351 Articles with the topic: Diabetes & Endocrinology
Your Oral Health Is Connected to Your Overall Health
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (www.sciencedaily.com)
Scientists at the 87th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research, convening today in Miami Beach, report new studies on the connection between oral disease and systemic disease. A recurring theme is the relationship between periodontal (gum) disease and infant prematurity, diabetes, or stroke. 
Economics school study finds no link between adult testosterone regimens and financial risk-taking
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.nature.com)
For a while now, researchers have noticed that men and women behave differently in financial situations. In particular, men appear to be much more aggressive in things like day trading, while women tend to take a more sedate tack. To see if the quintessential male hormone, testosterone, was responsible, researchers measured the levels of testosterone in the saliva of male securities traders and found a positive correlation between higher testosterone levels and more risk-taking
New Fat-fighting Pathway Discovered
piggy submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.sciencedaily.com)
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a process that controls the amount of fat that cells store for use as a back-up energy source. Disruption of this process allows cellular fat to accumulate—a key factor in age-related metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 obesity
US panel: Novo Nordisk tumor data concern for humans
piggy submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.reuters.com)
Novo Nordisk failed to provide data to show that thyroid tumors in rodents given its experimental diabetes drug would not pose a concern for people treated with the drug, a U.S. advisory panel said in a 12-1 vote on Thursday.
The committee of outside experts was set to vote later on whether the tumor findings should prevent marketing of the drug, liraglutide.
Scientists grow diabetes drug in tobacco plants
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.reuters.com)
Scientists have found a healthy use for tobacco after breeding genetically modified plants containing interleukin 10, which could interfere with the progression of type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune conditions.
The process of growing medicines through genetically modified plants, called molecular farming, is projected to be cheaper than traditional factory methods. The article also quotes University of Verona scientist Mario Pezzotti as saying that they may also be cheaper than cell cultures--the current standard for antibody medicines
Diet Rich in Calcium Aids Weight Loss in People with Calcium-Deficient Diets
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.sciencedaily.com)
Boosting calcium consumption spurs weight loss, according to a study published in the most recent issue of the British Journal of Nutrition, but only in people whose diets are calcium deficient.
Hormone Offers Promise As Fertility Treatment
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.sciencedaily.com)
New research suggests the hormone kisspeptin shows promise as a potential new treatment for infertility. The research is being presented at the annual Society for Endocrinology BES meeting in Harrogate.
Scientists led by Dr. Waljit Dhillo from Imperial College, London, have shown that giving kisspeptin to women with infertility can activate the release of sex hormones that control the menstrual cycle. This research could lead to a new fertility therapy for women with low sex hormone levels.
Virus said to trigger childhood-onset diabetes
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (news.bbc.co.uk)
U.K. researchers report that enteroviruses may be triggers for type I diabetes, particularly in children. In a study of diabetic children, pancreatic tissue from 60% of the subjects was shown to be infected with enterovirus. Hardly any non-diabetic children showed any enterovirus at all. In adults this figure was closer to 40%.
Type I diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body kills off its own beta cells (this is as opposed to type II diabetes, in which the body's insulin receptors are damaged or less sensitive)
Not so sweet: Over-consumption of sugar linked to aging
piggy submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.eurekalert.org)
We know that lifespan can be extended in animals by restricting calories such as those gleaned from sugar intake. Now, according to a study published in the journal PLoS Genetics, Université de Montréal scientists have discovered that it's not the sugar itself that is important in this process but the ability of cells to sense its presence.
Aging is a complex phenomenon and the mechanisms underlying it have yet to be explained. What researchers do know is that there is a clear relationship between aging and calorie intake
Hormone Disorder Drug Could Help Drinkers Stay Sober
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.sciencedaily.com)
Cabergoline, also called Dostinex, a drug prescribed for male and female infertility and menstrual disorders could hold the key to a more effective treatment for alcoholism, according to a study by researchers at the UCSF-affiliated Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center. Test rodents that display alcohol-seeking behavior decrease their alcohol consumption when dosed with the drug. It did not affect other reward-seeking behaviors, such as sucrose consumption
Drug Combination Reduces Risk of Kidney Disease in Diabetics
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.sciencedaily.com)
For patients with type two diabetes, a combination of two blood-pressure-lowering drugs reduces the risk of kidney disease by about twenty percent—even in patients who don't have high blood pressure, reports a study in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
Abuse Leaves Its Mark on the Brain
piggy submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
Child abuse doesn't just cause emotional problems; it also causes long-lasting changes the brain. A new study shows that in men who were abused as children, a gene involved in stress control is affected even decades later, following a pattern also seen in stressed baby rats.
Rat studies have revealed that maternal neglect alters the workings of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, a system that secretes particular hormones in response to stress
New lab evidence suggests preventive effects of herbal supplement in prostate cancer
piggy submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.eurekalert.org)
DHEA is a natural circulating hormone and the body's production of it decreases with age. Men take DHEA as an over-the-counter supplement because it has been suggested that DHEA can reverse aging or have anabolic effects since it can be metabolized in the body to androgens. Increased consumption of dietary isoflavones is associated with a decreased risk of prostate cancer. Red clover (Trifolium pretense) is one source of isoflavones. Both supplements may have hormonal effects in the prostate and little is known about the safety of these supplements
High Hormone Levels in Women May Lead to Infidelity
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.sciencedaily.com)
Women with high levels of the sex hormone estradiol may engage in opportunistic mating, according to a new study by psychology researchers at the University of Texas at Austin.
Natural Brain Substance Blocks Weight Gain in Mice, Researchers Discover
piggy submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.sciencedaily.com)
Mice with increased levels of a natural brain chemical don't gain weight when fed a high-fat diet, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
The chemical, orexin, works by increasing the body's sensitivity to the "weight-loss hormone," leptin, the researchers report.
Finding a way to boost the orexin system may prove useful as a therapy against obesity, said Dr. Masashi Yanagisawa, professor of molecular genetics at UT Southwestern and senior author of the study, which appears in the January issue of Cell Metabolism.
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