including potassium, so [...]
If you have read any breast cancer prevention articles over the last month, you probably saw several articles on making sure your diet includes plenty of omega-3 fats as well as high antioxidant-containing foods like berries, colorful vegetables, beans/legumes, and green tea — all to help your body keep damage from free radicals to a [...]
Weekly bouts of moderate aerobic exercise on a bike or treadmill, or a brisk walk, combined with some weightlifting, may cut down levels of fat in the liver by up to 40 percent in people with type 2 diabetes, a study by physical fitness experts at Johns Hopkins shows.
According to researchers, who present their [...]
In a study published by the Lancet journal, Dr. Daniel Drucker reported that a new once-weekly medication for type 2 diabetes - Exenatide once weekly - led to weight loss in diabetic patients, and could replace the more common twice-daily injection of Byetta.
“Over two million Canadians have diabetes,” said Dr. Daniel Drucker, clinician-scientist and Senior [...]
Treating low-income mothers for depression, stress and anxiety could help combat the childhood obesity epidemic and reduce the number of teenagers developing type 2 diabetes and heart problems, a study has found.
WFUBMC.edu - A class of oral drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes - thiazolidinediones, which includes rosiglitazone and pioglitazone - may make heart failure worse, according to an editorial published online in Heart by two Wake Forest University School of Medicine faculty members.
“We strongly recommend restrictions in the use of thiazolidinediones (the class of [...]
JAMA - In a study involving a representative sample of U.S. adults, higher levels of arsenic in the urine appear to be associated with increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes, according to a report in the August 20, 2008 issue of JAMA.
Arsenic from inorganic sources is highly toxic and causes cancer in humans, according to [...]
Diabetes before motherhood more than doubled in six years among teenage and adult women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the May issue of Diabetes Care. http://care.diabetesjournals.org/
In a paper published online today in the journal Nature, a team of deCODE scientists detail a major mechanism through which genetic factors contribute to major public health problems.
