Pharmacists provide patient value in team-based care
The model has been shown to improve outcomes for patients whose chronic diseases make care complexCredit: UNTHSC With inhaler in ...
Tag: Metabolism/Metabolic Diseases
Diabetes-Alzheimer’s link explored at Neuroscience 2019
Live-streamed press conference offers breaking researchCredit: Society for Neuroscience Surprising links exist between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, and researchers are ...
Researchers discover a link between two important products of nitric oxide
Oxide plays a key role in cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases as well as cancer; experiments reveal a hitherto unknown mechanism ...
Study: Aggressive breast cancers store large amounts of energy, which enables it to spread
The finding suggests a potential target in the metabolism that could slow or prevent breast cancer metastasisCredit: University of Michigan ...
NIH funding bolsters rare diseases research collaborations
New grants aimed at better understanding diseases, moving potential treatments closer to the clinicCredit: Xiangyang Zhang, Ph.D., The George Washington ...
WVU researchers study link between low birth weight and cardiovascular risk
Credit: Greg Ellis/West Virginia University Low birth weight is linked not only to poor health outcomes at birth but also ...
Smart insole can double as lifesaving technology for diabetic patients
Stevens Institute of Technology and Bonbouton sign exclusive license agreement to bring diabetic patients insole that could prevent ulcersCredit: Bonbouton ...
High-fructose and high-fat diet damages liver mitochondria, study finds
Increases fatty-liver disease risk and metabolic syndromeCredit: Stephanie M. McPherson BOSTON - (October 1, 2019) - Researchers at Joslin Diabetes ...
Discovery enables clear identification of diseased beta cells in type 2 diabetes
This study not only solves the problem of cell separation in the laboratory, but helps improve understanding of how type ...
Pancreatic cancer discovery reveals how the aggressive cancer fuels its growth
Finding may explain why promising drugs work -- and when they won'tCredit: Dan Addison | UVA A new discovery about ...
Obesity epidemic results in NAFLD becoming most common cause of liver disease in Europe
World's leading experts gather in Seville to discuss the fastest growing health epidemic in Europe now affecting 1 in 4 ...
Mummy study: Heart disease was bigger issue for human ancestors than initially thought
Credit: Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth A new imaging study of the mummified arteries of people who lived thousands of years ...
How cancer breaks down your muscles
New research sheds light on how cancer tumors can take control of muscle cells and cause wasting.Credit: Illustration: NTNU and ...
Circulating molecules in blood may be stepping stone for type 1 diabetes early prediction
Credit: Image by: University of Turku Researchers from the Turku Bioscience Centre in Finland have found changes in molecules in ...
Familial hypercholesterolemia patients at high risk for cardiovascular events
Earlier diagnosis and more aggressive cholesterol lowering may reduce the risk according to new data from the FH Foundation's CASCADE ...
Prestigious grant to use artificial intelligence for improved glucose control
Credit: © Adrian Moser The ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research of the University of Bern is the recipient of ...
Too much of a good thing: Overactive immune cells trigger inflammation
Credit: DBM Scientists describe a previously unknown disorder of the immune system: in a distinct subset of immune cells from ...
Study reveals how HIV infection may contribute to metabolic conditions
Credit: Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute A single viral factor released from HIV-infected cells may wreak havoc on the body ...
Signals from skin cells control fat cell specialization
Credit: Kobe University When cells change to a more specialized type, we call this process cellular differentiation. Scientists have revealed ...
Family experience influences diabetes risk, management for African Americans
Credit: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - African American families not only share a higher risk for Type 2 diabetes, ...
