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Laura on Diabetes
Monday, October 06 2008
A small new study suggests that even one exercise session may be able to reverse some of the harm caused by overeating. Researchers studied five women and found that one day of overeating reduced the body's fat-burning oxidation rate - a rate that is linked to insulin sensitivity. But when the same women exercised after overeating they increased... Read more
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Laura on Diabetes
Tuesday, September 16 2008
Although gastric bypass surgery has been touted as being a lifesaver for diabetics, a new study found that Diabetics lost less weight as a result of the surgery, than overweight non-diabetics.
The study, from the Bariatric Surgery Program at University of California, San Francisco, studied 310 people. They found that 92 percent of the... Read more
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Laura on Diabetes
Tuesday, September 02 2008
Did you know you can take our expert posts with you? Introducing MyDiabetesCentral's new widgets, which display each of our expert's posts wherever you want! (FYI: A widget is a small tool that you can put onto your personal blog, facebook page, iGoogle, and more. The widget is a module that displays the important diabetes information and... Read more
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Laura on Diabetes
Friday, August 29 2008
Biologists at Harvard have located three "crucial molecular switches," that can convert a normal pancreas cell to an insulin-producing cell, the Washington Post is reporting.
This cell transformation would allow patients with Diabetes to have their cells reprogrammed and would cure them of the chronic ailment without the use of drugs or... Read more
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Laura on Diabetes
Wednesday, August 27 2008
Last week the public learned of 6 more reported cases of pancreatitis and 2 deaths possibly connected to use of the type 2 diabetes drug Byetta. The first reports of a possible connection came in October of 2007. Now Amylin and Eli Lilly, makers of the drug, have announced the deaths of 4 more people who had been taking Byetta. Tuesday night,... Read more
