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Table of Contents . . . March 6th, 2006
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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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