Obesity and Diabetes Week

Childhood Obesity - Preclinical changes found in abdominal aorta of obese children

Diabetes Genomics and Genetics - Gene encoding WNT5B linked to type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Neuronal gluco-sensing in diabetes reviewed

Diet & Nutrition - Dietary recommendations for diabetes reviewed

Obesity and Diabetes - Low carbohydrate diet benefits obese type 2 diabetic patients

Adrenergic Receptors - Beta₁ -AR can undergo PKA-dependent "G_s /G_i switching"

Alcohol Abuse - Mouse responses to ethanol after food shortage are strain-specific

Atherosclerosis - Thiazolidinediones reduce expression of RAGE

Awards - University of Tokyo scientist granted second Sankyo Takamine Memorial Award

Bone Density - Atorvastatin has no effect bone turnover in type 2 diabetic patients

Cardiology - Biotech company and university team up to develop therapeutics for unstable plaque

Cardiology - New document outlines training and credential standards for carotid stenting

Cardiovascular Disease - Patient enrollment full in phase 3 trial of anti-inflammatory drug to treat PAD

Childhood Obesity - Dietary factors not linked to obesity in New Zealand children

Collagenosis - Reactive perforating collagenosis associated with scabies in a diabetic

Diabetes Care - Diabetes drug maker develops program for disease management

Diabetes Complications - A spontaneous compartment syndrome in a patient with diabetes

Diabetes Complications - Inactivation of complement protein involved in diabetes complications

Diabetes Epidemiology - New study shows diabetes higher on U.S.-Mexico border

Diabetes Genomics and Genetics - Genetics for targeting diabetes prevention reviewed

Diabetes Genomics and Genetics - Region conserved with diabetes loci identified in human chromosome 1q

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Fibrinolytic activity decreased in Nigerian diabetic patients

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Free insulin-like growth factors reviewed

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Vitamin E distribution altered in type 2 diabetic patients

Diabetes Risk Factor - Infant diet linked to risk of type 1 diabetes in China

Diabetes Survival and Mortality - Daily diabetes mortality linked to outdoor air pollution in Shanghai

Diabetes Therapy - Barriers to clinical management of diabetes outlined

Diabetes Therapy - Data presented human embryonic stem cell based therapy for diabetes

Diabetes Therapy - INGAP peptide improves nerve function and regeneration in diabetes

Diabetes Therapy - Indian company launches bio-insulin

Diabetes Therapy - Tea extract prevents morbidity linked to vanadate therapy in diabetes

Diabetic Foot Care - Limiting stride length reduces plantar pressure in diabetic patients

Diabetic Foot Care - Salvage of the first ray in a diabetic patient with osteomyelitis

Diabetic Nephropathy - Hepatocyte growth factor gene ameliorates diabetic nephropathy in mice

Diabetic Neuropathy - Lower limb orthoses relieve stress forces on diabetic foot

Diabetic Neuropathy - Motor nerve damage linked to anti-ganglioside antibodies in diabetes

Diabetic Neuropathy - PKC-alpha mediates indoleamine content changes in diabetic rat brain

Diabetic Neuropathy - Preventive foot-care practices in adults with diabetes reported

Diabetic Neuropathy - Ulcer diffusion in diabetic foot promoted by plantar muscle stiffening

Diet & Nutrition - Effect of C18 fatty acids on body fat and energy metabolism studied

Diet & Nutrition - Gastric ghrelin inhibition by food intake dependent on macronutrients

Diet & Nutrition - Prenatal exposure to undernutrition causes fatty food preference in adult mice

Disease Associations - Obesity tied to increased risk for dozens of conditions

Drug Delivery - Company presents new oral drug-delivery data at AAPS meeting

Energy Expenditure - Exercise does not increase short-term energy intake in girls

Finance - Biotech company reports third quarter results

Finance - RNAi company reports reduced losses in Q3

Fitness - Program improves fitness in Black and Hispanic college-age women