Obesity and Diabetes Week

Endocrinology - Insulin stimulates L-carnitine accumulation in human skeletal muscle

Natural Products -  Salacia oblonga root improves cardiac lipid metabolism in Zucker diabetic fatty rats

Obesity Pathogenesis - Adipokine expression profile in adipocytes increases with obesity and hyperinsulinemia

Obesity Therapy - Morbid obesity therapy with SAGB is less expensive and more effective

Type 2 Diabetes - Statins use related to increased LPL activity and results in TRL particle delipidation

Aesthetic Medicine - Despite risks, adults not shying away from cosmetic surgery and other treatments

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - First patient completes arimoclomol phase II clinical trial

Anesthesia - Morbidly obese may experience improved intraoperative oxygenation postalveolar recruitment

Atherosclerosis - Atherosclerosis instigated by adipokine gene expression following oxidative stress

Atherosclerosis - Diabetics with delayed triglyceride metabolism appear to have higher atherosclerosis risk

Awards - St. Vincent Charity Hospital named center of excellence by bariatric surgery society

Bipolar Disorder - Bipolar disorder linked to lithium sensitive protein in mammals' internal clock

Cardiology - New findings in cardiology described

Cardiovascular Disease - Acarbose reduces cardiovascular event risk in patients with impaired glucose metabolism

Cardiovascular Disease - Angiotensin II antagonists offer therapeutic benefits to cardiovascular disease patients

Cardiovascular Disease - Obese middle-aged have higher risk of mortality from CHD and diabetes

Cardiovascular Disease - Renal transplant recipients with altered glycemia show higher BMI and Hb1Ac

Chronic Hepatitis C - Age and diabetes affect the severity of liver damage in chronic hepatitis C

Clinical Trials - Human clinical trials begun on whole food liquid nutritional diabetes product

Clinical Trials - Phase II clinical trial in neuropathic pain begins

Diabetes Complications - Adenosine receptor expression is altered in the hearts of diabetic rats

Diabetes Complications - Angiotensin-converting enzyme correlates with angiogenesis factors in diabetic retinopathy

Diabetes Complications - CAD screening guidelines in asymptomatic type 2 diabetes mellitus evaluated

Diabetes Complications - Cardiac function and ischemic tolerance sensitivity increase after metabolic control loss

Diabetes Complications - Diabetic neuropathy is mediated by altered Na⁺ channel function in DRG neurons and A-fibers

Diabetes Complications - Elevated HbA_1c levels linked to improved survival in diabetes and advanced systolic HF

Diabetes Complications - Glucose-induced ROS initiate podocytes apoptosis at diabetic nephropathy onset

Diabetes Complications - Hepatocyte growth factor reflects fibroproliferation, but not angiogenesis, in diabetic retinopathy

Diabetes Complications - Impaired angiogenesis factors are not linked to vessel dysfunction in diabetic foot

Diabetes Complications - Insulin resistance and atherosclerosis risk increase with adiponectin levels

Diabetes Complications - Pioglitozone reduces leptin levels and improves endothelial function in type 2 diabetics

Diabetes Complications - Postprandial hyperglycemia may increase atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk

Diabetes Diagnostics - High IMTG in insulin-resistant and endurance-trained state may offer resistance marker

Diabetes Diagnostics - Lowering FPG diagnostic for diabetics to 7.0 mmol/L supported by data

Diabetes Epidemiology - -23HphI+/- is a common functional single nucleotide polymorphism at IDDM2

Diabetes Epidemiology - Breast-feeding reduces type 1 diabetes risk

Diabetes Epidemiology - Type 2 diabetes risk influenced by -112A>C polymorphism

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Adiponectin is linked to higher insulin sensitivity and lower abdominal fat

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Co-stimulatory signal blockage prolongs the survival of islet xenografts

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Diabetes mellitus risk increases in women exposed to arsenic

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Microalbuminuria regression was high in diabetics under glycemic and blood pressure control

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Novel leptin receptor mutation in NOD/LtJ mice suppresses type 1 diabetes progression

Diabetes Pathogenesis - Researchers' work adds to diabetes pathogenesis body of knowledge

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

Diabetes Therapy - Diabetes researchers show adult human pancreas stem cells can be transformed into insulin-producing cells

Diabetes Therapy - Diabetics experience less CV events after low-dose statin therapy with atorvastatin

Diabetes Therapy - Insulin analog reversed myocardial perfusion deviations by improving glucose control

Diabetes Therapy - Muraglitazar improves diabetes and preserve beta-cell function in db/db mice

Diabetes Therapy - Nitric oxide-glucose uptake mechanism may be type 2 diabetes therapeutic target

Diabetes Therapy - Proinsulin levels are elevated in type 2 diabetics treated with sulfonylurea

Diabetes Therapy - Rapid angiogenesis sustains islet transplant survival in diabetes models

Diabetes Therapy - Reports advance knowledge in diabetes therapy research

Diabetes Therapy - Researchers describe findings in diabetes therapy studies

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

Diabetes/Epilepsy Associations - Type 1 diabetes and idiopathic generalized epilepsy link discovered

Diabetic Nephropathy - Researchers' work adds to diabetic nephropathy body of knowledge

Diabetic Neuropathy - Duloxetine HC1 therapy for diabetic nerve pain is safe and well-tolerated, study shows

Diagnostics - Researchers describe findings in diagnostics studies

Diet & Nutrition - Dairy foods may assist in the management of obesity and overweight

Diet & Nutrition - Diet book asserts that diets fail due to lack of serotonin

Diet & Nutrition - Hypocaloric low-fat diet increases PUFAn-3 in muscle membrane phospholipids of obese

Diet & Nutrition - San Diego's African American community focus of health and nutrition forum

Diet & Nutrition - Type 1 diabetes rates worldwide are linked to nutritional factors and meat consumption

Disease Control - Self-rated health factors for metabolic syndrome among middle-aged men underestimate risk

Drug Development - U.S. FDA grants orphan drug status to monoclonal antibody for treating type 1 diabetes

Endocrinology - Adiponectin levels are more closely linked to current body size than birthweight

Endocrinology - Insulin resistance in the Zucker diabetic fatty rat was characterized