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Polycystic ovary syndrome puts glucose control in double jeopardy
Polycystic ovary syndrome, a condition affecting about 10 percent of women and characterized by excess male hormone and increased risk of diabetes and heart disease, appears to cause a sort of double...
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TIME, June 7, 2013 Marjorie Shaw Phillips was featured in a TIME story about an FDA panel modifying restrictions for the diabetes drug Avandia. Read: FDA Panel Says Modify the Avandia Restrictions.
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TEDDY study yielding new approach to finding high-risk genes for type 1 diabetes
Massive samples emanating from a decade-old, international initiative to determine how genetics and environment cause type 1 diabetes are giving scientists a unique perspective on which molecular and...
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Scientist working to break vicious cycle causing vision loss in diabetes
It’s a vicious cycle that robs people with diabetes of their vision. The hallmark high glucose of the disease causes inflammation that produces free radicals that cause inflammation that produces more...
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First estrogen receptor mutation found in a young woman
A receptor mutation that essentially blocks estrogen’s action has been identified for the first time in a female, researchers report. The 18-year-old wasn’t experiencing breast development or...
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National Eye Institute grant aims to protect sight from diabetes
Scientists want to shore up a good relationship that goes bad in diabetes. Things are good when foods such as poultry and fish ensure ample supplies of the amino acid L-arginine are around to team with...
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Study aims to help patients with peripheral artery disease become more active
For millions of Americans, simply walking to the mailbox can cause unbearable leg pain as muscles scream for more blood and oxygen. It’s called peripheral arterial disease and, ironically, one of the...
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STING may take the bite out of autoimmune diseases like arthritis, type 1...
A little STING could go a long way in helping treat or even avoid autoimmune diseases such as arthritis, type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis, researchers report. With some prompting, the protein...
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Two players produce destructive cascade of diabetic retinopathy
The retina can be bombarded by reactive oxygen species in diabetes, prompting events that destroy healthy blood vessels, form leaky new ones and ruin vision. Now researchers have learned that those...
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Exercise, surgically removing belly fat improves cognition in obese, diabetic...
Cognitive decline that often accompanies obesity and diabetes can be reversed with regular exercise or surgical removal of belly fat, scientists report. A drug already used to treat rheumatoid...
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