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Scientists from the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Lund University and Novartis have announced the discovery of three unsuspected regions of human DNA that contain clear genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes, and another that is associated with e |
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Ten genetic variants associated with type 2 diabetes, a disease which impacts more than 170 million people worldwide, have been identified or confirmed by a U.S.-Finnish team led by scientists at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
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Glucose homeostasis, the appropriate balancing of blood sugar levels, is impaired early in patients who become diabetic, causing life-threatening
complications such as kidney failure and heart attacks. Studying the mechanisms of glucose homeostasis and |
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Morbidly obese undergoing the lesser known less invasive laparoscopic gastric banding surgery (LGBS) show improvements six months after surgery
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Ten outstanding geriatric social work faculty members have been chosen as the newest inductees into the Hartford Faculty Scholars Program, a venture funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation, administered by The Gerontological Society of America, and dir |
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Research increasingly shows promise to both slow and relieve the effects of diabetic retinopathy, the most common complication of diabetes.
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As American school-kids become fatter and fatter, the Institute of Medicine has indicated there is a serious need to establish school nutrition standards and limit access to competitive foods. Being overweigh/obese during childhood significantly increas |
