By roy, on May 17th, 2012%
Reinvigorating the 1967 Folsom Report’s ‘Communities of Solution’ to Address Today’s Fragmented U.S. Health Care System In the wake of federal efforts to reform the U.S. health care system, a group of rising family medicine leaders call for a reinvigoration of community-centered health systems, as originally outlined in the landmark 1967 Folsom Report…
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By roy, on May 8th, 2012%
Research conducted at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University helps answer some long-standing questions about how certain disease-causing gene mutations are inherited. The research specifically focused on gene mutations in cell mitochondria that can cause several diseases, including forms of cancer, diabetes, infertility and neurodegenerative diseases…
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By roy, on April 29th, 2012%
Preliminary Research presented at The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Conference in San Diego demonstrates that habitual consumption of white potatoes (baked, boiled and mashed) is not associated with obesity, type 2 diabetes or levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of systemic inflammation once potential confounding factors are controlled for (e.g…
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By roy, on April 20th, 2012%
Can lack of sleep make you fat? A new paper which reviews the evidence from sleep restriction studies reveals that inadequate sleep is linked to obesity. The research, published in a special issue of the The American Journal of Human Biology, explores how lack of sleep can impact appetite regulation, impair glucose metabolism and increase blood pressure…
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By roy, on April 11th, 2012%
A study published in Cell Metabolism reports that scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered why some patients who receive rapamycin, an immuno-suppressant that also has anti-cancer activity, and may even slow ageing, have developed symptoms similar to diabetes…
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By roy, on April 2nd, 2012%
Daily intake of vitamin D-fortified doogh (Persian yogurt drink) improved inflammatory markers in type 2 diabetics and extra calcium conferred additional anti-inflammatory benefits, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM)…
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By roy, on March 24th, 2012%
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a key testing phase for an artificial pancreas developed by researchers of the University of Virginia, which could potentially automate care for millions of type-1 diabetics. The FDA’s recently approved first U.S…
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By roy, on March 15th, 2012%
The presence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), a bacterium, has been linked to higher levels of HbA1c, a diabetes biomarker which is used for measuring blood sugar levels in patients with diabetes. For people with higher BMIs (body mass indexes), the association was even higher…
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By roy, on March 6th, 2012%
A new study has found that women who stay seated for long periods of time every day are more prone to developing type 2 diabetes, but that a similar link wasn’t found in men…
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By roy, on February 26th, 2012%
Presently Indigenous Australians suffer six times the blindness of mainstream Australians and 94 percent of vision loss in Indigenous Australians is unnecessary, preventable or treatable. ‘The Roadmap to Close the Gap for Vision’ is the first comprehensive framework to ‘close the gap’ on Indigenous eye health and draws together more than five years extensive research and consultation…
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