Diabetes
any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with type 1 diabetes and a history of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) have significantly worse memory for item-context associations than diabetic children who have never had DKA, a new study shows.
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- I need some easy recipes on a diabetic diet? (del.icio.us)
Diabetic retinopathy is a complication of diabetes. It is also the leading cause of blindness in the U.S. today.
What is diabetic retinopathy?
The retina is full of tiny little blood vessels. Retinopathy is the damage to the blood vessels of the retina, caused by prolonged high blood glucose levels. The blood vessels can become enlarged or clogged when blood sugar is high. They can also become weak and rupture. The retina can even become...
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- New targets to prevent diabetic eye disease identified (thaindian.com)
- Characterizing multisegment foot kinematics during gait in diabetic foot... (biomedcentral.com)
- Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in Tehran Province: A population-based study (biomedcentral.com)
My name is Tamara Barnes and I am a juvenile diabetic. I was diagnosed with Type I (juvenile) diabetes at the age of five and immediately began insulin injections. This was the most terrifying experience in my life and I’m sure this is true for many insulin-dependent diabetics. One memory I will always have is the memory of my parents chasing me through the house to give my first insulin shot. I saw my mother break down and cry for the very...
From oanow.com
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- Diligent Foot Maintenance as Key to Prevention of Foot Amputations in Diabetics (healthnewsdigest.com)
Rationale: Obesity is a risk factor for cardiovascular dysfunction, yet the underlying factors driving this impaired function remain poorly understood. Insulin resistance is a common pathology in obese patients and has been shown to impair vascular function. Whether insulin resistance or obesity, itself, is causal remains unclear.
Objective: The present study tested the hypothesis that insulin resistance is the underlying mediator for impaired...
From circres.ahajournals.org
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- Vitamin D Improves Insulin Resistance (news.google.com)
In diabetes patients, high blood glucose levels can end up killing certain cells in the eyes and kidneys, which is why diabetes is the leading cause of adult blindness and of kidney failure. Years ago, scientists identified one main route for this destruction-high glucose produces oxidative stress through the NF-kB molecular pathway-but success has been elusive for drugs targeting that pathway.
From medicalnewstoday.com
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Are you overweight? High cholesterol controlled by popping a pill? Diabetes a pain in your, umm - finger? Research leptin and see if it might be the monkey on your back too.Contributor: Marie Anne St. JeanPublished: Nov 02, 2009
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From associatedcontent.com
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Wellstat Therapeutics Corporation and sanofi-aventis (EURONEXT: SAN)(NYSE: SNY) announced today a global licensing agreement to develop, manufacture and commercialize PN2034, a first-in-class oral insulin sensitizer for the treatment of Type II diabetes. PN2034 was discovered by Wellstat and is currently in Phase II clinical trials to reverse insulin resistance in the liver of diabetic patients.
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