Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . August 21st, 2006
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Diabetes Complications - Chemotactic cytokine receptor 5 gene promoter variant is related to diabetic nephropathy
Diabetes Complications - Dysregulated Toll-like receptor signaling affects macrophage-mediated diabetes complications
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Angiotensin II receptor blockade causes differential effects on adipose and vascular PAI-1
Diabetes Therapy - Pioglitazone reverses TNF-alpha induced endothelial dysfunction in diabetics
Diabetic Neuropathy - Oral magnesium administration prevents thermal hyperalgesia induced by diabetes in rats
Alcohol Use - Alcohol uses may increase type 2 diabetes and glucose intolerance risk
Anesthesia - Postoperative nausea, vomiting and pain are assessed after transsphenoidal surgery
Anesthesia - Sevoflurane and isoflurane anesthesia impair cerebrovascular CO2 reactivity in diabetics
Angiology - Augmented EDHF-mediated relaxations attenuate endothelial dysfunction in type 1 diabetic rats
Angiology - Diabetes and hyperlipidemia raise complication risk during invasive carotid artery therapy
Antioxidants - Aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonists and antioxidants induce detoxifying enzymes in WAT
Antiphospholipid Syndrome - Abnormal small vascular elasticity is found in those with positive antiphospholipid antibodies
Bacteriology - Variation in glucose homeostasis and insulin action linked to bacterial environment
Breast Cancer - Adult weight gain is associated with increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women
Business Update - Analogic signs deal with Sphere Medical to develop glucose monitor for critical care
Business Update - Care Improvement Plus opens first assessment center for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic illness
Business Update - Corphealth launches Arkansas's "AR Wellness" weight management and nutrition program
Business Update - Danbury Hospital raises quality standards for weight loss surgery in Connecticut
Business Update - Pharmacopeia presents at Canaccord Adams 26th annual summer seminar
Cancer Research - Insulin receptor substrate 1-Rad51 action sensitizes JCV T-antigen positive cells to treatment
Cardiology - Gender differences in coronary events in patients in Japan treated with simvastatin were examined
Cardiology - Insulin resistance increases plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 in the heart
Cardiovascular Disease - Angiotensin receptor blockers should be considered as alternative in cardiovascular therapies
Cardiovascular Disease - Heat shock protein 60 levels in diabetics may play a role in cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular Research - Stress imaging tests predict prognosis of heart disease in obese persons
Cell Regulation - Helenalin plays important role in Akt signaling and Skp2 expression in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes
Cerebrovascular Event - High C-reactive protein levels increase stroke or transient ischemic attack risk
Collaborations - Lilly and Alcon sign marketing agreement for oral medication for diabetic retinopathy
Diabetes & Genetics & Genomics - High glucose activated polyol pathway and changed gene activity in immortalized Schwann cells
Diabetes & Heart Disease - B-type natriuretic peptide can detect silent myocardial ischemia in asymptomatic type 2 diabetes
Diabetes & Heart Disease - Dairy products may reduce type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease risk
Diabetes & Heart Disease - Stress-induced cytokines secretion raises insulin resistance-related complications
Diabetes Complications - Diabetes mellitus is associated with hepatic encephalopathy in patients with HCV cirrhosis
Diabetes Complications - Low dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate predicts decline in urinary albumin excretion in diabetes
Diabetes Complications - Quercetin improved vascular responsiveness in blood vessels from diabetic rats
Diabetes Complications - Time dependent diabetic cystopathy changes include compensated and decompensated bladder function
Diabetes Control - Insulin pump therapy may improve glycemic control and self-efficacy in type 1 diabetes females
Diabetes Control - Novel program attempts to reduce lipid profile disparity among diabetes mellitus patients
Diabetes Control - Solvay submits fenofibrate/metformin fixed-dose combination product for E.U. approval
Diabetes Control - Stress management training improves glycemic control in type 1 diabetes patients
Diabetes Control - Study finds 1 in 5 youths with diabetes has 2 or more risk factors for early heart disease
Diabetes Epidemiology - Insulin sensitivity affected by gender specific genes that may influence diabetes risk
Diabetes Epidemiology - Mitochondrial genes T2294C and A14693G may lead to genetic predisposition for type 2 diabetes
Diabetes Healthcare - Hospital admission rates for low-income diabetes population depend on financial barrier to care
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Antipsychotic medication olanzapine is associated with type 2 diabetes onset
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Higher glargine dose improved glycemic control in diabetics on basal-prandial insulin therapy
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Insulin resistance is a determinant of hypertensive response to exercise
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Slow heart rate recovery after exercise does not precede metabolic syndrome development
Diabetes Pathogenesis - Westernized diet may cause lipid abnormalities
Diabetes Research - New Alstrom syndrome mouse showing role for ALMS1 in obesity and diabetes is developed
Diabetes Research - Traditional Chinese medicine for diabetes has scientific backing
Diabetes Therapy - Diabetes therapy impacts health-related quality of life
Diabetes Therapy - Insulin pump therapy does not negatively impact health-related quality of life in diabetes
Diabetes Therapy - Islet blood flow enhanced by captopril, irbesartan and pravastatin but suppressed by palmitate
Diabetes Therapy - Neuroactive steroids prevent peripheral myelin alterations induced by diabetes
Diabetes Therapy - Spermine may mediate diabetes effects on microvascular KIR channel function in retina
Diabetes Therapy - Studies are lacking regarding the management of diabetes in older adults
Diabetic Nephropathy - Controlling systolic blood pressure in diabetic nephropathy may lower urinary TGF-beta 1
Diabetic Nephropathy - Lipoprotein lipase S447X, APOE exon 4, and apoC3-455T>C variants are related to nephropathy
Diabetic Neuropathy - Thermoregulatory sweating abnormality indicates early sympathetic damage in diabetic feet
Diagnostics - Positive results reported from clinical study of continuous transdermal glucose monitor
Diet & Nutrition - Food restriction and oleoyl-estrone do not appear to improve slimming in rat model
Diet & Nutrition - Gifted kids reject schools' diet, prefer to make their own healthy food choices
Diet & Nutrition - Low carbohydrate, high protein diet stabilizes glycemic control in rats
Diet & Nutrition - Reduced energy intake of rats fed high-protein low-carbohydrate diet explains low fat stores
Diet & Nutrition - Zinc oxide diet supplement increases IGF-I and IGF-I receptor gene expression in pig model
Echocardiography - Left ventricular function during CE-DSE predicts future cardiac events in diabetics
Endocrinology - Attenuating zinc influx may enhance beta-cell survival
Endocrinology - Cav 1.2 and Cav 1.3 mediate insulin secretion stimulated by 7.5 mM glucose
Endocrinology - Coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase-1 enhances NF-kappa B-mediated gene transcription
Endocrinology - Dietary fat intake is not the only predictor of fat accumulation and insulin resistance
Endocrinology - Insulin and IGF-1 signaling in vascular endothelial cells is mediated by G beta 1
Endocrinology - Leucine activates pancreatic translational machinery through mTOR independent of insulin
Endocrinology - Mash1 is needed for generic and subtype differentiation of hypothalamic neuroendocrine cells
Endocrinology - Persistent impaired glucose tolerance has similar rate of risk factors as for diabetes
Endocrinology - Tumor necrosis factor inhibits growth hormone-mediated gene expression in hepatocytes
Endocrinology - Unacylated ghrelin is active on INS-1E rat insulinoma cell line independent of GHS-R1a or CRF2R
Finance - Herbalife completes bank refinancing; company to redeem its 9.5% notes due 2011
Finance - Sangamo BioSciences reports 2006 Q2 net loss of $3.3 million, revenue of $1.8 million
Finance - Sontra Medical's board authorizes 1-for-10 reverse stock split of common stock
Fitness & Wellness - Aerobic exercise of 155-180 min/weeks at moderate-to-high intensity reduces body fat in youth
Fitness & Wellness - BMI predicts exercise capacity in obese people with ischemic heart disease
Fitness & Wellness - Decreasing abdominal fat may improve cardiac size and left ventricular diastolic function
Fitness & Wellness - Exercise improves body mass and glucose levels in rats lacking cholecystokinin-1 receptors
Fitness & Wellness - Extracurricular sport activities protect children against fat mass accumulation
Fitness & Wellness - Physical self-esteem in girls and weight control in boys predicts healthy adult lifestyle
Gastric Banding - Gastric banding is associated with sustained weight loss and energy expenditure conservation
Gene Research - Study shows that a genetic defect could keep some people from feeling full
Hepatitis C Virus - HIV co-infection contributes to hepatitis C virus-related fibrosis severity
Hypertension - Low pituitary response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia is seen in lean with essential hypertension
Market Analysis - Affordable, innovative, effective products to spur European diabetes market
Market Analysis - Dallas-Fort Worth Business Group releases report on state of diabetes in Texas
Medical Devices - Michigan neuropathy screening instrument offers a reliable test for diabetic neuropathy
Metabolic Syndrome - Researchers identify how a molecular switch regulates fat and cholesterol production
Obesity Diagnosis - Air-displacement plethysmography underestimates body fat percentage in children
Obesity Epidemiology - Common gene set regulates low-density lipoprotein size and obesity factors in Alaskan Eskimos
Obesity Epidemiology - Larger visceral adipose tissue areas are observed in less obese Japanese
Obesity Epidemiology - p.Q223R leptin receptor variant is associated with obesity in Brazilian population
Obesity Epidemiology - Risk of childhood obesity or overweight is inversely related to sleep duration
Obesity Pathogenesis - Daily eating frequency is inversely related to degree of total adiposity and central fat
Obesity Pathogenesis - Higher protein intake in infancy associated with higher BMI at adiposity rebound in girls
Obesity Pathogenesis - PPAR gamma recruits positive transcription elongation factor b to promote adipogenesis
Obesity Pathogenesis - Soft drink consumption associated with excess weight gain in early adolescence
Obesity Research - High BMI does not always spell obesity, Jackson Laboratory researchers show
Obesity Research - Increase in resistin during weight loss in overweight is related to lipid metabolism
Obesity Research - Our media obsession with weight does little to convince people to get active
Obesity Research - Racial differences in values and beliefs about obesity have been examined
Obesity Risk Factors - Use of weight categories to predict mortality outcomes may produce faulty risk assessments
Obesity Therapy - Atomoxetine may have moderate effect on short-term weight loss
Obesity Therapy - Obese most often abandon therapies due to practical or psychological problems
Obesity Therapy - Oleic acid-rich safflower oil diet reduces fat mass and alters PPAR alpha and SREBP-1c expression
Obesity Therapy - Simmondsin demonstrated effective weight loss without apparent negative effects in rats
Obesity Vaccine - Male rats immunized with a vaccine ate normally yet gained less weight and had less body fat
Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplantation - Study explores hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier in pancreatic islet cell transplantation
Pediatric Obesity - Faster-growing children may be vulnerable to the fattening effects of the obesogenic environment
Pediatric Obesity - Physical activity and athletic ability in food advertising may promote overconsumption
Pharmaceutical Research - Thiazolidinediones increases eye protrusion in a patient subgroup with type 2 diabetes
Sexual & Reproductive Health - Panniculectomy prior to gynecological surgery results in good long-term outcomes
Type 2 Diabetes - NicOx to move NCX 4016 into phase II clinical trials for diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes - Roche exercises option on Ipsen's antidiabetic medicine for type 2 diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes - Type 2 diabetes does not increase risk of depression
Type 2 Diabetes - Type 2 diabetes is a significant independent risk factor for periodontal disease
Cardiology - New findings in cardiology described from Denmark, France and the United States
Cardiology - Researchers from the United States, Poland and Finland detail new studies and findings in the area of cardiology
Cardiology - Researchers' findings from the United States and Japan advance cardiology research
Diabetes - Findings from Belgium and the United States describe new data in diabetes research
Diabetes - Findings from Canada, Denmark and Malaysia advance knowledge in diabetes research
Diabetes - Findings from Finland, Japan and the United States describe new data in diabetes research
Diabetes - Findings from Norway, Ireland and Japan describe new data in diabetes research
Diabetes - Findings from the United Kingdom and Germany advance knowledge in diabetes research
Diabetes - Findings from the United States, Japan and Canada in diabetes provide new insights
Diabetes - Findings from the United States, Taiwan and Australia in diabetes provide new insights
Diabetes - New data from Switzerland, Japan and the United States lluminates research in diabetes
Diabetes - New findings in diabetes described from Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom
Diabetes - New research from Netherlands, Austria and Ireland in the area of diabetes detailed
Diabetes - New research from the United States and Germany in the area of diabetes detailed
Diabetes - Recent findings from the United States and Sweden illuminate research in diabetes
Diabetes - Recent findings from the United States, Canada and France illuminate research in diabetes
Diabetes - Recent findings in diabetes described by researchers from South Korea and Germany
Diabetes - Recent findings in diabetes described by researchers from the United States and Germany
Diabetes - Reports from Japan advance knowledge in diabetes research
Diabetes - Reports from Netherlands, France and United States add new data to diabetes research
Diabetes - Reports from Netherlands, Germany and France add new data to diabetes research
Diabetes - Reports from Scotland and the United States add new data to diabetes research
Diabetes - Reports from the United States and Switzerland advance knowledge in diabetes research
Diabetes - Reports from the United States describe recent advances in diabetes research
Diabetes - Reports from the United States, Canada and Italy describe recent advances in diabetes research
Diabetes - Reports from Turkey, Japan and the South Korea describe recent advances in diabetes research
Diabetes - Research from South Korea, France and Japan add new data to diabetes body of knowledge
Diabetes - Research from Taiwan, Spain and the United States add new data to diabetes body of knowledge
Diabetes - Researchers from Canada, France and Japan detail new studies and findings in the area of diabetes
Diabetes - Researchers from Canada, Norway and Netherlands report recent findings in diabetes
Diabetes - Researchers from France, the United States and Sweden report recent findings in diabetes
Diabetes - Researchers' findings from the United States and Australia advance diabetes research
Diabetes - Researchers' work from the United States, Denmark and South Korea adds to diabetes body of knowledge
Diabetes - Researchers' work from the United States, Japan and Finland adds to diabetes body of knowledge
Diabetes - Studies from Canada, Australia and Japan describe new findings in diabetes research
Diabetes - Studies from Italy, the South Korea and France advance knowledge in diabetes research
Diabetes - Studies from Japan, Germany and the United States add new findings to diabetes body of knowledge
Diabetes - Studies from Japan, Italy and Canada describe new findings in diabetes research
Diabetes - Studies from the United States add new findings to diabetes body of knowledge
Diabetes - Studies from the United States, Portugal and Sweden advance knowledge in diabetes research
Diet & Nutrition - Recent findings from Turkey, the United States and Japan illuminate research in diet & nutrition
Diet & Nutrition - Researchers from the United States and Brazil describe findings in diet & nutrition studies
Endocrinology - New findings from the United States, Canada and Brazil in the area of endocrinology detailed
Endocrinology - New findings in endocrinology described from the United States and Denmark
Endocrinology - Recent findings from the United States, France and Spain illuminate research in endocrinology
Endocrinology - Researchers from Ireland, Denmark and Germany detail new studies and findings in the area of endocrinology
Endocrinology - Researchers from Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States describe findings in endocrinology studies
Endocrinology - Researchers' data from Italy and France advance endocrinology research
Endocrinology - Studies from Sweden, the People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom advance knowledge in endocrinology research
Genetics - Research from the United States and Israel add new data to genetics body of knowledge
Heart Disease - Findings from the United States in heart disease provide new insights
Heart Disease - Researchers from Canada, the United States and Germany report details of new studies and findings in the area of heart disease
Obesity - Data from the United States advance knowledge in obesity research
Obesity - Findings from South Africa, United States and Israel describe new data in obesity research
Obesity - Findings from the United States describe new data in obesity research
Obesity - New data from Japan, the United Kingdom and the South Korea lluminates research in obesity
Obesity - New findings from Denmark, the United Kingdom and the United States in the area of obesity detailed
Obesity - New findings in obesity described from India, the United States and Denmark
Obesity - Recent findings in obesity described by researchers from Scotland, France and the United States
Obesity - Research from Poland, the United States and Chile add new data to obesity body of knowledge
Obesity - Research from the United States and Australia in obesity provides new insights
Obesity - Researchers from the United States detail new studies and findings in the area of obesity
Obesity - Researchers' data from the United Kingdom, United States and Germany advance obesity research
Obesity - Researchers' findings from New Zealand and United States advance obesity research
Obesity - Studies from Spain and the United States describe new findings in obesity research
Obesity - Studies from the United States, Scotland and Chile advance knowledge in obesity research
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