Obesity and Diabetes Week

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Insulin receptor substrate 2 plays key role in beta cells and hypothalamus

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Taurine increases glucose sensitivity of UCP2-overexpressing beta cells

Obesity and Diabetes - Dysregulation of insulin receptor substrate 2 causes obesity and diabetes

Obesity and Diabetes - Obesity-prone rats have defects in response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia

Obesity and Diabetes - Phospholipid fatty acid composition altered in obese type 2 diabetic patients

Adipogenesis - Notch pathway dispensable for adipocyte specification

Adverse Drug Effects - Rosiglitazone promotes osteoblast/osteocyte apoptosis

Allergies - First soy-based pediatric drink for children with milk allergies

Anorexia Nervosa - Cortisol secretory dynamics changes in anorexia affects bone metabolism

Atherosclerosis Pathogenesis - Diabetic mice resistant to prostaglandin D2 synthase effects

Beta-Adregenic Receptors - Normalizing the betaAR system prevents ventricular remodeling in heart failure

Business & Finance - Pharma company announces financial results

Childhood Obesity - Physicians' attitudes toward childhood obesity in Israel outlined

Cognition - DHEAS improves learning and memory in aged mice but not in diabetic mice

Collaborations - Medical technology company signs marketing, distribution agreement with Ivivi

Diabetes - FDA review period extension for chromium picolinate announced

Diabetes - PHER-O2 used to transport pancreas islet cells transplanted into humans

Diabetes Diagnosis - Potential beta-cell imaging agent synthesized

Diabetes Epidemiology - Prevalence of diabetes in Asian Indians living in U.S. reported

Diabetes Genomics and Genetics - IL-6 gene polymorphisms associated with type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Pathogenesis - High glucose potentiates cytokine-induced apoptosis of rat islet cells

Diabetes Pathogenesis - IRS2 takes center stage in development of type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Metabolic profile of hippocampus of Zucker diabetic fatty rats assessed

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Recent advances in CD38 autoimmunity are relevant to human diabetes

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Reduced Akt activity in beta cells induces defective insulin secretion

Diabetes Therapy - Action checklist of diabetes care measures presented

Diabetes Therapy - Acylated plus unacylated ghrelin strongly improves insulin sensitivity

Diabetes Therapy - Measuring gastric emptying time is useful in treating brittle diabetes

Diabetes Therapy - Metformin activates AMP-activated protein kinase

Diabetes Therapy - Metformin inhibits mitochondrial permeability transition and cell death

Diabetes Therapy - Natural compounds regulate activity of protein kinase C

Diabetes Therapy - Pioglitazone and sodium salicylate protect beta cells against apoptosis

Diabetes Therapy - Prostaglandin prevents alloxan cytotoxicity to insulinoma cells in vitro

Diabetes Treatment - Report: Endocrinologists, PCPs have different rationales driving choice of meds

Diabetic Cardiomyopathy - Natriuretic peptide useful for left ventricular abnormality screening

Diabetic Nephropathy - Aldosterone receptor antagonists prevent organ damage in diabetic patients

Diabetic Nephropathy - Overexpressed VEGF may nurture kidney disease in type II diabetics

Diabetic Nephropathy - Renal TGF-beta is dissociated from hypertrophy in female rats with diabetes

Diabetic Neuropathy - Acute effects of glycemic control on axonal excitability in diabetes reported

Diabetic Retinopathy - CML adduct over-stimulates angiogenesis in choroidal samples from diabetic rats

Diet and Nutrition - Effect of rice products on glucose and insulin in diabetic patients studied

Diet and Nutrition - Effects of high protein diets on thermogenesis, satiety and weight loss reviewed

Disease Management - Disease management company awarded four new accounts

Drug Development - Pharmaceutical firm reviews clinical pipeline

Eating Behavior - Night eating syndrome in obese persons not classified an eating disorder

Eating Behavior - Types of drink, but not food, can predict 6-year changes in waist circumference

Education - Pharma company announces diabetes scholarship for Native Americans

Erectile Dysfunction - Erectile dysfunction raises proinflammatory cytokines in obese men

Exercise & Nutrition - Diet-induced hyperphagia influenced by sex and exercise

Exercise and Health - Exercise alters phospholipid molecular species in rat skeletal muscle

Exercise and Health - Exercise training increases oxidative capacity in older adults

Eye Health - Biotech company announces discovery of treatment of ischemia-induced retinopathy