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Table of Contents . . . November 7th, 2005
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Diabetes Pathogenesis - Pancreastatin is elevated in diabetes and inhibits glucose uptake
Obesity & Diabetes - Cancer risk is likely increased by obesity and insulin resistance
Obesity & Diabetes - Diet composition is important for management of obesity and insulin resistance
Obesity & Diabetes - GLP-1 plays role in pathogenesis of diabetes and obesity
Obesity & Diabetes - Suppressed fibrinolysis found in obese adolescents with type 2 diabetes
Antioxidants - Achillea ligustica extracts possess antidiabetic activities
Bariatric Surgery - Bariatric surgery-related deaths among Medicare patients higher than previously thought
Bariatric Surgery - Number of bariatric surgeries increased over 5-year period
Childhood Obesity - Strategies to lose weight among children decrease with age
Cholesterol - Pharma company launches lipid-regulating drug in U.S.
Contracts - Disease management company wins six new accounts and four account expansions
Diabetes Complications - Diabetes does not increase risk of community-acquired infections
Diabetes Complications - Tissue repair cells used to treat limb ischemia in diabetic patients
Diabetes Control - Ulster scientists developing diabetes drugs from gut peptide GIP
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Gz plays a role in pancreatic islet beta-cell biology
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Imaging of calcium oscillations in intact pancreatic islets reported
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Up-regulation of adipocyte differentiation-related protein helps preserve insulin action
Diabetes Therapy - Nonthiazolidinedione PPAR-gamma agonist ameliorates insulin resistance
Diabetes Therapy - Pipinin-1 from frog skin secretions is an insulin-releasing agent
Diet & Nutrition - Nutrition expert evaluates new weight-loss medication
Diet & Nutrition - Researcher develops nutrient density score
Diet & Nutrition - Vitamins C and E protect against oxidative stress in diabetic rats
Drug Development - Antibiotic ceftobiprole aims at broader indication, including diabetic foot infections
Dry Eye Syndrome - Dietary fat intake linked to dry eye syndrome in women
Endocrinology - Data on Increlex for primary IGFD presented at pediatric endocrinology meeting
Gastric Emptying - Pancreatic polypeptide regulates gastric emptying and metabolic control
Gastroenterology - Low blood glucose levels may complicate gastric bypass surgery, study shows
Genetics & Genomics - Researchers discover gene on chromosome 15 that regulates inflammation
Glucose Monitor - HemoCue glucose analyzer results are comparable with YSI glucose oxidase analyzer
HIV/AIDS Therapy - Antioxidant therapy may control protease inhibitor-associated cardiovascular complications
HIV/AIDS Wasting Syndrome - Risk of {{>=}}5% unintentional weight loss in HIV-infected patients is increasing
HIV/AIDS-Related Lipodystrophy - Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 increased in HIV-associated lipodystrophy
Health Policy - Obesity in South Africa offers challenges for government, health professionals
Health Promotion - Report indicates that Americans are dieting less, exercising more
Hypoglycemia - Novel ion-trap assay detects and measures eight sulfonylureas in plasma
Insulin Resistance - Troglitazone suppression of inflammatory markers does not improve insulin sensitivity
Metabolic Syndrome - Mitochondrial DNA variant is linked to metabolic syndrome in Chinese
Metabolic Syndrome Epidemiology - Manual workers at highest risk of metabolic syndrome in Spain
Obesity - Patients have increased hospitalization rates after gastric bypass surgery
Obesity - Telephone-based weight loss program can work, obesity researcher finds
Obesity & Diabetes - Adrenergic receptor stimulation attenuates glucose uptake in adipocytes
Obesity & Diabetes - Colonic fermentation from lactulose inhibits lipolysis in overweight subjects
Obesity & Mortality - Premature deaths among women predicted to increase due to prevalence of obesity
Obesity Epidemiology - HDL levels decrease early in life in Cherokee Indian children
Obesity Pathogenesis - Brain regulation of food intake and appetite are reviewed
Ophthalmology - Ophthalmologist to examine ancient Chilean mummy eyes
Pediatric Obesity - Increased television watching plays a part in childhood obesity?
Prostate Cancer - Serum adiponectin may reflect prostate cancer aggressiveness in men
Proteomics - Angiogenic factors are modulated in murine obesity models during fat tissue development
Quality Assurance - Drug company receives NCQA certification for two disease management programs
Type 1 Diabetes - E.U. approval received for premixed insulin analogues
Type 2 Diabetes - Launch of first global recommendations for effective management of type 2 diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes - Visceral adipose tissue and type 2 diabetes highest among Filipino women
Weight Gain - Model of olanzapine-induced weight gain developed in female rats
Weight Loss - Obesity and weight loss linked to high health service use among elderly
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