National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2004 class of inventors
...rles Best, James Collip (posthumous): Insulin for diabetics Vannevar Bush (posthumous): Differential Analyze...determined that insulin injections would help keep diabetics alive and developed techniques for extracting, isolating, and injecting it. Before insulin injectio...Hormone found to protect bones
...e pancreatic -cells at the same as insulin. Type 1 diabetics no longer produce insulin or amylin because their -cells no longer function. Mice who lack amylin have less bone mass than those who produce the hormone because they destroy bone more rapidly as it is seen in classical osteoporosis said Karsenty. Per...Progenitor cells predict heart disease severity
...e researchers found that the levels were lower for diabetics (19 CFU vs. 36 CFU) and for patients who had suffered a recent heart attack (23 CFU vs. 34 CFU). "These findings demonstrate a strong inverse relationship between circulating EPCs and coronary artery disease, independent of traditional disease risk f...Life expectancy of diabetics 12 years less than others
Ontario diabetics live 12 to 13 years less than people without the d...pectancy in the province. Life expectancy for male diabetics in Ontario is 64.7 years (77.5 in general male population) and for female diabetics, 70.7 years (82....Optical glucose sensor holds promise for diabetics and intensive care patients
...provide continuous monitoring of glucose levels in diabetics and hospitalized patients. Recently published stud...ody's cells and be stored or used for energy. Many diabetics require insulin injections, and all must carefully monitor and manage their blood glucose levels. Fo...Excess body weight linked to formation of uric acid kidney stones, UT Southwestern researchers find
...f kidney-stone patients and in about 30 percent of diabetics with kidney stones. "This is yet another price to pay for being overweight or obese," said Dr. Khashayar Sakhaee, program director of the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) at UT Southwestern. An estimated 10 percent of people in the United Sta...Vitamin C reduces level of C-reactive protein, finds UC Berkeley-led study
...f vitamin E produced lower CRP levels among Type 2 diabetics and healthy individuals. "We were surprised to find no statistical change in CRP levels among people taking the antioxidant mixture, while those taking the vitamin C supplement saw a significant 24 percent drop," said Block. "However, the only other...One in 12 diabetics over age 40 has vision-threatening eye disease
...f diabetes mellitus (DM), affecting one twelfth of diabetics in this age group, according to an article in the April issue of The Archives of Ophthalmology , a theme issue on blindness, and one of the JAMA/Archives journals. According to the article, diabetic retinopathy is one of the leading causes of blind...Research news from Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy: May 2004
...glycemic diet improved several factors that affect diabetics including lowering blood pressure, fasting triglycerides, fasting insulin and other metabolic risk factors. Additionally, the diet was found to raise HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol.) The researchers suggest that as metabolic syndrome is an i...New initiative to focus on growing problem of cardiovascular disease in diabetics
...? What type of surgical intervention is best for diabetics with cardiovascular disease? Is there one surger...l focus on the impact of cardiovascular disease in diabetics and the development of new approaches to management and treatment of both diseases." Diabetes is an ...Study: Low-carb diet more effective than low-fat diet
...y testing whether a low-carbohydrate diet can help diabetics control their blood sugar levels. Despite the considerable weight loss experienced by the low-carbohydrate dieters, Yancy does not recommend an Atkins-style plan for patients attempting to lose weight for the first time. "Over six months the diet app...Diabetes increases deaths among people 65 and older
...r subgroups by age, mortality was higher among the diabetics in each subgroup, a pattern that continued through those over 85. When separated by race and ethnicity, the results showed that diabetes increased the risk of death by about 60 percent in African-Americans, 80 percent in whites, and more than 100 per...Chronic diseases need global health attention
...d most populous country, has the highest number of diabetics in the world and annual coronary deaths are expected to reach 2 million by 2010. At the same time, around 2.5 million children in India die from infections such as pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria every year. In South Africa, infectious diseases ac...Isolated soy protein shown to benefit type 2 diabetics, study indicates
...spread testing is warranted. "The number of type 2 diabetics is increasing to epidemic proportions, with the disease being found in younger and younger individuals everyday," said Sandra R. Teixeira, who had pursued the research as the focus of her doctoral work at Illinois. "As a result, the rate also increa...Diabetics with mental disorders at increased risk for diabetic complications
...sorders do not have as good blood sugar control as diabetics without mental illness and are more likely to suff...et, and visual problems (including blindness) than diabetics without mental illness, according to a study published in the December issue of Medical Care. "This ...Diabetes: A link between oral and overall health?
...expected to double by the year 2010. Additionally, diabetics who do not have good control over their blood suga..., peer-reviewed journal. "Oral health symptoms of diabetics include dry mouth, periodontal (gum) disease, oral infections, cavities and delayed wound healing," ...Carbon nanotubes yield a new class of biological sensors
...iny, implantable detector that could one day allow diabetics to monitor their glucose levels continuously-without ever having to draw a blood sample. The work, which is the first application of a whole new class of biological sensors, was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and announced December ...Penn study shows how next-generation diabetic drugs could work more selectively
...t cells and the genes that are turned on only when diabetics are given the TZDs. A new study from the laboratory of Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD, Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at Penn, has found that PPAR can turn genes both on and off. "What regulates it, in this case, is the dru...Study shows that diabetes increases risk of blood poisoning
...r years that obesity and diabetes are linked. Most diabetics have type 2 diabetes--and most people with type 2 ...Death after bacteremia also occurred more often in diabetics than in non-diabetics. So, with type 2 diabetes becoming increasingly common as Americans gain weigh...Study of obese diabetics explains why low-carb diets produce fast results
...en fueled by carbohydrates." Almost 80 percent of diabetics are overweight or obese, compounding health risks such as heart disease and stroke. Boden wanted to examine how low-carbohydrate diets, which have been shown to produce rapid weight loss, affected weight, appetite and blood sugar in obese diabetics. ...