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New research explores effects of avocado consumption in healthy overweight adults

New research findings on avocado consumption, presented as two posters at the IUNS 20th International Congress of Nutrition, in Granada, Spain suggest that although calorie consumption at dinner was unchanged, inclusion or addition of fresh Hass Avocado to a meal may help to reduce hunger and the desire to eat in overweight adults.

19 Sep 2013

Comprehensive changes in lifestyle could reverse ageing

A pilot study, published in The Lancet Oncology, shows that comprehensive lifestyle changes may increase the length of telomeres, the ends of chromosomes that control cell ageing.

19 Sep 2013

Inhaled corticosteroid increases risk for pneumonia reoccurrence

A University of Alberta researcher says health professionals should be cautious about prescribing inhaled corticosteroids to high-risk patients such as pneumonia survivors, citing a twofold risk for repeat infection.

19 Sep 2013

SHBG protein indicates risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome years in advance

Over the last decade researchers have amassed increasing evidence that relatively low levels of a protein called sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) can indicate an elevated risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome years in advance.

19 Sep 2013

Mayo Clinic receives grant from NIH to support medical research on metabolomics

Mayo Clinic is one of six new federally-funded Comprehensive Metabolomics (met-ah-bol-OH-mics) Centers to support medical research on metabolomics -- the study, at the cellular level, of how molecules are metabolized in the body.

19 Sep 2013

Researchers discover why multiple myeloma recurs after initially effective treatment

Researchers have discovered why multiple myeloma, a difficult to cure cancer of the bone marrow, frequently recurs after an initially effective treatment that can keep the disease at bay for up to several years.

19 Sep 2013

Gout: An Interview with Dr. Lawrence Edwards, Chairman and CEO of GUAES

Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis that affects adults. It's a disease caused by the presence of uric acid crystals in and around the joints. It's a disease that's becoming more and more common. It probably has doubled in its prevalence worldwide over the past twenty to thirty years.

18 Sep 2013

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma acquires Medicago

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation and Medicago Inc. announced today the completion of the previously announced acquisition of Medicago Inc. by MTPC.

18 Sep 2013

Study reveals that composition of skin microbiota is controlled by host genome

Numerous recent studies linked gut microbiota with various diseases such as obesity or diabetes. Little is known, however, on how gut and skin microbiota composition is controlled.

18 Sep 2013

Efficacy and safety data on linagliptin and investigational compound empagliflozin* in various diabetes subpopulations presented by Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company today announced they will feature five oral and 12 poster presentations for linagliptin and the investigational compound empagliflozin* at the 49th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) which will take place in Barcelona, from 23 – 27 September. The presentations will add to the already existing body of data on safety and efficacy of these two compounds.

18 Sep 2013

Pregnant women with BMI too high or low are more likely to have maternal complications

Pregnant women with a body mass index (BMI) that is too high or too low are more likely to have maternal complications, require additional hospital care and incur higher medical costs, according to a new study published today (18 September) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

18 Sep 2013

Neonatal hepatocytes show better thawing recovery than hepatocytes from adult livers

A research team in Spain has developed high-yield preparations of viable hepatocytes (liver cells) isolated for transplantation from cryopreserved (frozen), banked neonatal livers that ranged in age from one day to 23 days.

18 Sep 2013

GW Pharmaceuticals starts GWP42006 Phase 1 clinical trial for epilepsy treatment

GW Pharmaceuticals plc announced today it has commenced a Phase 1 clinical trial of product candidate GWP42006 for the treatment of epilepsy.

18 Sep 2013

Researchers reveal mechanisms that connect Mfn2 protein to endoplasmic reticulum stress

Each cell in an organism has a sensor that measures the health of its "internal" environment. This "alarm" is found in the endoplasmic reticulum, which is able to sense cellular stress and trigger either rescue responses or the death of the cell.

18 Sep 2013

Winners of Renal Support Network's Annual Essay Contest announced

Now in its 11th year of providing a voice for people who have kidney disease and are passionate about writing, Renal Support Network announces the winners of its Annual Essay Contest.

18 Sep 2013

Coeliac disease on rise in Scots children

More children than ever before are living with a debilitating digestive disease, research has shown.

18 Sep 2013

Scientists isolate, grow stem cells from the pancreases of mice

Scientists have succeeded in growing stem cells that have the ability to develop into two different types of cells that make up a healthy pancreas. The research team led by Dr. Hans Clevers of the Hubrecht Institute, The Netherlands, have isolated and grown stem cells from the pancreases of mice using a 3-D culture system previously developed by the scientists.

18 Sep 2013

Intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections safe, effective for patients with knee osteoarthritis

A new meta-analysis of 29 randomized studies involving more than 4,500 patients with knee osteoarthritis found that intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections provided significant improvement in pain and function compared to saline injections.

18 Sep 2013

Lifescript.com, Cedars-Sinai join to produce Web video series focusing on women's health

Cedars-Sinai, the largest academic medical center in California, and Lifescript.com, a leading women's health and wellness website, announced today they are co-producing a Web video series focused on women's health, medical news and innovations.

18 Sep 2013

Study: Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation may help treat stress urinary incontinence

Vaginal delivery presents the possibility of injury for mothers that can lead to "stress urinary incontinence", a condition affecting from four to 35 percent of women who have had babies via vaginal delivery. Many current treatments, such as physiotherapy and surgery, are not very effective.

18 Sep 2013

Diabetes News and Research

Latest Diabetes News and Research

New research explores effects of avocado consumption in healthy overweight adults

Comprehensive changes in lifestyle could reverse ageing

Inhaled corticosteroid increases risk for pneumonia reoccurrence

SHBG protein indicates risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome years in advance

Mayo Clinic receives grant from NIH to support medical research on metabolomics

Researchers discover why multiple myeloma recurs after initially effective treatment

Gout: An Interview with Dr. Lawrence Edwards, Chairman and CEO of GUAES

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma acquires Medicago

Study reveals that composition of skin microbiota is controlled by host genome

Efficacy and safety data on linagliptin and investigational compound empagliflozin* in various diabetes subpopulations presented by Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company

Pregnant women with BMI too high or low are more likely to have maternal complications

Neonatal hepatocytes show better thawing recovery than hepatocytes from adult livers

GW Pharmaceuticals starts GWP42006 Phase 1 clinical trial for epilepsy treatment

Researchers reveal mechanisms that connect Mfn2 protein to endoplasmic reticulum stress

Winners of Renal Support Network's Annual Essay Contest announced

Coeliac disease on rise in Scots children

Scientists isolate, grow stem cells from the pancreases of mice

Intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections safe, effective for patients with knee osteoarthritis

Lifescript.com, Cedars-Sinai join to produce Web video series focusing on women's health

Study: Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation may help treat stress urinary incontinence

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