| Diabetes: |
| Once-Weekly Diabetes Drug Boosts Blood Sugar Control (HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - SUNDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A new once-a-week formulation
of the injectable diabetes drug Byetta controls blood sugar even better
than the older twice-a-day formulation, researchers report. |
| Genes may link birth weight, diabetes in adulthood (Reuters) |
| Reuters - A large study of Swedish twins
indicates that a common genetic cause underlies both low birth
weight and the propensity to develop type 2 diabetes. |
| Gastric bypass anatomy leads to diabetes control (Reuters) |
| Reuters - The rapid and substantial
control of diabetes seen after gastric bypass surgery is due,
at least in part, to the intestinal rearrangement involved in
the procedure, the results of an animal study suggest. |
| Obesity not a red flag for spotting diabetes (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Obese people with diabetes are
just as likely to go undiagnosed as their slimmer peers with
the disease, Harvard Medical School researchers report. |
| Cancer, diabetes leave fingerprints in blood, serum (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Diseases such as cancer and diabetes
leave "fingerprints" in the serum and blood plasma of patients
and these may provide a valuable and non-invasive diagnostic
tool in time to come, according to a Chinese study. |
| Study backs low vitamin D-diabetes link (Reuters) |
| Reuters - People with lower levels of
vitamin D in their blood may be at greater risk of developing
type 2 diabetes, according to research published in the journal
Epidemiology this month. |
| Cells change identity in promising breakthrough (AP) |
| AP - Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases. |
| Researchers turn living cells into insulin-makers (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Researchers have transformed
ordinary cells into insulin-producing cells in a living mouse,
improving symptoms of diabetes in a major step towards
regenerative medicine. |
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