Periodontal therapy may help diabetic patients improve sugar control
...he hypothesis that periodontal therapy may improve metabolic control (lower HbA1c) in diabetic patients. This ...he equation: that periodontal treatment may affect metabolic control in diabetic patients who have periodontal disease. While we can't say periodontal treatment...Infant snoring linked to parental snoring
...dren, is associated with learning disabilities and metabolic and cardiovascular disorders. Early detection and treatment can potentially reduce the incidence of morbidity due to sleep-disordered breathing in children." Dr. Kalra and colleagues from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Universi......oblems, cognitive deficits, and cardiovascular and metabolic problems. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all children be screened for obstructive sleep-disordered breathing, a condition characterized by partial or complete upper airway obstruction during sleep. Snoring is the most common sympt...JCI table of contents, April 6, 2006
...f bradykinin receptor signaling is involved in the metabolic defects associated with this disease, as well as during the aging process. TITLE: Senescence-associated phenotypes in Akita diabetic mice are enhanced by absence of bradykinin B2 receptors AUTHOR CONTACT: Oliver Smithies University of North Caroli...Daniel Rader, MD, of PENN, selected to direct a 2006 'Freedom to Discover' biomedical research grant
...ncer, nutrition, neuroscience, infectious disease, metabolic diseases, and synthetic organic chemistry. A total of $6 million is being given to support cutting-edge biomedical research at twelve institutions around the world. Rader, a physician-scientist, is a leader in the field of preventive cardiovascular m...St. John's wort, Echinacea interfere with some drugs by moving them out of the body too fast
... one of several experts speaking at a symposium on metabolic considerations in the action of herbal medicines, ...armaceuticals, he found that Echinacea altered the metabolic capacity of a number of enzymes that play important roles in the de disposition of these medications...Cinnamon, cloves improve insulin function, lower risk factors for diabetes, cardiovascular disease
...), people with type 2 diabetes and the prediabetic metabolic syndrome; and people who are very obese (because Dr. Anderson believes that improving insulin function will lead to improvements in weight and lean body mass). A post doctoral fellow in the Anderson laboratory also is beginning to investigate whether...Abdominal fat more significant in exercise-induced shortness of breath than overall weight
...ent are obese; obesity contributes to diabetes and metabolic syndrome; heart disease, hypertension, and stroke; and some forms of cancer. Last year, approximately 300,000 deaths in the United States were attributed to obesity, and the annual healthcare cost related to obesity now runs at $117 billion. Physic...Researchers study whether cutting calories may help you live longer
...ng insulin level and core body temperature); (2) a metabolic adaptation (decrease in energy expenditure larger than expected on the basis of loss of metabolic mass) associated with lower thyroid hormone concentrations; and (3) a reduction in DNA fragmentation...UCL scientists gauge pain in premature babies
...pable of displaying behavioural, physiological and metabolic signs of pain and distress, the measures are all indirect and could be dismissed as bodily reflex reactions, rather than measures of true pain experience." Brain scans taken while babies were having blood tests registered a surge of blood and oxygen...Relative risks of cirrhosis from non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
...is can develop as a consequence of obesity and the metabolic syndrome. It is considered a "silent" disease, with most sufferers feeling well, in spite of inflammation and damage to the liver. But NASH can progress to cirrhosis in up to 20 percent of cases. With obesity becoming more prevalent in the U.S., the ...Growing body of research links lead to osteoporosis
...hose exposed to high levels of lead as a child. A metabolic bone disease that predominantly occurs in women, osteoporosis affects one in three American women over the age of 65. It is characterized by low bone mass that eventually leads to fractures, mostly of the hip and vertebrae. These fractures can be lif...American Indians with alcohol problems have more medical conditions
...rdiovascular, respiratory, renal, neurological, or metabolic conditions none have focused on the association with formally defined alcohol abuse or dependence. "Furthermore," he said, "the majority of these studies drew their sample from a patient population rather than a community sample. Ours is the firs...UC Davis study shows grape seed extract may be effective in reducing blood pressure
...ss the effect of grape seed extract on people with metabolic syndrome, a combination of risk factors that incre...ent of American adults, or 50 million people, have metabolic syndrome. The one-month study involved 24 male and female patients diagnosed with metabolic syndrome...Too much or too little sleep increases diabetes risk
...s are just beginning to recognize the hormonal and metabolic implications of too little sleep. Among the docume...d effects, Yaggi said, are striking alterations in metabolic and endocrine function including decreased carbohydrate tolerance, insulin resistance, and lower lev...Vol. 42, No. 5 JRRD tipsheet: Focus on spinal cord injury and prosthetics
...rwent exercise testing, followed by heart rate and metabolic testing during five activities of daily living (ADL). Data revealed that heart rate can be used to estimate energy expenditure during relatively higher intensity ADL in individuals with SCI. This information may be useful in making activity recommend...Imaging technology helps identify esophageal cancer patients who respond well to treatment
...ery. PET, a technology that produces images of the metabolic function of tissue, was used to test patients for cancer after treatment with a combination of chemotherapy and radiation (chemoradiation). "While additional multi-center studies are needed, the research clearly shows that PET is a useful tool for i......identified all the proteins involved in Salmonella metabolic paths during an infection. Dirk Bumann of Hannover...e and discovered hundreds of different Salmonella metabolic path proteins. The scientists compared them with special protein databanks and identified possible p...Minimally invasive approach can work for many thyroid patients
...removal of the thyroid gland, which helps regulate metabolic function, and 14 patients in whom pairing the endoscope with the harmonic scalpel, which coagulates as it cuts, enabled the smallest incisions yet for this approach. Dr. Terris began using a minimally invasive approach to thyroid surgery about two ...Studies highlight global risks of vascular disease, probe creative new treatments
...olved in several steps of the complex homocysteine metabolic pathway, ultimately enhancing homocysteine breakdown and excretion. The HOPE-2 trial involved an international team of researchers from 145 medical centers in 13 countries in North America, South America, and Europe. Investigators enrolled 5,522 pat...