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Obesity and Diabetes Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . March 14th, 2005

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Diabetes Therapy - Therapeutic potential of glucagon-like peptide-1 reviewed

Heart Attack Risk Factors - Apolipoprotein B predicts heart attack risk in metabolic syndrome

Metabolic Syndrome - New target for treatment of metabolic syndrome reported

Obesity and Diabetes - Effects of troglitazone on glucose production in hepatocytes reported

Obesity and Diabetes - Obesity and type 2 diabetes in adolescents investigated

Atherosclerosis - Amyloid A3 expression stimulated by dexamethasone and IL-6

Atherosclerosis - Glycoxidized low-density lipoprotein regulates scavenger receptors

Atherosclerosis - High glucose levels modulate atherosclerosis-related functions

Business & Finance - Drug-delivery company reports year-end net loss of $37.5 million

Cancer Risk Factors - Obesity associated with progression of prostate and renal cell cancer

Childhood Diabetes - Diabetic children need encouragement during dietary counseling

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Recent studies add new data to diabetes pathogenesis research

Childhood Obesity - Construction of scale of beliefs of obesity in children reported

Childhood Obesity - Gardenburger veggie burger coming to New York City school lunch menus

Chronic Liver Disease - Antioxidants improve nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Diabetes - Hospital studies the effect of chromium in children with type 1 diabetes

Diabetes - OTC Financial Network issues report for diabetic treatment centers

Diabetes Complications - Diabetes a bigger heart disease risk for women than for men

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Reports advance knowledge in diabetes pathogenesis research

Diabetes Diagnosis - Services provider signs agreement with Bayer HealthCare Diabetes Care Division

Diabetes Genomics and Genetics - DNA polymorphisms linked to high serum insulin in Mexican ethnic group

Diabetes Genomics and Genetics - IL-10 gene polymorphism related to latent autoimmune diabetes of adults

Diabetes Genomics and Genetics - New findings in the area of diabetes genomics and genetics detailed

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Acute pancreatitis associated with diabetes in children

Diabetes Pathogenesis - DRB1 and DQB1 diabetes risk alleles linked to C-peptide secretion

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of diabetes pathogenesis

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Features of slowly progressive type 1 diabetes described

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Findings in diabetes pathogenesis provide new insights

Diabetes Pathogenesis - High fruit and vegetable intake improves redox status in diabetes

Diabetes Pathogenesis - High glucose upregulates nitric oxide synthase gene expression

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Pathophysiological functions of retinoid X receptors explored

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of diabetes pathogenesis

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Saturated fatty acid triacylglycerols affect insulin sensitivity

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Studies add new findings to diabetes pathogenesis body of knowledge

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Transcription factor PAX4 promotes beta-cell survival in human islets

Diabetes Prevention - Prevention of type 1 diabetes reviewed

Diabetes Risk Factors - Consensus statement on diabetes and antipsychotic therapy released

Diabetes Risk Factors - Dioxin downregulates gene linked to onset of type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Risk Factors - Haloperidol inhibits ATP-sensitive potassium channels

Diabetes Risk Factors - Mechanisms of post-transplant diabetes evaluated

Diabetes Risk Factors - Post-transplant diabetes reviewed

Diabetes Therapy - New findings in the area of diabetes therapy described

Diabetes Therapy - Adzuki bean extract suppresses hyperglycemia after sucrose loading

Diabetes Therapy - Antidiabetic compounds from Peucedanum japonicum identified

Diabetes Therapy - Lupin seed protein binds insulin and reduces plasma glucose levels

Diabetes Therapy - Neomycin reversal of wortmannin inhibition of insulin investigated

Diabetes Therapy - New findings in diabetes therapy described

Diabetes Therapy - New findings in the area of diabetes therapy detailed

Diabetes Therapy - Overexpressed IRS2 protects human beta-cells from hyperglycemia-induced death

Diabetes Therapy - Recent findings in diabetes therapy provide new insights

Diabetic Nephropathy - Endopeptidase inhibition reduces proteinuria in diabetic rats

Diabetic Nephropathy - Endothelia receptor antagonist protects against diabetic nephropathy

Diabetic Nephropathy - Insulin action on angiotensinogen expression in tubular cells studied

Diabetic Nephropathy - Lercanidipine and ramipril reduce albumin excretion in type 2 diabetes

Diabetic Nephropathy - Recent findings illuminate research in diabetic nephropathy

Diabetes Therapy - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of diabetes therapy

Diabetic Neuropathy - Expression of apoptosis-related genes in diabetic nerves examined

Diabetic Neuropathy - Loss of pain perception in diabetes requires immunoglobulin receptor

Diabetic Neuropathy - Nerve growth factor suppressed by high glucose in Schwann cells

Diabetic Neuropathy - Sites of sympathetic skin response in diabetic neuropathy compared

Diet & Nutrition - Alaska man pushes health benefits of salmon sausage

Diet & Nutrition - Conjugated linoleic acid prevents nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in rats

Diabetes Therapy - Studies describe new findings in diabetes therapy research

Diet & Nutrition - Dietary fiber from oak improves anti-oxidative system

Diet & Nutrition - Diets based on glycemic index and load improve metabolic diseases

Diet & Nutrition - Fatty acid oxidation and control of food intake reviewed

Diet & Nutrition - New nutritional standards suggest junking junk foods

Diet & Nutrition - Red wine protects against diabetes-related oxidative stress

Diet & Nutrition - The soy industry looks for the next big thing

Diet & Nutrition - Type of carbohydrate makes a difference in pathogenesis of obesity

Obesity Pathogenesis - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of obesity pathogenesis

Diet and Nutrition - After-dinner drink proves beneficial to postmenopausal women

Diet and Nutrition - Dietary taurine has hypolipidemic and anti-atherogenic effects

Diet and Nutrition - Fat intake and energy balance effects reviewed

Diet and Nutrition - Intrauterine protein restriction leads to IR in female rats as they age

Diet and Nutrition - Maternal dietary imbalance may induce metabolic syndrome in offspring

Drug Delivery - Automatic insulin delivery device, insulin cartridge launched in India

Drug Delivery - Report gives information on noninvasive technologies for insulin delivery

Enzymology - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of enzymology

Epidemiology - Prevalence of metabolic abnormalities estimated in Slovenian HIV+ patients

Finance - Biopharmaceutical company announces second quarter fiscal 2005 financial results

Finance - Laboratory and contract research company report 86% increase in 4Q revenues

Finance - Nutrition, personal care company enters into sale of 50,000 shares of stock

Finance - Prescription drug discount card company announces financial results

Finance - Supplement maker completes $110 million call option

Finance - Transdermal drug delivery company reports fourth quarter, FY2004 results, update

Fitness & Wellness - Jamestown High School opens fitness room to the public

Fitness & Wellness - New York hospital, Centers for Obesity Related Illness address obesity epidemic

Gastric Cancer - Obesity increases risk of gastrointestinal malignancies

Gastric Ulcer - Healing of chronic gastric ulcers in diabetic rats reported

Gastro-Esophageal Reflux - Weight loss may relieve GERD in obese women

Gender Studies - Sexual differentiation in control of fat ingestion reviewed

Glycemic Control - Relationship of postprandial glucose to HbA1c reviewed

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Nelfinavir induces adipocyte necrosis by oxidative stress

Health Promotion - After dinner drink proves beneficial to some

Heart Attack Risk Factors - Glycoprotein inhibitors in diabetic patients with angina reviewed

Heart Disease Risk Factors - Adiponectin, obesity, and cardiovascular disease reviewed

Heart Disease Risk Factors - Ambulatory blood pressure predicts vascular events in type 2 diabetes

Heart Disease Risk Factors - Calcium channel antagonist reduces endothelin-1 in type 2 diabetes

Heart Disease Risk Factors - Endothelin-1 impairs relaxation in aortas isolated from diabetic rats

Heart Disease Risk Factors - Heart-healthy children = heart-healthy adults

Heart Disease Risk Factors - Markers of increased cardiovascular risk evaluated

Heart Disease Risk Factors - RAGE gene polymorphisms not risk factors for heart disease

Hemorrhagic Stroke - High refined carbohydrate intake increases women's risk

Hepatitis - Steatosis impacts fibrosis progression in patients with mild hepatitis C

High Blood Pressure - Role of renin angiotensin systems in diabetic blood pressure explored

Hyperlipidemia Therapy - Cysteine-containing compounds show promise for treating hyperlipidemia

Hypertension Risk Factors - Diabetes-related hypertension promotes damage to liver lipid metabolism

Hypertension Risk Factors - Mechanisms of endothelial dysfunction in insulin resistance outlined

Inflammation - 8-Oxoguanine DNA glycosylase plays role in regulating inflammation

Insulin - Activity of insulin at receptor interface enhanced

Insulin - Amino acid replacements impair structure and activity of insulin

Insulin Delivery - Release of insulin aspart from water-in-oil emulsions described

Insulin Sensitivity - Pre-clinical methods for measuring insulin sensitivity reviewed

Insulinoma - Features of hypoglycemia in insulinoma patients investigated

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy - Polymorphisms involved in left ventricular hypertrophy identified

Leptin Studies - Leptin restores normal copulatory and ingestive behavior in diabetes

Leptin Studies - Prolactin potentiates insulin-stimulated leptin expression and release

Lipid Studies - Exercise before meals leads to better lipid metabolism than after meals

Melatonin - Low-dose chronic melatonin increases body weight

Metabolic Syndrome - Cardiovascular risk factors in metabolic syndrome and diabetes explored

Metabolic Syndrome - Low SHBG levels may indicate severe IR in premenopausal obese women

Obesity Epidemiology - Obesity in young men in Austria increasing

Obesity Genomics and Genetics - FOXC2 C-512T polymorphism associated with obesity and dyslipidemia

Obesity Genomics and Genetics - Tumor necrosis factor gene polymorphism linked to waist-hip ratio

Obesity Pathogenesis - Apolipoprotein A, food intake, and obesity reviewed

Obesity Pathogenesis - Biology of eating behavior in obesity reviewed

Obesity Pathogenesis - Control of hyperphagia prevents obesity in BDNF heterozygous mice

Obesity Pathogenesis - Obesity pandemic reviewed

Obesity Pathogenesis - Reports add new data to obesity pathogenesis research

Obesity Pathogenesis - Roles of thermogenesis and uncoupling proteins in obesity examined

Obesity Surgery - Life-changing gastric bypass surgery advances to the outpatient arena

Obesity Therapy - Fenofibrate lowers adiposity and corrects metabolic abnormalities

Obesity Therapy - Pulsating electrostatic field therapy useful for treating obesity

Obesity Therapy - Reports advance knowledge in obesity therapy research

Obesity and Diabetes - Data advance knowledge in obesity and diabetes research

Pancreatic Islets - D-glucose stimulates 36Cl- efflux from prelabeled pancreatic islets

Pancreatic Islets - Metabolic oscillations from pancreatic beta cells and islets compared

Patents - Company gets patent for photoacoustic assay and imaging system for diabetes

Pentagastrin - Role of insulin in gastric acid secretion in diabetic rats discussed

Peripheral Arterial Disease - Diabetic older adults have high prevalence of peripheral arterial disease

Personnel - Biochemist joins research institute

Personnel - Neil Harrison joins Atkins Nutritionals as chairman of the board and CEO

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - Family history of type 2 diabetes is risk factor for women with PCOS

Prenatal Medicine - Poor prenatal nutrition damages function of insulin-producing cells in pancreas

Renal Transplantation - Tacrolimus-based immunosuppression reviewed

Stem Cell Research - Clinician perspective on stem cells presented

Vascular Medicine - High-dose vitamin E doesn't improve vascular reactivity of diabetic patients

Weight Loss - Drugs aid weight loss among type 2 diabetes patients

Weight Loss - Low-carbohydrate better than low-fat diets for short-term weight loss

Weight Loss - Optimal macronutrient mix for weight loss and maintenance discussed

Weight Loss - Role of exercise in weight loss and maintenance reviewed

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