This year, thousands of people in communities across the country will join the movement to Stop Diabetes® by participating in the American Diabetes Association’s Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes event. Step Out is a fundraising walk that takes place in more than 140 cities to raise awareness about diabetes and to raise much needed funds to help change the future of this growing epidemic that is taking a physical, emotional and Read the rest of this entry »
Co-Workers, Families And Friends ‘Step Out’ To Stop Diabetes
August 27th, 2010
Lipid Peroxides Found To Be More Sophisticated Than Their Reputation
August 27th, 2010
In a joint study conducted by Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and a research group at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, researchers have now discovered that lipid peroxides* play a specific physiological role in the cell. Prior to this study, scientists had already established that accumulation of lipid peroxides* indicate cell stress. Lipid peroxides have further been Read the rest of this entry »
Type 2 Diabetes And Insulin Resistance Linked To Higher Alzheimer’s Disease Risk
August 26th, 2010
Individuals with Type 2 diabetes or insulin resistance have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease because they are more likely to develop plaques in the brain associated with Azheimer’s, says a new report published in the medical journal Neurology , issued August 25th, 2010. Insulin resistance is one stage before diabetes, when insulin becomes less effective in reducing blood sugar levels.
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Insulin Resistance, Type 2 Diabetes Linked To Plaques Associated With Alzheimer’s Disease
August 26th, 2010
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.
Insulin resistance, or the stage before diabetes, happens when insulin, a hormone in the body, becomes less Read the rest of this entry »
Court Curtails Stem Cell Research
August 25th, 2010A federal court decision has blocked a White House policy allowing more embryonic stem cell research, a change that research advocates say will postpone long-awaited breakthroughs.
The ruling by chief judge Royce Lamberth of Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, granted a temporary injunction rescinding a 2009 executive order by President Obama loosening constraints on the research, saying that the president had violated Read the rest of this entry »