Diabetes drug may help treat obesity

Lay summary of an article in Diabetes Care (September 2008) suggesting that the use of pramlintide (trade name: Symlin) among obese persons without diabetes may assist weight loss, when compared to intensive lifestyle management alone.

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Do Sugar Substitutes Make You Fat?

True or false: If you're trying to slim down, you should switch from sugar to an artificial sweetener.

The answer may be false. According to early studies, the fake stuff could actually lead to overeating.

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Poor Coordination in Childhood Tied to Adult Obesity

A lack of physical control and coordination in childhood may be tied to an increased risk of obesity in later life, a new study says. The findings, based on 11,041 individuals in the ongoing National Child Development Study in Great Britain, showed that children who showed poor hand control, poor coordination, and clumsiness at age 7 in testing were more likely to be obese adults. Those with poorer functioning motor skills at age 11 also... read more

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Kids' Obesity May Lead to Epidemic of Adult Diabetes

Summary of article in The Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine. Original author, Dr. Joyce Lee, argues for prevention and treatment of obesity in children and adolescents as a method of mitigating a predicted epidemic of type 2 diabetes. Likely from same source article as News item 666, "Type 2 diabetes epidemic seen looming"

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Type 2 diabetes epidemic seen looming

Summary of article published in The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, July 2008. Childhood and adolescent obesity is seen as presaging an epidemic of type 2 diabetes. The author of the originnal article, Dr. Joyce Lee, calls for prevention and treatment of childhood obesity. Failing that, health care costs will rise with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in increasingly younger adults

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Common Cooking Spice Found In Curry Shows Promise In Combating Diabetes And Obesity

Turmeric, an Asian spice found in many curries, has a long history of use in reducing inflammation, healing wounds and relieving pain, but can it prevent diabetes? Since inflammation plays a big role in many diseases and is believed to be involved in onset of both obesity and Type 2 diabetes, Drew Tortoriello, M.D., an endocrinologist and research scientist at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University Medical Center, and his colleagues were curious... read more

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Aspirin-like compounds may help obese people skip diabetes

Obesity is a big risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Now, a study has found that aspirin-like compounds called salicylates may help obese people avoid diabetes by increasing their insulin production.

Insulin is crucial to metabolizing blood sugar. In type 2 diabetes, cells - especially fat cells - become resistant to insulin, so the body needs more of it to keep blood sugar levels from staying harmfully high.

While previous studies have shown aspirin reduces... read more

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Innovative Research Method Applied To Identify Changes In Gene Networks Linked To Obesity

The article focuses on an innovative research method that shows Obesity and other related diseases aren't due to a few genetic modifications but rather are related to both environmental and genetic modifications to entire gene networks.

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Birmingham Men Twice As Likely To Have Diabetes, UK

Interesting article that relates to obese men over age 40 being more prone to Type 2 Diabetes.

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