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Risk For Insulin Resistance In Offspring Increased By Directed In Vitro Technique
A special type of in vitro fertilization, or IVF, may increase the risk for insulin resistance among children conceived in this way, according to a new study from Greece.
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Risk For Insulin Resistance In Offspring Increased By Directed In Vitro Technique
A special type of in vitro fertilization, or IVF, may increase the risk for insulin resistance among children conceived in this way, according to a new study from Greece.
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Blood Test Might Predict Type 1 Diabetes in Children, Study Finds
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Diabetes diagnosis came as shock to mum
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Could Catching Up on Sleep Lower Your Diabetes Risk?
The study found significant improvements in insulin sensitivity -- the body's ability to clear sugar from the blood -- among sleep-deprived men after they had three nights of extra sleep.
Could catching up on sleep lower your diabetes risk?
The study found significant improvements in insulin sensitivity -- the body's ability to clear sugar from the blood -- among sleep-deprived men after they had three nights of extra sleep.
Insulin degludec lowers risk of recurrent low blood sugar or has similar risk to insulin glargine
Insulin degludec , a new ultra-long-acting insulin, has a similar or reduced risk of recurrent hypoglycemia- low blood sugar- compared with the commercially available insulin glargine, a new meta-analysis study finds.
Breakfast Can Help Keep Insulin Resistance In Check
A new study finds skipping breakfast causes acute or rapid onset insulin resistance in overweight women.
Is a Type 1 Diabetes Cure Right Around the Corner?
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Refugees ask feds to restore benefits
Kasim Kawo with his daughter, Milki, 14 months, and wife Balkisa join a rally at Central Park to protest federal cuts to refugee health benefits.
A randomized trial comparing perinatal outcomes using insulin detemir ...
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians , doi:10.3109/14767058.2013.799650 Abstract Objective: This randomized controlled trial aimed to compare the efficacy ... (more)
Insulet's Tubeless, Wireless Insulin Pump Features TOPAS Cyclic Olefin Copolymer
The industry's first tubeless and wireless insulin pump, recently upgraded by developer Insulet Corp., Bedford, Mass., features an insert molded Plunger made of TOPAS cyclic olefin copolymer from TOPAS Advanced Polymers.
Researchers demonstrate use of stem cells to analyze causes, treatment of diabetes
A team from the New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center of Columbia University has generated patient-specific beta cells, or insulin-producing cells, that accurately reflect the features of maturity-onset diabetes of the young .
Vascular complications and changes in body mass index in Japanese...
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Eating red meat may boost Type 2 diabetes risk
A new study published June 17 in JAMA Internal Medicine showed that eating red meat over time was associated with a higher chance of developing the most common form of diabetes.
Prenatal exposure to BPA affects fat tissues in sheep
Results of the animal study will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
Phase III Trial Evaluates Novel Insulin Inhalation Powder for Type 2 Diabetes
Follow-up visits have been completed for patients enrolled in a phase III trial of Afrezza , an investigational inhalation powder consisting of human insulin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
Directed in vitro technique may increase insulin resistance among offspring
A special type of in vitro fertilization, or IVF, may increase the risk for insulin resistance among children conceived in this way, according to a new study from Greece.
Lives Are on the Line in PA's Medicaid Expansion Debate
Last week, hundreds of people from across Pennsylvania took the Capitol by storm to put faces to the debate over expanding Medicaid health coverage in Pennsylvania .
Insulin Resistance Linked to Weaker Bones
Reduced effectiveness of the hormone insulin, or insulin resistance, is associated with weakened bones, a clinical study shows.