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A step closer to a cure for adult-onset diabetes
In healthy people, exosomes - tiny structures secreted by cells to allow intercellular communication - prevent clumping of the protein that leads to type 2 diabetes. Exosomes...
3 hours ago - ScienceDaily
FDA approves once-weekly exenatide extended-release injection
The FDA recently approved AstraZeneca's GLP-1 receptor agonist exenatide extended-release injection in a once-weekly single-dose autoinjector device for the treatment of adults...
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Less Than Six Hours of Sleep During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Gestational Diabetes
Short sleep duration is associated with elevated blood sugar levels in pregnancy as well as an increased risk for developing gestational diabetes.
11 hours ago - Medindia Health - 3 articles
Diabetes Increases Risk of Cognitive Dysfunction After Surgery
Older diabetes patients are at higher risk of developing postoperative cognitive dysfunction than those who do not have diabetes.
12 hours ago - Medindia Health - 3 articles
Older surgical patients with diabetes may be at higher risk of developing POCD
Older patients with diabetes may be at an 84 percent higher risk of developing postoperative cognitive dysfunction than those who are not diabetic, suggests new research being...
12 hours ago - News Medical - 3 articles
Small left colon syndrome in 3 sisters
Neonatal small left colon syndrome is a rare cause of bowel obstruction. Its etiology remains unknown, but a significant association has been noted between maternal diabetes...
19 hours ago - Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Sugarpod wins diabetes challenge
Sugarpod by Wellpepper, a comprehensive diabetes care plan that sends personalized messages to users, has won the Alexa Diabetes Challenge, according to a press release from...
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Health: New protein aggregation measurement tool
A team of scientists have described the synthetic genetic tool they built to quantitatively sense, measure and manipulate protein aggregation in live cells. This may open the...
1 day ago - ScienceDaily
How genes and environment interact to raise risk of congenital heart defects
Infants of mothers with diabetes have a three- to five-fold increased risk of congenital heart defects. Such developmental defects are likely caused by a combination of genetic...
1 day ago - ScienceDaily
Four Tips to Eat Your Way to a Great Night's Sleep
Who has not had a restless night's sleep? Everyone does on occasion, but for many, it is an increasingly frequent experience. The typical explanation is the unparalleled...
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Even "healthy people," if they eat sugar, are at risk for heart disease, new...
New research reveals that even healthy people who consume a high-sugar diet are prone to heart disease. To reach this conclusion, researchers from the University of Surrey in...
Poor heart health is driving the racial health gap
The average white American lives to 79 years old, compared to 75.5 years for the average black American. Scientists at Northwestern say a lack of care and prevention in blacks...
Should You Work Out on Halloween? This Is What Jillian Michaels Says
A little Halloween mondaymotivation for ya! Get crackin' team. riseandgrind A photo posted by Jillian Michaels on Oct 31, 2016 at 8:46am PDT Just in case you were thinking...
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✅ 12 Curl and press ✅ 12 Push up ✅ 30 Mountain climber ✅ 30 X mountain climber ✅ 10 Straight leg sit up + twist ✅ 12 Tricep dips ✅ 12 Lay down push up ✅ 50 Ab bikes Set a timer...
The 180 breast cancer genes
The Cambridge University study has shed more light on the BRCA1 gene, which Hollywood star Angelina Jolie famously inherited, before she had a mastectomy to reduce her risk.
Higher Levels Of Thyroxine Linked To Irregular Heartbeat
The risk of irregular heartbeat is greater among individuals who produce too much thyroid hormone than among those with normal hormonal levels.
Opioid Use Numbers Go Down in Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery
Multimode drug therapy approach has almost completing replaced the opioid alone prescription to combat pain postop.
Stress And Pain in Cancer Patients Increase Risk of Longer Hospital Stay
Patients' physical symptoms are associated with longer hospital lengths of stay and increased risk of unplanned readmission within 90 days.
Postpartum Depression is Less in Women Delivering Babies in Winter
The postpartum depression risk might be greater in women who had delivered in the winter season when compared to summer or fall
Diabetes Increases Risk of Cognitive Dysfunction After Surgery
Older diabetes patients are at higher risk of developing postoperative cognitive dysfunction than those who do not have diabetes.