Research shows aerobic exercise helps maintain muscle in elderly
...ne's activity (as in type 2 diabetes) causes blood sugar levels to soar out of control. Recent studies have shown, however, that insulin also provides crucial assistance in building muscle, and that its ability to do so drops off dramatically in the elderly. Now, a small but provocative study by medical ...Study tests oral insulin to prevent type 1 diabetes
...lls produce regulates how the body uses and stores sugar and other food nutrients for energy. Research ha...to arrest the autoimmune process. To lower blood sugar levels once diabetes occurs, patients need three or more insulin injections a day or treatment with ...Highlights from the June 2007 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...limit the quantity of beverages high in energy and sugar because of their propensity to increase weight, the researchers conclude. American Dietetic Association Issues Updated Position Statement on Food and Nutrition Professionals Can Implement Practices to Conserve Natural Resources and Support Ecologic...Mouse model points to possible new strategy for treating rare muscle disease, kidney disorders
... codes for two enzymes that produce sialic acid, a sugar important to muscle development and kidney functio... compound called N-acetylmannosamine, or ManNAc, a sugar that is naturally converted to sialic acid, might have an impact on the muscle weakness caused by HI...Study shows Diachrome improves blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes
...c control in patients with poorly controlled blood sugar levels who were being treated with oral anti-diabe...by just 1%, especially in patients with poor blood sugar control, can delay or prevent serious complications, reduce diabetes-related deaths and reduce heal...Study identifies new regulator of fat metabolism
...iet is extremely low in starches and sugars, blood sugar levels drop substantially so that muscle and brain have to turn to alternative fuels, explains senior author Eleftheria Maratos-Flier, MD, an investigator in the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at BIDMC and Associate Professor of...Low-carb diets' effects linked to rise in newly identified 'starvation hormone'
...romise for FGF21 therapy as a means to lower blood sugar and lipids and stave off weight gain. Mammals survive periods of nutrient deprivation by shifting from carbohydrates to so-called ketone bodies as a primary fuel source. Ketone bodies are produced from fatty acids transferred from storage in fat ti...Meningitis: effectiveness of preventive vaccination demonstrated
...accine. The polysaccharide form, elaborated from a sugar present at the surface of the meningococcus provid...wever, is based on a combination between this same sugar and an antigenic protein and renders an effective durable immunity. It could therefore be used in a ...Progress toward an antitumor vaccine
...ining structural elements typical of tumors in the sugar as well as the protein segment, explains Kunz, can thus be attached to the carrier protein in a controlled fashion. The largely nonimmunogenic thioether bridges could clear the way for the development of vaccines for immunization against tumor cells....The concept that a drop in blood sugar triggers a craving for food is best understood jus...page, identifies a chemical that sends a low blood sugar message to a part of the brain that can do something about it. The neurotransmitter norepinephrine...