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News From The Annals Of Family Medicine: May/June 2012

roy — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:04:00 +0000

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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Preventing The Passing Of Mitochondrial Mutations From Mother To Child

roy — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:03:23 +0000

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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No Association Found Between White Potato Consumption (Baked, Boiled Mashed) And Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Or Systemic Inflammation

roy — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:03:12 +0000

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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Less Than 6 Hours Of Sleep Can Impact Appetite Regulation And Increase BMI

roy — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:03:13 +0000

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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Rapamycin Can Cause Diabetic-Like State

roy — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:04:07 +0000

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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Risk Of Heart Disease In Type 2 Diabetes May Be Reduced By Vitamin D-Fortified Yogurt

roy — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:03:16 +0000

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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Artificial Pancreas Testing Approved For Outpatients, USA

roy — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:03:06 +0000

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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Bacterium H. Pylori May Undermine Blood Sugar Control

roy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:03:18 +0000

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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Enabling Women To Spend Less Time Sitting Could Reduce Diabetes Risk

roy — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:03:00 +0000

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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‘The Roadmap To Close The Gap For Vision’ – $70 Million Could Save The Sight Of Indigenous Australians

roy — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:03:16 +0000

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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