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Body Clock Receptor Linked To Diabetes In New Genetic Study

January 31, 2012 Diabetes Research

A study recently published in Nature Genetics has found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes. The study found that people who carry rare genetic mutations in the receptor for melatonin have a much higher risk of type 2 diabetes.

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Why Coffee Drinking Reduces The Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes

January 18, 2012 Diabetes Research

Why do heavy coffee drinkers have a lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, a disease on the increase around the world that can lead to serious health problems? Scientists are offering a new solution to that long-standing mystery in a report in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry.

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Bone Control of Glucose Levels

December 13, 2011 Diabetes Research

Bone cells known as osteoblasts were recently shown to have a role in controlling the biochemical reactions that generate energy via secretion of the molecule osteocalcin. A team of researchers, led by Stavroula Kousteni, at Columbia University, New York, has now determined that the protein FoxO1 regulates this function of osteoblasts in mice.

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Bone-Cell Control Of Energy Generation Is Regulated By The Protein Atf4

December 13, 2011 Diabetes Research

Bone cells known as osteoblasts were recently shown to have a role in controlling the biochemical reactions that generate energy via secretion of the molecule osteocalcin. Gerard Karsenty and colleagues, at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, therefore hypothesized that osteoblasts express a regulatory gene(s) that controls this osteoblast function and then identified Atf4 as this regulatory gene in mice.

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Skeleton Is An Endocrine Organ, Crucial To Regulating Energy Metabolism

December 13, 2011 Diabetes Research

Bones are typically thought of as calcified, inert structures, but researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have now identified a surprising and critically important novel function of the skeleton. They’ve shown for the first time that the skeleton is an endocrine organ that helps control our sugar metabolism and weight and, as such, is a major determinant of the development of type 2 diabetes.

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Diabetes Drug Shows Promise In Reducing Risk of Cancer, Study Suggests

November 28, 2011 Cancer

An inexpensive drug that treats Type-2 diabetes has been shown to prevent a number of natural and human-made chemicals from stimulating the growth of breast cancer cells, according to a newly published study by a Michigan State University researcher.

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Eating Nuts Daily Could Help Control Type 2 Diabetes And Prevent Complications, Study Suggests

November 16, 2011 Diabetes Research

Eating nuts every day could help control Type 2 diabetes and prevent its complications, according to new research from St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto. In the research, published online by the journal Diabetes Care, a team of researchers led by Dr. David Jenkins

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Benefits Of Nut Consumption For People With Abdominal Obesity, High Blood Sugar, High Blood Pressure

November 16, 2011 Diabetes Research

For the first time, scientists report a link between eating nuts and higher levels of serotonin in the bodies of patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS), who are at high risk for heart disease. Serotonin is a substance that helps transmit nerve signals and decreases feelings of hunger, makes people feel happier and improves heart health. It took only one ounce of mixed nuts (raw unpeeled walnuts, almonds and hazelnuts) a day to produce the good effects.

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Possible Link Between Two Type 2 Diabetes Drugs And Pancreatic Cancer, New Research Suggests

October 3, 2011 Cancer

Two newer drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes could be linked to a significantly increased risk of developing pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, and one could also be linked to an increased risk of thyroid cancer, according to a new UCLA study.

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Metabolic Syndrome May Cause Kidney Disease

August 22, 2011 Diabetes Research

Metabolic syndrome comprises a group of medical disorders that increase people’s risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and premature death when they occur together. A patient is diagnosed with the syndrome when he or she exhibits three or more of the following characteristics: high blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat in the waist/abdomen, low good cholesterol, and higher levels of fatty acids (the building blocks of fat).

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Switch in Cell’s ‘Power Plant’ Declines With Age, Rejuvenated by Drug

August 20, 2011 Diabetes Research

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have found a protein normally involved in blood pressure regulation in a surprising place: tucked within the little “power plants” of cells, the mitochondria. The quantity of this protein appears to decrease with age, but treating older mice with the blood pressure medication losartan can increase [...]

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New Link Found Between Obesity And Insulin Resistance

August 3, 2011 Diabetes Research

Obesity is the main culprit in the worldwide avalanche of Type 2 diabetes. But how excess weight drives insulin resistance, the condition that may lead to the disease, is only partly understood. Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center now have uncovered a new way in which obesity wreaks its havoc, by altering the production of proteins that affect how other proteins are spliced together.

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