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Agreement reached on new community pharmacy contract

Patients in the UK will gain a better service from their local pharmacist as Government plans for a more flexible, modernised service moved a step further towards implementation, Health Minister Rosie Winterton announced today.

25 Oct 2004

To avoid metabolic syndrome is relatively simple – 30 minutes of physical activity once a week

Metabolic syndrome is a condition that is affecting thousands of Canadians and is putting them at risk of heart disease and stroke, especially those aged 50 and over.

25 Oct 2004

Newly discovered gene could be a significant contributor to diabetes in Americans

A gene involved in the action of insulin is associated with type 2 diabetes and the body’s response to insulin, report scientists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.

25 Oct 2004

Research opens new possibilities for the treatment of metabolic disorders such as diabetes and obesity

For the first time, researchers from the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) connected with the Catholic University of Leuven have shown clearly that receptors in yeast cells detect and react to nutrients in the cell.

21 Oct 2004

Diet which mimics the effects of starvation may be started as an outpatient treatment for children with epilepsy

Results from a Mayo Clinic study that analyzed medical records of epilepsy patients suggest a ketogenic diet, which mimics the effects of starvation, can be successfully implemented with children on an outpatient basis.

21 Oct 2004

Atypical antipsychotics commonly used to treat children with aggression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia may trigger insulin resistance

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center say a group of drugs known as "atypical antipsychotics" that are commonly used to treat children with aggression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia may trigger insulin resistance, a condition that increases the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and heart disease later in life.

21 Oct 2004

Lack of improvement 24 hours after stroke treatment associated with poor outcome or death at 3 months

Stroke patients who show little improvement in the first 24 hours after receiving thrombolytic (clot-dissolving) therapy are more likely to have poor outcomes or death at three months, according to a study in the October 20 JAMA.

21 Oct 2004

Researchers are one step closer to understanding how high carbohydrate diets lead to obesity and diabetes

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas are one step closer to understanding how high carbohydrate diets lead to obesity and diabetes.

19 Oct 2004

First sliver-sized sensor to monitor glucose level for diabetics and other bodily fluid levels

It's a good thing that the now eight-year-old son of Miklos Gratzl, a Case Western Reserve University biomedical engineer, got a splinter in his finger one day – at least for the sake of science. With apologies to his son – instead of an "Ouch!" moment, for Gratzl it was more of an "A-ha!" moment.

18 Oct 2004

Weight loss surgery reduces components of metabolic syndrome in obese patients

Obese patients who underwent surgical treatment for weight loss had significant reductions in the components of the metabolic syndrome one year after surgery, according to an article in the October issue of The Archives of Surgery.

18 Oct 2004

Energy blocker can eradicate large liver tumors

Building on their earlier work, Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that an apparently nontoxic cellular "energy blocker" can eradicate large liver tumors grown in rats. Six months to more than a year after treatment was stopped, the rats are still cancer free.

18 Oct 2004

Lifestyle factors that increase the risk of heart disease in adults begin to take hold in childhood

In one study, Boston researchers found that about two-thirds of 1,960 adolescents studied had at least one risk factor for heart disease, and almost 10 percent had a cluster of factors known as metabolic syndrome.

11 Oct 2004

Balanced diet reduces the risk of a baby with spina bifida

According to Dutch researcher Pascal Groenen, a balanced diet reduces the risk of a baby with spina bifida. He investigated how different nutritional components affected the risk of developing this condition.

11 Oct 2004

Research has identified Dectin-1 as the beta-glucan receptor on immune cells

This finding may be of use in the prophylactic prevention of a variety of infections, especially in surgical patients, and in the treatment of cancer. The identification of Dectin-1 as the beta-glucan receptor may also provide a novel strategy for combating fungal infections.

10 Oct 2004

Short-term exercise has a significant impact on insulin action in overweight people

Carefully controlling the amount of food and drink that formerly sedentary, overweight people ingest during and after short-term exercise has a significant impact on insulin action.

7 Oct 2004

Statistics reveal that there are now 1.8 million people with diabetes in the UK

New statistics revealed by Diabetes UK show that there are now 1.8 million people with diabetes in the UK – three per cent of the population, equivalent to the combined population of Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester.

7 Oct 2004

Interleukin-6 has potential as a therapeutic drug in treating metabolic disorders such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis

For the most of the past century, researchers have searched for a muscle-contraction-induced factor, which mediates some of the exercise effects in other tissues and organs such as the liver and adipose tissue.

5 Oct 2004

Glucose News and Research

Agreement reached on new community pharmacy contract

To avoid metabolic syndrome is relatively simple – 30 minutes of physical activity once a week

Newly discovered gene could be a significant contributor to diabetes in Americans

Research opens new possibilities for the treatment of metabolic disorders such as diabetes and obesity

Diet which mimics the effects of starvation may be started as an outpatient treatment for children with epilepsy

Atypical antipsychotics commonly used to treat children with aggression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia may trigger insulin resistance

Lack of improvement 24 hours after stroke treatment associated with poor outcome or death at 3 months

Researchers are one step closer to understanding how high carbohydrate diets lead to obesity and diabetes

First sliver-sized sensor to monitor glucose level for diabetics and other bodily fluid levels

Weight loss surgery reduces components of metabolic syndrome in obese patients

Energy blocker can eradicate large liver tumors

Lifestyle factors that increase the risk of heart disease in adults begin to take hold in childhood

Balanced diet reduces the risk of a baby with spina bifida

Research has identified Dectin-1 as the beta-glucan receptor on immune cells

Short-term exercise has a significant impact on insulin action in overweight people

Statistics reveal that there are now 1.8 million people with diabetes in the UK

Interleukin-6 has potential as a therapeutic drug in treating metabolic disorders such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis

Short-term exercise significantly increases insulin action

New genomic, proteomic tools yield clues to exercise/diet effects on obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes

UK's Department of Health flu immunisation campaign launches

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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