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Diabetic Kidney Failure May Be Reversed With Low-Carbohydrate Diet

June 18, 2011 Diabetes Research

Researchers have found that by administering a low-carb, high-fat diet in mice, that diabetic kidney damage was reversed, and also uncovered an array of genes associated with kidney failure. Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have for the first time determined that the ketogenic diet, a specialized high-fat, low carbohydrate diet, may reverse impaired kidney function in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

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Dietary Formula That Maintains Youthful Function Into Old Age

September 7, 2010 Cardiovascular Research

Researchers at McMaster University have developed a cocktail of ingredients that forestalls major aspects of the aging process. The findings are published in the current issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine. “As we all eventually learn, ageing diminishes our mind, fades our perception of the world and compromises our physical capacity,” says David Rollo, [...]

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Increased Risk Of Death In Men With Insomnia And A Short Sleep Duration

September 2, 2010 Cognitive Function

A study in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal Sleep found an elevated risk of death in men with a complaint of chronic insomnia and an objectively measured short sleep duration. The results suggest that public health policy should emphasize the diagnosis and appropriate treatment of chronic insomnia.

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Insomnia With Short Sleep Duration Is A Risk Factor For Diabetes

September 2, 2010 Diabetes Research

Individuals with insomnia and objective short sleep duration are at increased risk for developing diabetes, according to a research abstract that will be presented on June 9, at Sleep 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.

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Moderate Coffee Consumption Improves Aortic Distensibility In Hypertensive Elderly Individuals, Study Finds

August 31, 2010 Cardiovascular Research

A detailed study conducted by a team from the University of Athens on the Aegean island of Ikaria has demonstrated that moderate consumption of coffee by hypertensive elderly individuals can lead to improvements in aortic distensibility, according to a presentation at the European Society of Cardiology’s Congress 2010 in Stockholm.

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New Evidence That Drinking Coffee May Reduce The Risk Of Diabetes

August 31, 2010 Diabetes Research

Scientists are reporting new evidence that drinking coffee may help prevent diabetes and that caffeine may be the ingredient largely responsible for this effect. Their findings, among the first animal studies to demonstrate this apparent link, appear in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

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Grapefruit’s Bitter Taste Holds A Sweet Promise For Diabetes Therapy

August 31, 2010 Diabetes Research

Naringenin, an antioxidant derived from the bitter flavor of grapefruits and other citrus fruits, may cause the liver to break down fat while increasing insulin sensitivity, a process that naturally occurs during long periods of fasting.

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Insulin Resistance, Type 2 Diabetes Linked To Plaques Associated With Alzheimer’s Disease

August 30, 2010 Diabetes Research

People with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes appear to be at an increased risk of developing plaques in the brain that are associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research published in the August 25, 2010, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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Fat Distribution Plays A Role In Weight Loss Success In Patients At Risk Of Diabetes

August 30, 2010 Diabetes Research

Why is it that some people lose weight and body fat when they exercise and eat less and others don’t? German researchers say MRI and magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy can provide the answer — and help predict who will benefit from lifestyle changes. Results of the study are published online and will appear in the November issue of the journal Radiology.

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Vitamin D Found To Influence Over 200 Genes, Highlighting Links To Disease

August 24, 2010 Arthritis Research

The extent to which vitamin D deficiency may increase susceptibility to a wide range of diseases is dramatically highlighted in newly published research. Scientists have mapped the points at which vitamin D interacts with our DNA — and identified over two hundred genes that it directly influences.

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Diabetes Can Cause A Sugar Coating That Smothers Body’s Immune Defences, Researchers Find

August 24, 2010 Diabetes Research

Research led by the Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick has found that unhealthy glucose levels in patients with diabetes can cause significantly more problems for the body than just the well-known symptoms of the disease such as kidney damage and circulation problems. The raised glucose can also form what can be described as a sugar coating that can effectively smother and block the mechanisms our bodies use to detect and fight bacterial and fungal infections.

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Vitamin D May Treat Or Prevent Allergy To Common Mold

August 18, 2010 Asthma Research

Research conducted by Dr. Jay Kolls, Professor and Chair of Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and colleagues, has found that vitamin D may be an effective therapeutic agent to treat or prevent allergy to a common mold that can complicate asthma and frequently affects patients with Cystic Fibrosis.

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