by Bruce Sylvester – The combination of obesity and low vitamin D deficiency appears to cause a greater risk of insulin resistance than either factor alone, researchers reported… read more.
Breaking a sweat while working out regularly may reduce your risk of stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke.
Poster 67 Elizabeth Goode elizabeth.goode@nnuh.nhs.uk. Chemotherapy is an independent risk factor for thromboembolism (TE), although current guidelines do not recommend routine use of anti-thrombin agents in this setting.
Researchers announced results from a post-hoc pooled analysis showing patients with type 2 diabetes and mild renal impairment treated with JANUVIA® (sitagliptin) 100 mg once-daily achieved similar blood… read more.
Human sleeping and waking patterns are largely governed by an internal circadian clock that corresponds closely with the 24-hour cycle of light and darkness. This circadian clock also… read more.
Both the UK and Canada have experienced huge falls in diabetes-related mortality since the mid-1990s, with the result that the gap in mortality risk between those with and… read more.
by Peter Mas Mollinedo – Investigators report that current marijuana users have achieved significantly lower fasting insulin, and are less likely than non-users to be insulin resistant, even… read more.
Mind-body intervention can help to regulate stress hormone levels. Practicing a form of meditation and stretching can help relieve symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and normalize stress hormone… read more.
Gestation diabetes risk can be identified through biomarker levels during first trimester. Levels of a biomarker in a pregnant woman’s blood can help physicians gauge her risk of… read more.
Hepatitis C patients treated with Merck’s investigative MK-5172, an oral NS3/4A protease inhibitor, combined with 24 or 48 weeks of peginterferon alfa 2b (Pegasys/ Roche) and ribavirin (Ribasphere/… read more.
Insulin resistance in diabetic men with decreased sex hormones was reversed after testosterone replacement, researchers reported.
Nocturia significantly increased mortality risk in men and women, according to data from a government health survey. Overall, awakening more than twice a night to urinate increased mortality… read more.
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