Metabolic syndrome - you might know it as pre-diabetes - is that
increasingly common collection of low HDL cholesterol, high triglycerides, high blood sugar, and high blood pressure. 1 in 4 Americans now have it.
Metabolic syndrome might be better called "metabolic turmoil," since there's a boiling pot of metabolic disruptions at work, such as increased inflammation (higher c-reactive protein and others), glycation (abnormal blood sugar modification of proteins, such as those in your eyes...
I just received another unsolicited solicitation by e-mail. It reads as follows: "Diabetes can be cured. Please send this life-changing... Read more »
On Friday, I got my JDRF Research Newsletter and one of the highlights was a study conducted by Yale University and University of Chicago... Read more »
News media sound bites were ricocheting around the Internet last week suggesting that perhaps type 2 diabetes is an intestinal disorder... Read more »
Each year, thousands of people participate in several dozen walks around the country in an effort to raise money to cure type 1 diabetes. ... Read more »
In a recent story that I wrote for this blog, Rat research and media hype,I pointed out that rat research can be overtaken by media hype.... Read more »
People who get enough vitamin D from sunshine and oily fish may cut their risk of diabetes and heart disease by 43 percent, researchers say. A review... Read more »
Has the battle to cure diabetes landed Type I patients and Type II on opposite sides? That’s the question behind a recent New York Times article ... Read more »
Canadian scientists say they have proof the body’s nervous system helps trigger diabetes. The research finds that defective nerve endings in mice... Read more »
This image is taken from a corner of the home page of a web site selling a Migraine cure. Well, I added the red "X," but if you've read much of my... Read more »
Curing Type 1 diabetes has been a primary goal for stem-cell research since the mid 1990s, but experts say scientists are still years away from... Read more »
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