When mice that lack steroid receptor-2 (SRC-2) - a master regulator gene called a coactivator - fast for a day, their blood sugar levels plummet. If they go another day without food, they will die. The severity of the hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) was unexpected, said Dr. Bert W. O'Malley, chair of molecular and cellular biology at Baylor College of Medicine and senior author of the report on the study that appears in the current issue of the journal Science. Complete news at...
How ironic that we are closing out November, which is American Diabetes Month, with a holiday celebrated by overeating and inactivity. Why care? According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), if current trends continue, one in three Americans - and one in two minorities - born in 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime. In the United States, nearly 24 million children and adults have diabetes and 57 million have pre-diabetes. Complete news at...
Abu Dhabi readies for the second annual Diabetes walkathon, dubbed WALK UAE 2008 (on National Day weekend, November 28 at 3pm along the Corniche). This is the latest activity in the award winning Diabetes public awareness campaign under the patronage of HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak. As many as 10,000 participants are expected to walk the five kilometre route, according to the event organisers, Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (ICLDC). Complete news at...
GENFIT (Alternext: ALGFT; ISIN: FR0004163111), a biopharmaceutical company at the forefront of research and development of drugs, focusing on early diagnosis and preventive treatment of cardiometabolic and neurodegenerative diseases, today communicate on important efficacy data in healthy volunteers for its drug candidate GFT505 for the treatment of atherogenic dyslipidemia associated with pre-diabetes and diabetes (GFT505-1084 studies). Complete news at...
The research council FORMAS in Sweden has granted 574 000 euro to a new research project that will study the environmental fate and effects of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu on the development on influenza resistance. Tamiflu is being stockpiled all over the world for use in fighting the next influenza pandemic. However, there are growing signs that influenza viruses may develop resistance to this vital pharmaceutical, because it is routinely prescribed for seasonal influenza. Complete news at...
The following summarizes efforts that seek to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. Diabetes: St. Catherine Hospital's Stop Diabetes Program organizes education seminars at local churches to increase diabetes awareness among blacks and Hispanics. The program launched in 2006 and initially was a part of the Complete news at...
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