Items tagged with Diabetes

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Swine Flu Shots Expected in October Friday, September 18th, 2009 - 16:00:33 - Anuradha Menon Illinois will get about 2 million of the 45 million doses of swine flu vaccine expected to be available nationwide by mid-October, state health... read more

Molecular Thermostat and Diabetes Sunday, September 13th, 2009 - 19:38:14 - Ehud Rattner Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered a molecular circuit involving heme that helps maintain proper... read more

Single Virus Used to Convert Adult Cells Saturday, December 20th, 2008 - 14:23:56 - Ehud Rattner Whitehead Institute researchers have greatly simplified the creation of so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, cutting the number of viruses... read more

Population Study Finds Genetics Clues Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 - 11:57:34 - Ehud Rattner A new genome-wide study examines genetic variants associated with nine metabolic traits and is the first to draw out novel variants from a population... read more

New Source Of Insulin-Producing Cells Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 - 18:51:45 - Ehud Rattner Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have shown that insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells can form after birth or after injury from... read more

Green Tea May Delay Onset Of Type 1 Diabetes Sunday, October 26th, 2008 - 12:08:26 - Ehud Rattner A powerful antioxidant in green tea may prevent or delay the onset of type 1 diabetes, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. Researchers were... read more

Does Childhood Obesity Begin in Infancy? Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 - 12:13:16 - Ehud Rattner Over the last decade, childhood obesity has grown into an epidemic, reflected in soaring rates of type 2 diabetes and recommendations that... read more

Lifestyle Can Alter Gene Activity Monday, June 23rd, 2008 - 14:37:48 - Ehud Rattner A Finnish study of identical twins has found that physical inactivity and acquired obesity can impair expression of the genes which help the cells... read more

Aggressive Approach to Diabetes Is Harmful Sunday, June 8th, 2008 - 12:12:45 - Ehud Rattner Patients with type 2 diabetes, a high risk of cardiovascular disease, and who use aggressive measures to reduce their blood sugar levels could... read more

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