'Supersize me' mice research offers grim warning for America's fast food consumers
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...g the development of insulin resistance and type-2 diabetes seen with obesity. "We have identified a previously unappreciated role that the macrophage can play in protecting against the deleterious effects of a high-fat, or 'Western,' diet," said one of the article's lead authors, Justin Odegaard, an MD/PhD...Erectile dysfunction -- the canary in the mineshaft?
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...ypes have recently been linked to diseases such as diabetes and obesity. The scientists believe that transplanting the bugs found in humans into mice will enable better understanding of gut microbes effects, good and bad, and help them to develop better treatments (including probiotics and functional foods) f...To get blood pressure under control, combination of medicines may be best
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Spending money to improve diabetes care at federally qualified community health cente...ical and economic impact of quality improvement on diabetes care. In the June 2007 issue of Health Services Research, a University of Chicago-based research...How insulin-producing cells develop -- new finding could help fight against diabetes
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...sterol and determine whether someone is at risk of diabetes or heart disease," said lead study investigator Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, Ph.D., an associate professor of biological psychiatry. "With metabolomics, we can look at thousands of metabolites to attain a more finely tuned map of an individual's overall heal...AGA Institute takes leadership role in exploring obesity and its complications
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...une response seen in multiple sclerosis and type-1 diabetes mellitus, according to University of California, I...roach. Autoimmune diseases such as MS and type 1 diabetes mellitus result from poorly understood interactions between inherited genetic risk and environmental...Mid-life headaches may increase risk of vision problems
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Women with heart disease and diabetes are less likely to receive several types of routin...care received by women for their heart disease and diabetes was not as good as the care received by men," said Chloe Bird, the studys lead author and a sociolog...Bare-metal stents are better for some heart patients
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