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Radiating fears over diabetes in childhood cancer survivors

People who undergo pancreatic irradiation during childhood cancer therapy are at an increased risk for developing diabetes later in life, report researchers.

24 Aug 2012

Pre-emptive therapy better than valacyclovir prophylaxis in treating CMV in transplant recipients

Waiting to treat the commonest viral infections in transplant recipients until they reach a certain threshold is better than prophylactically treating all recipients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

24 Aug 2012

Diabetes journal reports results from novel experimental therapy

Results from a novel experimental therapy for Type 1 diabetes that boosts parts of the healthy immune system are reported today in the scientific journal Diabetes.

24 Aug 2012

Viewpoints: Cantaloupes and food safety; Diversity in health incentives

People don't ordinarily think of cantaloupes as killers, but over the last two summers 32 Americans have died after eating contaminated pieces of the popular fruit. ... Government is hyper-vigilant about terror attacks and problem airliners, which is good, but not so much about food - at least if you judge by the time it's taking the Obama administration to release new rules intended to prevent exactly the sort of food-borne outbreaks cantaloupes have caused.

24 Aug 2012

Researchers create new type of biosensor that can detect glucose in saliva, tears

Researchers have created a new type of biosensor that can detect minute concentrations of glucose in saliva, tears and urine and might be manufactured at low cost because it does not require many processing steps to produce.

24 Aug 2012

Inappropriate prescriptions for the elderly prevalent in primary care

One in five prescriptions in primary care for the elderly is inappropriate, say the authors of a systematic review.

23 Aug 2012

Novel questionnaire reliably assesses antiepileptic adverse effects in children

The adverse effects of antiepileptic drugs can be reliably measured in children from across the epilepsy spectrum in clinical and research settings with the novel Pediatric Epilepsy Side Effects Questionnaire, say US scientists.

23 Aug 2012

Fizzy tablet is best method to receive fentanyl for cancer pain

Results of a mixed treatment comparison show that fentanyl in the form of an effervescent buccal tablet can better relieve the intensity of breakthrough cancer pain in the first 60 minutes after dosing compared with other fentanyl formulations.

23 Aug 2012

Women with heart attack symptoms receive lower quality of care than men

A new study published recently in the American Journal of Medicine, conducted by researchers in the Cardiac and Vascular Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center, found there was significantly lower quality of care and worse outcomes in women compared to men - particularly young women under age 35 who had heart attack symptoms.

23 Aug 2012

Early exposure to antibiotics primes children for obesity later in life

Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have made a novel discovery that could have widespread clinical implications, potentially affecting everything from nutrient metabolism to obesity in children.

23 Aug 2012

Diabetes risk may be higher in childhood cancer survivors who received radiotherapy

Childhood cancer survivors who underwent radiotherapy treatment that exposed their pancreas to radiation may be at higher risk of developing diabetes in later life, according to an Article published Online First in The Lancet Oncology.

23 Aug 2012

Newly discovered on/off switch in enzymes may help battle fat-related disease

Enzymes involved in breaking down fat can now be manipulated to work three times harder by turning on a molecular switch recently observed by chemists at the University of Copenhagen. Being able to control this chemical on/off button could have massive implications for curing diseases related to obesity including diabetes, cardio vascular disease, stroke and even skin problems like acne. But the implications may be wider.

23 Aug 2012

Downward trend for heart failure in Canada

The incidence of heart failure in Ontario, Canada, substantially decreased between 1997 and 2008, a study suggests.

22 Aug 2012

Common diabetes treatment may cause bladder cancer

A commonly used diabetes treatment may increase patients’ risk for bladder cancer, show US study findings.

22 Aug 2012

SSEA4+ marker helps identify and isolate precursors of insulin-producing pancreatic cells

For the millions of people worldwide with type 1 diabetes who cannot produce sufficient insulin, the potential to transplant insulin-producing cells could offer hope for a long-term cure. The discovery of a marker to help identify and isolate stem cells that can develop into insulin-producing cells in the pancreas would be a critical step forward and is described in an article in BioResearch Open Access, a new bimonthly peer-reviewed open access journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

22 Aug 2012

Efforts to tackle excess weight among disadvantaged groups are urgently needed

The authors say further efforts to tackle these risk factors, particularly excess weight, among disadvantaged groups are urgently needed.

22 Aug 2012

Study on sea lamprey may indicate how potentially deleterious genes can be controlled

Research on a unique vertebrate called the sea lamprey shows that more than a thousand genes are shed during its early development.

22 Aug 2012

Corporate power presents a major threat to public health

Professor Gerard Hastings from the Institute for Social Marketing at the University of Stirling argues that marketing by multinational corporations "threatens our mental wellbeing, exacerbates inequalities, and encourages unsustainable consumption."

22 Aug 2012

CIRT to determine whether methotrexate can reduce heart attacks, strokes and CVD deaths

An international multi-site trial has launched to determine whether a common anti-inflammatory drug can reduce heart attacks, strokes, and deaths due to cardiovascular disease in people at high risk for them. This study is being supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a part of the National Institutes of Health.

22 Aug 2012

Chemists develop new lab test to examine how DNA damage disrupts protein synthesis

Transcription is a cellular process by which genetic information from DNA is copied to messenger RNA for protein production. But anticancer drugs and environmental chemicals can sometimes interrupt this flow of genetic information by causing modifications in DNA.

22 Aug 2012

Diabetes News and Research

Latest Diabetes News and Research

Radiating fears over diabetes in childhood cancer survivors

Pre-emptive therapy better than valacyclovir prophylaxis in treating CMV in transplant recipients

Diabetes journal reports results from novel experimental therapy

Viewpoints: Cantaloupes and food safety; Diversity in health incentives

Researchers create new type of biosensor that can detect glucose in saliva, tears

Inappropriate prescriptions for the elderly prevalent in primary care

Novel questionnaire reliably assesses antiepileptic adverse effects in children

Fizzy tablet is best method to receive fentanyl for cancer pain

Women with heart attack symptoms receive lower quality of care than men

Early exposure to antibiotics primes children for obesity later in life

Diabetes risk may be higher in childhood cancer survivors who received radiotherapy

Newly discovered on/off switch in enzymes may help battle fat-related disease

Downward trend for heart failure in Canada

Common diabetes treatment may cause bladder cancer

SSEA4+ marker helps identify and isolate precursors of insulin-producing pancreatic cells

Efforts to tackle excess weight among disadvantaged groups are urgently needed

Study on sea lamprey may indicate how potentially deleterious genes can be controlled

Corporate power presents a major threat to public health

CIRT to determine whether methotrexate can reduce heart attacks, strokes and CVD deaths

Chemists develop new lab test to examine how DNA damage disrupts protein synthesis

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