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Type 2 diabetes cytokine elevation places teeth at risk

Scientists have detected significant differences in the cytokine and chemokine make up of gingival crevicular fluid taken from chronic periodontitis patients with uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes and those without.

21 Nov 2013

Unemployed men show signs of faster ageing in their DNA

Men who are unemployed for more than two years show signs of faster ageing in their DNA, a new study has found.

21 Nov 2013

Voxiva launches new mobile app for Care4life Diabetes self-management program

Voxiva, Inc. announces the launch of a new mobile app for its Care4life(SM) Diabetes self-management program. Care4life provides personalized diabetes education and support using highly credible content, evidence-based behavior change methods, and personalized communications to engage and support people with type 2 diabetes.

21 Nov 2013

Buck Institute research provides method to study sarcopenia

Our epigenome is a set of chemical switches that turn parts of our genome off and on at strategic times and locations. These switches help alter the way our cells act and are impacted by environmental factors including diet, exercise and stress. Research at the Buck Institute reveals that aging also effects the epigenome in human skeletal muscle. The study, appearing on line in Aging Cell, provides a method to study sarcopenia, the degenerative loss of muscle mass that begins in middle age.

21 Nov 2013

Covagen, TRL expand research collaboration to generate bispecific FynomAb

Covagen and Tanabe Research Laboratories U.S.A, Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, today announced that they expanded their strategic research collaboration. MTPC and TRL have nominated a first bispecific FynomAb for formal preclinical development which triggered an undisclosed milestone payment. MTPC and TRL also exercised an option for a second bispecific FynomAb program based on the parties' research and licensing agreement signed in October 2012.

21 Nov 2013

Obese children could suffer step back in life expectancy by up to 10 years

In Mexico, overweight or obese children could suffer a step back in life expectancy by up to 10 years. According to the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (INEGI), the life expectancy in Mexico is of 73 years for women and 76 years for men.

21 Nov 2013

New UI Health survey to identify unique healthcare needs of communities

The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System will begin a survey this month to identify the unique healthcare needs of the communities it serves -- from Humbolt Park and West Town in the north, to West Lawn and Englewood in the southern corners.

21 Nov 2013

Study identifies possible link between orthostatic hypotension and atrial fibrillation

Results of a Johns Hopkins-led study have identified a possible link between a history of sudden drops in blood pressure and the most common form of irregular heartbeat.

21 Nov 2013

People who consume nuts daily are 20% less likely to die

In the largest study of its kind, people who ate a daily handful of nuts were 20 percent less likely to die from any cause over a 30-year period than were those who didn't consume nuts, say scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Harvard School of Public Health.

21 Nov 2013

Women under 50 more likely to experience mental stress-induced ischemia

Researchers have found that women younger than 50 with a recent heart attack are more likely to experience restricted blood flow to the heart (myocardial ischemia) in response to psychological stress.

21 Nov 2013

Elsevier launches two new open access journals in cardiology journals series

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of two new open access journals in its cardiology journals series: International Journal of Cardiology-Heart & Vessels and International Journal of Cardiology-Metabolic & Endocrine.

20 Nov 2013

WHO continues to coordinate deployment of foreign medical teams in Philippines

More than 10 days after Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the central Philippines, WHO is continuing to coordinate the deployment of foreign medical teams with an immediate focus on injured and traumatized survivors and an eye towards the people's longer-term health needs.

20 Nov 2013

Youth prefer rapid point-of-care HIV tests than traditional blood tests

Youth prefer, accept and receive HIV results more often when offered rapid finger prick or saliva swab tests rather than traditional blood tests according to a study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital.

20 Nov 2013

Patients at highest risk for suffering full-blown ischemic attack less likely to receive optimal care

Among thousands of hospital patients treated for a "mini stroke," those who were at highest risk for suffering a full-blown ischemic attack were less likely to received optimal care, according to a study led by researchers at Duke Medicine.

20 Nov 2013

LabStyle Innovations, InnoMed ink distribution agreement for Dario blood glucose monitoring device

LabStyle Innovations Corp., developer of Dario, a cloud-based, mobile health platform for diabetes and related blood glucose monitoring, announced today that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with InnoMed Ltd. to distribute the Dario diabetes management platform's blood glucose monitoring device in New Zealand. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

20 Nov 2013

Diabetes News and Research

Latest Diabetes News and Research

Type 2 diabetes cytokine elevation places teeth at risk

Unemployed men show signs of faster ageing in their DNA

Voxiva launches new mobile app for Care4life Diabetes self-management program

Buck Institute research provides method to study sarcopenia

Covagen, TRL expand research collaboration to generate bispecific FynomAb

Obese children could suffer step back in life expectancy by up to 10 years

New UI Health survey to identify unique healthcare needs of communities

Study identifies possible link between orthostatic hypotension and atrial fibrillation

People who consume nuts daily are 20% less likely to die

Women under 50 more likely to experience mental stress-induced ischemia

Elsevier launches two new open access journals in cardiology journals series

WHO continues to coordinate deployment of foreign medical teams in Philippines

Youth prefer rapid point-of-care HIV tests than traditional blood tests

Patients at highest risk for suffering full-blown ischemic attack less likely to receive optimal care

LabStyle Innovations, InnoMed ink distribution agreement for Dario blood glucose monitoring device

Study links health risks later in life to weight status in adolescence

Researchers discover new genetic risk factor for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder

Chronic diseases account for increasing proportion of GPs' workload

U-M researchers collaborate with MDCH to evaluate statewide influenza vaccination reminder campaign

Scientists at Salk Institute develop novel platform to study kidney diseases

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