Diabetes
New Findings Reported from Ehime University Describe Advances in Diabetes
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, April 11th, 2011
2011 APR 11 -- In this recent report published in the American Journal of Hypertension, researchers in conducted a study "To explore the metabolic actions of nifedipine on diabetes, we examined glucose intolerance and white adipose tissue changes in type 2 diabetic KK-A(y) mice. Male KK-A(y) mice were treated with nifedipine (1.5 mg/kg/day in lab chow) for 5 weeks, which did not affect blood pressure or feeding of KK-A(y) mice."
"After treatment with nifedipine, body weight tended to decrease and the weight of white adipose tissue was reduced. Without food restriction, nifedipine decreased plasma insulin level, while plasma glucose level tended to...
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