Health
Consuming low-calorie sweeteners may predispose overweight individuals to diabetes
CHICAGO--Consumption of low-calorie sweeteners could promote metabolic syndrome and predispose people to prediabetes and diabetes, particularly in individuals with obesity,...
New diabetes drug may help people with obesity lose weight
CHICAGO--A compound that mimics a naturally occurring hormone that regulates appetite may help people who have obesity but not diabetes...
Hormone imbalance may explain higher diabetes rates in sleep-deprived men
CHICAGO--Studies have found an association between insufficient sleep and the development of insulin resistance, one of the factors that cause...
Columbia scientists locate nerve cells that enable fruit flies to escape danger
Credit: Anita Burgos/Grueber Lab/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute Columbia University researchers have identified the nerve cells that initiate a fly's escape response:...
Breastfeeding may protect high-birthweight infants from childhood obesity
CHICAGO--Breastfeeding may protect high-birthweight infants from having overweight or obesity as children, new research from South Korea suggests. The results...
Too few women with diabetes receive recommended preconception counseling
CHICAGO--Not enough women of childbearing age who have diabetes are receiving the recommended preconception counseling, a new study suggests. The...
Glucose monitoring helps prevent hypoglycemia in hospitalized heart disease patients
CHICAGO--Hospitalized patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) may need frequent glucose monitoring to prevent hypoglycemia and death, new research...
Veterans with type 2 diabetes improve blood sugar control using telehealth
CHICAGO--A telehealth program for diabetes self-management not only shortens the wait to talk to a physician specialist versus an in-person...
Experts issue recommendations to improve testosterone prescribing practices
Chicago, IL--New scientific evidence has strengthened the case for reserving testosterone therapy for well-documented cases of hypogonadism, a condition where...
Endocrine Society awards inaugural Baxter Prize to women’s health entrepreneur
CHICAGO--French physician and researcher André Ulmann, M.D., Ph.D., won the Endocrine Society's first-ever John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship for...
Chemicals in lavender and tea tree oil appear to be hormone disruptors
CHICAGO--A new study lends further evidence to a suspected link between abnormal breast growth in young boys--called prepubertal gynecomastia--and regular...
Prenatal exposure to plasticizer may affect male fertility in future generations
CHICAGO -- Chemicals found in a variety of routinely used consumer products may be contributing to the substantial drop in...
Exposure to low levels of BPA during pregnancy can lead to altered brain development
CHICAGO -- New research in mice provides an explanation for how exposure to the widely used chemical bisphenol A (BPA)...
Roux-en-Y surgery linked with more non-vertebral fractures than adjustable gastric banding
CHICAGO--Patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery may be at greater risk for non-vertebral fracture than those having adjustable gastric...
Clinical medicine training prepares medical students to treat transgender patients
CHICAGO--Medical students who are specifically trained in clinical transgender medicine are better prepared to treat transgender patients, a new study...
Estrogen may reduce disordered eating in female athletes with irregular periods
CHICAGO--Giving one year of estrogen replacement to female athletes with exercise-induced menstrual irregularities improves drive for thinness, body dissatisfaction and...
Researchers advise the use of anaesthesia in foetuses from 21 weeks of gestation
Credit: University of Seville / Hospital Virgen del Rocío Although the problem of whether foetuses are able to feel pain...
Obesity and health problems: New research on a safeguard mechanism
Obesity and its negative impacts on health - including metabolic syndrome, type-2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular complications - are a...
Mice change their appearance as a result of frequent exposure to humans
Credit: Linda Heeb Dogs, cows, sheep, horses, pigs, and birds - over the past 15,000 years, our ancestors domesticated dozens...
3-D tissue model of developing heart could help drug safety testing for pregnant women
The heart is the first organ to develop in the womb and the first cause of concern for many parents....
