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.

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Older diabetics struggle with blood sugar control

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is rising in the U.S. elderly population, and nearly half of affected individuals fail to adequately control their blood sugar, new research shows.

"The current study's findings, in context of the projected increase in the elderly population, have critical public health and healthcare cost implications," Dr. Dong-Churl Suh, of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, and colleagues warn in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

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The Bypass Effect On Diabetes, Cancer

An operation performed primarily to reduce weight in the obese has some startlingly positive side effects. Gastric bypass surgery can send type 2 diabetes into complete remission, in some cases almost instantly. It can also alleviate sleep apnea, common among obese patients, which causes them to intermittently stop breathing in their sleep.

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Soul Singer Angie Stone Gives Diabetes FACE Time

What does this Grammy-nominated vocalist have to say about her own take on the 'betes? Come read the interview.

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6 more diabetes genes identified

LONDON - U.S. and European scientists have found six more genes that make people more susceptible to developing type 2 diabetes, in a study they say may help prevent and treat the chronic condition.

The finding extends the total number of genes linked to the disease to 16 and provides clues to how the biological mechanisms that control blood sugar levels go awry when people get type 2 diabetes, the researchers said.

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Johns Hopkins in Baltimore is Testing New Gel Therapy That Could Lead to Fewer Amputations

It began as just a callous on his toe, but it almost cost John Doody his leg.
Like many diabetics, the 66-year-old Arnold man developed a non- healing, or ulcerated, wound on his foot.
Now, one of Doody's doctors at the Johns Hopkins Wound Center is hoping to be part of a solution for the 100,000 diabetic Americans who lose limbs to non-healing wounds each year.

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Researchers find six more diabetes genes

Scientists have identified six new genes which play a role in the development of type 2 diabetes, and among the group is the second gene known to also play a role in prostate cancer.

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Diabetes' Toll Continues to Grow

Federal projections estimate that by 2050, some 48 million Americans will have type 2 diabetes. And the disease will bring with it complications such as blindness, hearing loss, kidney disease, nervous system disorders and amputations of extremities.

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Oramed Pharmaceuticals Successfully Completes Phase 1B Clinical Trials Of Oral Insulin Capsule

Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: ORMP.OB http://www.oramed.com), a developer of oral delivery systems, has successfully completed Phase 1B clinical trials of its oral insulin capsule. The Phase 1B trial, which utilized healthy volunteers, was focused on finding the optimal dosage for the formulation of Oramed's oral insulin product.

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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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