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New collaboration to play key role in improving lives of patients with long-term conditions

PATIENTS with long-term conditions such as mental health disorders, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and stroke are set to benefit from a major multi-million pound partnership between the region’s NHS organisations, leading universities, local government, industry, charities, patients and the public.

9 Aug 2013

Sericin can decrease blood glucose levels and alleviate diabetic hippocampal damage

Preliminary studies by Dr. Zhihong Chen and colleagues from Chengde Medical College have shown that sericin might improve aberrant Akt signaling, decrease heme oxygenase-1 expression in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex, and reduce the apoptosis of hippocampal neurons in diabetic rats, thus protecting the nervous system.

9 Aug 2013

Start-up company specializes in reducing hospital readmission rates

Facing rising penalties under the health-care law for high readmission rates, some hospitals are turning to tech entrepreneurs like Chris Corio of San Francisco for help. Mr. Corio's four-year-old startup sells technology that assists patients in completing the recovery process after getting discharged.

9 Aug 2013

Children born by Caesarean section more vulnerable to allergies

Children who came into the world by Caesarean section are more often affected by allergies than those born in the natural way. The reason for this may be that they have a less diverse gut microbiota, according to a study by universities in Sweden and Scotland.

9 Aug 2013

Person with type 2 diabetes may spend nearly $85,500 to treat the disease

A person with type 2 diabetes may spend an average of nearly $85,500 to treat the disease and its complications over his or her lifetime, reports a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

9 Aug 2013

TruClinic signs new partnership with University of Utah Hospital's Department of Telemedicine

Today TruClinic announced a new partnership with University of Utah Hospital's Department of Telemedicine, which will enable patients and practitioners to have video-based online visits and consultations with simply a computing device, Internet connection and a webcam.

8 Aug 2013

KU researchers receives grant to create new program to help American Indian students stop smoking

The University of Kansas Cancer Center's Cancer Control and Population Health program got a boost in April when Won Choi, Ph.D., and his colleagues were awarded a $2.7 million, five-year NCI grant to create an Internet-based program to help American Indian tribal college students stop smoking.

8 Aug 2013

UAH invents smart pill bottle that notifies you to take your medications

Patented at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, (UAH), a smart pill bottle that notifies you to take your medications or reminds you if you missed a dose could be en route to medicine cabinets as soon as 2015.

8 Aug 2013

New bio-artificial "encapsulife" pancreas points to cure for diabetes

The Squash Diabetes Campaign, launched by the Georgetown University Women's Squash Team* in December 2012 and sponsored by New Generation Foundation, today announced a $125,000 grant provided by the Chicago-based Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick Family Foundation.

8 Aug 2013

Teplizumab to block type 1 diabetes proves strikingly effective in phase 2 clinical trial

An experimental drug designed to block the advance of type 1 diabetes in its earliest stages has proven strikingly effective over two years in about half of the patients who participated in the phase 2 clinical trial.

8 Aug 2013

Nearly 59% of liver transplant patients experience metabolic syndrome

Nearly 59 percent of liver transplant patients experience metabolic syndrome, which increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes, according to a study lead by liver specialist Eric R. Kallwitz, MD, of Loyola University Medical Center.

8 Aug 2013

Exercise could reduce metabolic disease complications in patients post-transplantation

New research reveals that metabolic syndrome—risk factors that can lead to heart disease and/or stroke—is common in liver transplant recipients, with rates highest at one year following the procedure.

7 Aug 2013

Strathclyde team develops new type of Raman laser that harnesses diamonds to produce light beams

Ground-breaking research is harnessing the unique properties of diamonds to develop a new generation of lasers that could lead to many benefits, from better treatment of skin complaints and diabetes-related eye conditions to improved pollution monitoring and aeronautical engineering

7 Aug 2013

Exercise could help reduce metabolic syndrome problems in liver transplant recipients

New research reveals that metabolic syndrome-risk factors that can lead to heart disease and/or stroke-is common in liver transplant recipients, with rates highest at one year following the procedure.

7 Aug 2013

Personalized models for preventive health care services

With physicians facing increasing demands on their time, it can be extremely difficult to prioritize which preventive care methods should be used for their patients. Now, two researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have developed a mathematical model that will save time, lead to enhanced care, and potentially save lives.

6 Aug 2013

Research links high prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in the American South with economic conditions

The strikingly high prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in the American South can be partially traced to rapid economic growth between 1950 and 1980, new research suggests.

6 Aug 2013

Regeneron, Bayer report positive results from Phase 3 VIVID-DME and VISTA-DME trials of EYLEA for DME

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Bayer HealthCare today announced that in the Phase 3 VIVID-DME and VISTA-DME trials of EYLEA (aflibercept) Injection for the treatment of diabetic macular edema, EYLEA 2 milligrams (mg) dosed monthly and EYLEA 2 mg dosed every two months (after 5 initial monthly injections) achieved the primary endpoint of a significantly greater improvement in best-corrected visual acuity from baseline compared to laser photocoagulation at 52 weeks.

6 Aug 2013

NIH-funded study of aquaporin proteins could hold clues to cataract

Researchers have achieved dynamic, atomic-scale views of a protein needed to maintain the transparency of the lens in the human eye. The work, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, could lead to new insights and drugs for treating cataract and a variety of other health conditions.

6 Aug 2013

Study reveals nearly 40% of tumors are caused by viruses

The results of a large-scale analysis of the association between DNA viruses and human malignancies suggest that many of the most common cancers are not associated with DNA viruses.

6 Aug 2013

People who walk to work are less likely to have diabetes and high blood pressure

People who walk to work are around 40 per cent less likely to have diabetes as those who drive, according to a new study.

6 Aug 2013

Endocrinology News and Research

Latest Endocrinology News and Research

New collaboration to play key role in improving lives of patients with long-term conditions

Sericin can decrease blood glucose levels and alleviate diabetic hippocampal damage

Start-up company specializes in reducing hospital readmission rates

Children born by Caesarean section more vulnerable to allergies

Person with type 2 diabetes may spend nearly $85,500 to treat the disease

TruClinic signs new partnership with University of Utah Hospital's Department of Telemedicine

KU researchers receives grant to create new program to help American Indian students stop smoking

UAH invents smart pill bottle that notifies you to take your medications

New bio-artificial "encapsulife" pancreas points to cure for diabetes

Teplizumab to block type 1 diabetes proves strikingly effective in phase 2 clinical trial

Nearly 59% of liver transplant patients experience metabolic syndrome

Exercise could reduce metabolic disease complications in patients post-transplantation

Strathclyde team develops new type of Raman laser that harnesses diamonds to produce light beams

Exercise could help reduce metabolic syndrome problems in liver transplant recipients

Personalized models for preventive health care services

Research links high prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in the American South with economic conditions

Regeneron, Bayer report positive results from Phase 3 VIVID-DME and VISTA-DME trials of EYLEA for DME

NIH-funded study of aquaporin proteins could hold clues to cataract

Study reveals nearly 40% of tumors are caused by viruses

People who walk to work are less likely to have diabetes and high blood pressure

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Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

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Endocrinology News and Research

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