Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . June 14th, 2004
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Diabetes Therapy - Simplified method for determining rosiglitazone in plasma developed
Diabetic Neuropathy - Latissimus dorsi muscle changes impair cardiomyoplasty in diabetes
Insulin Resistance - Insulin resistance and hypertension reviewed
Obesity and Diabetes - Dietary protein impact on glycemic control during weight loss reviewed
Type 2 Diabetes Pathogenesis - Hypothesis for type 2 diabetes pathogenesis proposed
Amoebiasis - Diabetic patients have increased risk of amoebiasis
Atherosclerosis - Haptoglobin phenotypes differ in ability to inhibit heme transfer from Hb to LDL
Behavioral Health - Women exposed to frustrating noise stress snack more afterwards
Breast Cancer - Obesity may affect accuracy of mammography
Cancer Therapy - Inhibiting IGF-1R tyrosine kinase protects against malignancies
Collaborations - Pharmaceuticals enter agreement involving obesity compound
Collaborations - Use of breakthrough target demonstrated to regulate obesity licensed
Crohn Disease - Positive results reported on trials of Humira in Crohn disease
Diabetes - Commercial health teas differ in efficacy of glucose absorption
Diabetes - Diabetics benefit from aggressive blood pressure control
Diabetes - Traveling tips offered to people with diabetes
Diabetes Care - New system helps type I diabetics
Diabetes Epidemiology - Type 2 diabetes among U.K. Asian children higher than among white children
Diabetes Genomics and Genetics - Autoimmune diabetes is blocked in stat4-deficient mice
Diabetes Management - New Precision Xtra blood glucose test strip launched
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Aging Americans and diabetes reviewed
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Arsenic trioxide generates islet cell toxicity in rabbits
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Relation between type 1 diabetes and coxsackievirus investigated
Diabetes Pathogenesis - pdx-1 expression promotes differentiation of insulin-producing cells
Diabetes Survival & Mortality - QT interval is predictor risk of death in diabetes
Diabetes Therapy - AICAR stimulates adiponectin and inhibits cytokines in adipose tissue
Diabetes Therapy - Interaction of serum albumin with novel antidiabetic agent described
Diabetes Therapy - Vascular endothelial growth factor supports islet graft survival
Diabetic Nephropathy - Hepatocyte growth factor gene transfer may treat diabetic kidney disease
Diabetic Neuropathy - Diabetic autonomic neuropathy reviewed
Endocrinology - Steatohepatitis signals insulin resistance during growth hormone therapy
Epidemiology - Health Department says chronic disease threat to Alabamians
Exercise - Fitness increases anaerobic capacity during upper body exercise
Finance - PacificHealth Laboratories reports a 64% increase in revenues
Fitness - Training effect on heart rate and blood pressure variability examined
Genetics & Genomics - GNB3 gene associated with pulse pressure and risk for cardiovascular disease
Hypertension - Study counters perceptions about treating hypertension in blacks
Information Technology - Interactive obesity management program introduced
Insulin Resistance - Contractions induce phosphorylation of AMPK site Ser565 in muscle
Insulin Resistance - Molecular regulation of SREBP function investigated
Insulin Resistance - Offspring of hypertensives have greater insulin resistance than controls
Lipid Studies - Hepatic steatosis not due to impaired fatty acid oxidation capacities
Market Analysis - Type 1 diabetes drug market to expand with insulin analogs, inhaled insulins
Metabolic Diseases - Abdominal fat increases FFA distribution to liver, especially in women
Morphology - Structure of healthy, but obese, young women's hearts is different
Obesity - Cardiology expert comments on diet studies
Obesity - StayWell Weight Management Solution Center launched
Obesity - Study: CLA helps overweight adults safely reduce body fat
Obesity Genomics and Genetics - Genetic determinants of obesity-related lipid traits outlined
Obesity Pathogenesis - Neuropeptide Y presynaptic actions reduced in obese rat hypothalamus
Obesity Pathogenesis - PPAR-gamma required in mature white and brown adipocytes for survival
Obesity Pathogenesis - Total ghrelin remains unchanged after short-term energy restriction
Obesity Risk Factor - Gourmet coffee consumption increases obesity risk in college women
Obesity Therapy - Amantadine did not affect weight gain induced by olanzapine
Pancreas - Pax2 mutant mice have increased numbers of islets of Langerhans
Pancreas Transplantation - Donor obesity does not affect outcome after cadaver pancreas transplant
Personnel - Gerard E. Puorro and Brian F. Sullivan join board of SonoPrepmaker
Transplant Medicine - Hepatocyte growth factor expands outcomes after islet transplantation
Type 2 Diabetes - Diabetes study demonstrates new paradigm for finding disease-associated genes
Type 2 Diabetes - Inositol hexakisphosphate helps regulate beta-cell protein phosphatases
Urinary Tract Infection - Conditions favoring E. coli cause greater UTI risk in some diabetics
Vasculopathy - Epidermal progenitor cells help restore blood flow in diabetic ischemic limbs
Weight Loss - Randomized trials study low-fat vs low-carbohydrate diets for weight loss
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