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Obesity & Diabetes Week


Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . March 6th, 2006
Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only
Related Areas: Other Issues in Obesity & Diabetes Week | Other Publications

Diabetes Therapy - LAGB prevents diabetes and arterial hypertension and induces their remission in morbid obesity

Diet & Nutrition - Effects of vanadate on glucose production discussed

Drug Development - Novel tetrapeptide may provide therapeutic target for obesity and diabetes mellitus

Medical Devices - Actical accelerometer is a valid tool for measuring physical activity in children

Obesity Pathogenesis - CCR2 modulates inflammatory and metabolic effects of high-fat feeding

Alcohol Use - AA-AGE cytotoxicity is important in alcoholic-induced neuronal degeneration

Alcohol Use - Ethanol consumption level is related to individual lifestyle status

Antioxidant Research - Mitochondrial targeted antioxidants may offer a new therapeutic direction

Aortic Rings - Ethanolic extract alters the vasomotor reactivity of aortic rings from obese rats

Business Update - Drug developer announces obesity-therapy patents and a $500,000 private equity investment

Business Update - Holding company to change company name to Z-Trim

Cardiology - BNP predicts worse HF symptoms, impaired hemodynamics, and higher mortality at all BMI levels

Cardiovascular Disease - Baroreflex sensitivity is impaired in elderly with metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance

Cardiovascular Disease - Patients, practices, and relationships in KAN CaRESS clinical trial are introduced

Cholecystectomy - Bulging midriff roughly doubles women's chances of gallstone surgery

Collaborations - License agreement expanded for treatment of type 2 diabetes therapy development

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Green tea inhibition of resistin gene expression in adipocytes depends on ERK pathway

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - High-dose biotin may increase in guanylate cyclase activity and be diabetes therapy option

Dental Health - Diabetes can lead to gum disease in childhood

Diabetes Behavioral Medicine - Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care appears to be useful for diabetic patients

Diabetes Complications - Common pathways for ED, diabetes mellitus, and the metabolic syndrome identified

Diabetes Complications - Deprivation status is linked to poor metabolic control and frequent microvascular events

Diabetes Complications - LASF was linked to geometric heart changes and increased rate of cardiovascular events

Diabetes Complications - Phenotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are identified in a diabetes care center

Diabetes Complications - Rapid perioperative glycemic control may trigger postoperative diabetic retinopathy progression

Diabetes Complications - Restless legs syndrome is common in diabetic patients and can cause sleep disruption

Diabetes Complications - SMI is predictor of cardiac events in diabetics with cardiovascular risk factors

Diabetes Control - Language barrier is roadblock to diabetes control for Chinese-speaking immigrants

Diabetes Control - Pharma company and Georgia health center launch culturally appropriate diabetes education program

Diabetes Diagnostics - Lowering fasting glucose criterion improves diagnosis of IGT or metabolic syndrome

Diabetes Diagnostics - Provider deferred HbA1c result decisions are infrequent and HbA1c is eventually addressed

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Diet and genetic control of Glut-2 glycosylation mediates insulin and suppresses diabetes

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Excess embryo glucose metabolism leads to oxidative stress and birth defects

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Findings describe new data in diabetes pathogenesis research

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Findings in diabetes pathogenesis provide new insights

Diabetes Pathogenesis - FoxO1 protein involved in regulating beta cell numbers during insulin resistance

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Impaired fasting glucose is independently related to mortality risks for CVD and diabetes

Diabetes Pathogenesis - New findings in diabetes pathogenesis described

Diabetes Pathogenesis - New findings in the area of diabetes pathogenesis detailed

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Nnt mutations uncouple beta cell mitochondrial metabolism leading to impaired insulin secretion

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Oscillations of cAMP in hormone-stimulated insulin-secreting beta-cells were evaluated

Diabetes Pathogenesis - P13K-Akt inactivation induced CHOP expression in endoplasmic reticulum-stressed cells

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Prostaglandins can undo chemically induced diabetes mellitus and attenuate oxidant stress

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Renal angiotensin II AT2 receptors promote natriuresis in STZ-induced diabetic rats

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Reports describe recent advances in diabetes pathogenesis research

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Researchers' findings advance diabetes pathogenesis research

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Role of natural killer T cells in autoimmune diabetes in nonobese diabetic mice is reviewed

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Studies describe new findings in diabetes pathogenesis research

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Team targets proteins that contribute to diabetes, obesity

Diabetes Therapy - Findings advance knowledge in diabetes therapy research

Diabetes Therapy - Insulin action in brain contributes to glucose lowering during insulin treatment

Diabetes Therapy - Public policy agenda to fight diabetes epidemic is released

Diabetes Therapy - Real-time telemedicine support may offer effective glycemic control option

Diabetes Therapy - Recent findings illuminate research in diabetes therapy

Diabetes Therapy - Resistance to insulin therapy among patients and providers is common

Diabetes Therapy - Ruboxistaurin offers addition to established diabetic nephropathy treatments

Diabetes Therapy - Stereospecific recognition of AS-3201 reveals pathway for improved potency and stability

Diet & Nutrition - AICAR, an AMPK activator, has protective effects on alcohol-induced fatty liver in rats

Diet & Nutrition - Effects of dietary PUFAs on dyslipidemia and insulin resistance are reviewed

Diet & Nutrition - Genetically specific vitamins and weight loss supplements launched

Diet & Nutrition - High fat diet is deadly for diabetic hearts

Diet & Nutrition - Long-term high-carbohydrate diet may raise blood pressure in type 2 diabetics

Diet & Nutrition - Nutrition technology company finds new soft chewable tablet reduces food intake by 20%

Diet & Nutrition - Project aims to combat obesity in adolescent kids

Diet & Nutrition - Study of women finds candy on the desk is candy in the mouth

Dietary Supplements - Chromium picolinate helps muscles use blood sugar

Disease Associations - Diabetes is linked with the development and progression of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Disease Associations - Diabetes related Peyronie disease seems common and should be actively sought

Disease Associations - Enalapril plus lercanidipine had better blood pressure response rate than enalapril and HCTZ

Disease Associations - Risk of diabetes is low in elderly with dementia in olanzapine clinical trials

Disease Management - Team care for older adults with diabetes, depression improves health

Drug Delivery - Transdermal drug delivery company introduces next generation skin permeation device

Drug Development - New dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitor with potential antidiabetic properties was discovered

Eating Disorders - A functional serotonin transporter gene polymorphism is associated with binge eating disorder

Endocrinology - Exendin-4 uses Irs2 signaling mediates pancreatic beta cell growth and function

Endocrinology - Intraislet insulin suppresses glucagon release via GABA-GABAA receptor system

Endocrinology - Kv1.3 regulates GLUT4 trafficking to plasma membrane via Ca2+-dependent mechanism

Finance - Therapeutic products company reports total operating expenses of $35 million

Fitness & Wellness - Diet focus is linked to short-term weight loss; exercise-related motivation support long-term loss

Fitness & Wellness - Glycogen overload by postexercise insulin abolished exercise-induced GLUT4 protein increase

Fitness & Wellness - Overweight and obese U.S. adults report poor health

Genetics & Genomics - Pro12Ala polymorphism of PPARgamma gene seems to affect body weight

Heart Disease - Physician knowledge of guidelines improves secondary prevention of heart disease

Heart Disease - Treatment disparities may lead to higher risk of fatal coronary heart disease in women

Hypertension - Adiponectin is predictor of aortic pulse wave velocity but not augmentation index

Hypertension - Cardiovascular risk factor management in diabetics is lacking in Switzerland

Hypertension - Recent studies add new data to hypertension research

Imaging - Review discusses tools for ischemia imaging and plaque imaging in diabetes

Insulin Resistance - Effect of obesity on insulin resistance during pregnancy may be modified by ethnicity

Lipid Research - Gap widens between optimal versus actual cholesterol levels

Liver Diseases - Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is treatable by gastroplasty

Liver Diseases - Nutrition alters hepatocellular damage in NASH and alcoholic liver disease

Liver Diseases - Risk factors and ultrasound predict chronic hepatitis caused by nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Mental Health - Comorbid depression is related to mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes

Mental Health - DSM-IV depression criteria do not require changes for patients with medical comorbidity

Mental Health - Increased physical activity and reduced saturated fat may help maintain mental health

Mergers & Acquisitions - Acquisition of Targeted Molecules Corp. completed

Metabolic Syndrome - Breaking the cycle of related factors may offer treatment plan for metabolic syndrome

Metabolic Syndrome - DNA repair gene linked to metabolic syndrome

Obesity - Genetically modified mice become efficient at burning fat

Obesity - New study finds chromium picolinate helps muscles use blood sugar

Obesity Complications - A high BMI is a common, strong, and potentially modifiable risk factor for ESRD

Obesity Complications - BMI appears unrelated to elevated GH and IGF-1 levels in patients with DISH

Obesity Complications - Obese incur different injuries after severe blunt trauma and suffer more complications

Obesity Complications - Obesity or overweight status was linked to a lower risk for mortality

Obesity Epidemiology - Parental and offspring body mass index are strongly related

Obesity Pathogenesis - Disrupted fat absorption attenuates obesity induced by high-fat diet in Clock mutant mice

Obesity Pathogenesis - Exendin-4, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, reverses hepatic steatosis in ob/ob mice

Obesity Pathogenesis - Loss of melanin concentrating hormone neurons can lead to acquired leanness in mice

Obesity Pathogenesis - RIP140 regulates adipocyte oxidative metabolism, glucose tolerance and energy expenditure

Obesity Pathogenesis - Researchers' findings advance obesity pathogenesis research

Obesity Pathogenesis - Studies of obese children reveal body-weight control hormone

Obesity Therapy - Altering TV viewing habits is proposed for adult obesity intervention

Obesity Therapy - CNTF restores gallbladder contractility in leptin-resistant obese diabetic mice

Obesity Therapy - Chlorogenic acid modifies insulin receptor exon 11+/- and improves some cellular mechanisms

Obesity Therapy - Findings describe new data in obesity therapy research

Obesity Therapy - GES induced tachygastria is mediated by an adrenergic pathway and inhibits antral motility

Obesity Therapy - New findings in obesity therapy described

Obesity Therapy - Persistent decline of serum ghrelin and body weight was observed after total gastrectomy

Obesity Therapy - Pyrrolo(Iso)quinoline derivatives reduce food intake in rats

Pediatric Obesity - Endocrine support organization joins Congress to combat childhood obesity

Personnel - Medical device company appoints Carlo Salvi to its board of directors

Preventive Medicine - Diabetes care does not compete with women's preventive care services

Preventive Medicine - JAMA and U.S. NIH to announce dietary findings of Women's Health Initiative

Sexual & Reproductive Health - USAN, WHO approve name bremelanotide for first in new class sexual dysfunction treatment

Steatohepatitis - JNK1 but not JNK2 promotes the development of steatohepatitis in mice

Steatohepatitis - Soluble TNF receptor is associated with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Surgical Technology - Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair appears to be a better method for obese patients

Surgical Technology - Novel sutureless vitreoretinal surgery method may improve efficiency and visual recovery

Transplant Medicine - Preemptive transplant for patients with diabetes-related kidney disease benefits some

Type 1 Diabetes - Angiotensin II does not affect endothelial tone in type 1 diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes - Flow-mediated dilation is linked to abnormal segmental cardiac function

Type 1 Diabetes - Obesity may be factor in accelerated type 1 diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes Control - Premixed insulin in pen delivery device now available for control of high blood sugar

Type 2 Diabetes - African-Americans with diabetes and persistent microalbuminuria have impaired FMD and NDD

Type 2 Diabetes - Increased decrement in insulin secretion improves glucagon responses to hypoglycemia

Type 2 Diabetes - Lifestyle education reduced both 2-h plasma glucose and relative risk

Type 2 Diabetes - Relationship between elevated sPLA2 IIa levels and CAD risk discovered in diabetes



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