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Men with big beer bellies likely to have weaker bones: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Men with excessive fat around their abdomen, commonly known as a "beer belly," are at an elevated risk for heart disease and Type 2 diabetes, and now researchers are adding osteoporosis to the list of potential hazards.
Source: Reuters: Health - November 28, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Supplements of Red Wine Antioxidant Don't Help Obese Men
Study should put claims of health benefits to rest, experts say Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Antioxidants, Diabetes, Men's Health
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 28, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Nicola Motterlini obituary
My colleague and friend Nicola Motterlini, who has died from cancer aged 33, joined the staff of the Health Research Board Centre for Primary Care Research in Dublin in 2009. He studied for a PhD while working as a statistician with the research team built up by Professor Tom Fahey at the centre, which is based at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland.Nicola was involved in several research projects in Dublin and his PhD focused on the variation in prescribing for common diseases among general practitioners. He provided valuable support to clinical lecturers who were developing the undergraduate teaching curriculum, in ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 28, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Obituaries World news guardian.co.uk Medical research Europe Ireland Science Source Type: news

David Ludwig answers TEDMED community questions about childhood obesity
After spending more than 15 years researching evidence-based ways to prevent and treat childhood obesity, David Ludwig, MD, PhD and director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Boston Children’s Hospital knows that obesity is a complex epidemic that can’t be fought from only one angle. After TEDMED classified childhood obesity as one of its Top 20 Great Challenges of 2012, the public was invited to submit questions about the state of the epidemic and how we might go about reducing childhood obesity. Of these questions, 10 were selected by TEDMED and posed to Ludwig. Here are his responses. 1. What a...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - November 28, 2012 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Andrea Mooney Tags: All posts Childhood obesity Exercise Healthful eating Sweetened beverages David Ludwig New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center OWL Source Type: news

Angola: Expert Explains Ways to Prevent Chronic Diseases
[ANGOP]Luanda -The prevention of many chronic diseases, such as high blood pressure and diabetes, can be done through the adoption of a healthy diet and having proper information about them, said Wednesday in Luanda the specialist on food research and quality of life, Isabel Fontes Pires.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 28, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news

I Packed Them In for the Holiday
My house was pretty packed this Thanksgiving. I had my sister, her two sons and their girlfriends over this year. She always made her own Thanksgiving dinner for everybody and the boys are used to going over there. But the two of them are moving here to South Florida, so we had everyone everyone come [...]
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - November 28, 2012 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr. Al Sears Tags: Blood Sugar/Diabetes Uncategorized Fenugreek thanksgiving Source Type: news

Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMPE) announces appointment of Josh Disbrow as Chief Operating Officer effective December 15, 2012
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., Nov. 28, 2012 (HSMN NewsFeed) -- Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMPE), a biopharmaceutical company developing repurposed drugs and new molecular entities (NMEs) that treat inflammatory diseases, including osteoarthritis, diabetic ... Biopharmaceuticals, PersonnelAmpio Pharmaceuticals, Josh Disbrow
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - November 28, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Health Tip: Taking Medication to Manage Diabetes
Questions you should ask your doctor Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Page: Diabetes Medicines
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 28, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

World Anti-Doping Agency research grants
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has issued a call for proposals for its 2013 scientific research grants. WADA is committed to increasing the volume of research dedicated to developing new and improved detection methods for performance-enhancing substances and methods. Since 2001, the Agency has committed more than US$54 million to scientific research. Scientists interested in submitting research projects are invited to submit their applications at the link below. Click here for more information about the 2013 programme and for details of how to apply for a grant by the deadline of 17 February 2013. WADA research grants
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 28, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Sugar substitute 'sparking global diabetes epidemic'
Conclusion This ecological study suggests that countries with a high availability of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) – defined as more than 0.5kg per person per year – may have higher diabetes levels than those defined as having low HFCS availability. Countries where availability was defined as high had approximately 20% higher rates of diabetes than those defined as having low availability. While informative, this study does not prove cause and effect. For example, this study does not show that individuals with diabetes consumed higher levels of HFCS or that this consumption contributed to their diabetes. Ecological...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 28, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Diabetes Source Type: news

'NICE nanny state' parking cost claims are untrue
“Raise cost of parking to force motorists to walk! Nanny watchdog’s plan to get Britain fit”, is the strident yet inaccurate headline in the Daily Mail. This was prompted by the publication of guidelines produced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), designed to encourage more people to walk and cycle for the benefit of their health. In fact, the report does not recommend increasing the cost of parking. It simply states that ‘encouraging people to walk or cycle… could be achieved, for instance, by introducing restricted parking and higher parking charges’. Even then, the suggesti...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 28, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lifestyle/exercise QA articles Source Type: news

Gastric Bypass Surgery Helps Diabetes But Doesn't Cure It
People with earlier, less severe diabetes benefit more in HMO Research Network study After gastric bypass surgery, diabetes goes away for some people - often even before they lose much weight. So does that mean gastric surgery "cures" diabetes? Not necessarily, according to the largest community-based study of long-term diabetes outcomes after bariatric surgery. For most people in the study, e-published in advance of print in Obesity Surgery, diabetes either never remitted after gastric surgery or relapsed within five years...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 28, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news

Insulin Sensitivity And Glucose Tolerance Improved By Bariatric Surgical Procedures
Obesity is associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, both of which can be significantly improved by weight loss. Gastric bypass and adjustable gastric banding are two bariatric surgery techniques that are frequently used to effect weight loss in obese patients, but it is unclear if the two procedures produce different outcomes. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers led by Samuel Klein at the University of Washington School of Medicine in St...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 28, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news

Overactive Thyroid May Raise Risk for Common Irregular Heartbeat
Title: Overactive Thyroid May Raise Risk for Common Irregular HeartbeatCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/27/2012 8:36:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 11/28/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: MedicineNet Thyroid General - November 28, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Study Links High-Fructose Corn Syrup to Diabetes
Title: Study Links High-Fructose Corn Syrup to DiabetesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/28/2012 11:01:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/28/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: MedicineNet Diabetes General - November 28, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Health Tip: Taking Medication to Manage Diabetes
Title: Health Tip: Taking Medication to Manage DiabetesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/28/2012 8:35:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/28/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: MedicineNet Diabetes General - November 28, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Horizon scanning: EU approves marketing authorisation for aflibercept (EyleaT) for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration
Source: BioSpace Area: News The European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for aflibercept (EyleaT) injection, for the treatment of neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD). According to the Summary of Product Characteristics, treatment is initiated with one 2 milligram injection per month for three consecutive months, followed by one injection every two months with no requirement for monitoring by the physician between injections. After the first twelve months of treatment, the treatment interval may be extended based on visual and anatomic outcomes. In the United State...
Source: NeLM - News - November 28, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Joslin researchers increase understanding of genetic risk factor for type 1 diabetes
(Joslin Diabetes Center) Researchers led by Stephan Kissler, Ph.D., have demonstrated how a genetic variant associated with type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases influences susceptibility to autoimmunity.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 28, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Men With Belly Fat At Risk For Osteoporosis
(Ivanhoe Newswire) – According to the National Center for Health Statistics, more than 37 million American men over the age of 20 are obese. Obesity is associated with many health problems, including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, high cholesterol, asthma, sleep apnea and joint diseases. Researchers are now saying that visceral, or deep belly, obesity is a risk factor for bone loss and decreased bone strength in men.
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - November 28, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Syrup found in biscuits, ice cream and energy drinks fuelling diabetes 'global scale'
Countries that use large amounts of fructose corn syrup have diabetes rates up to 20% higher than those that consume little, found scientists from Oxford University.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

High-Fructose Corn Syrup Linked to DiabetesHigh-Fructose Corn Syrup Linked to Diabetes
Countries that mix high-fructose corn syrup into processed foods and soft drinks have higher rates of diabetes than countries that don't use the sweetener, a new study shows. WebMD Health News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news

Rising Type 2 diabetes rates linked to increases in high fructose corn syrup consumption
Americans, who consumed 55 lbs. of HFCS yearly, had 20 percent higher rate than than low consumption countries
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - November 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

US Drug Watchdog Now Urges Diabetics Who Used the Drug Actos and Then...
The US Drug Watchdog has expanded the scope of their national initiative focused on diabetics, who used the diabetes drug called Actos, and then developed bladder cancer. The group is now including...(PRWeb November 27, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/11/prweb10142367.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - November 27, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Why finding new uses for old drugs is a growing business
'Repurposing' drugs for different ailments is cheaper than testing new ones, and small biotech firms are taking advantageIt was probably a bad day at the lab when scientists at the US drug group Pfizer's now defunct Sandwich research centre realised an angina treatment they were developing – a compound called sildenafil – simply didn't work.It might have been the end of the road for compound UK-92,480, but the drug did have an interesting side effect: three days after swallowing the pill the male volunteers testing the medicine got a prolonged erection.The treatment was refined and the time delay reduced. It was brande...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 27, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Julia Kollewe Tags: Pfizer Pharmaceuticals industry News guardian.co.uk Drugs Features Business Science Source Type: news

Topical simvastatin shown to accelerate wound healing in diabetes
Delayed wound healing is a major complication of diabetes because the physiological changes in tissues and cells impair the wound healing process. This can result in additional disease outcomes such as diabetic foot ulcer, a significant cause of morbidity in the growing population of diabetic patients. A new study has found that topically applied simvastatin accelerates wound healing in diabetic mice, suggesting important implications for humans with diabetes.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 27, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

New behavioral strategies may help patients learn to better control chronic diseases
One of the most important health problems in the United States is the failure of patients with chronic diseases to take their medications and do all that is necessary to control their illnesses. In a study published in the current Journal of General Internal Medicine, UCLA researchers and their colleagues suggest that physicians take a serious look at tools and strategies used in behavioral economics and social psychology to help motivate their patients to assert better control over chronic diseases. Breaking large goals into smaller, more manageable parts, for example, may help patients better manage diseases such ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - November 27, 2012 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Mother has pioneering treatment using cells from dead patients that could potentially cure diabetes
Assistant headteacher Ann Adair, from Birmingham, who suffers from type one diabetes, has undergone the operation to replace the vital Islet Cells.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Diabetes Rates Higher in Countries Using Lots of High Fructose Corn Syrup
But critics say this research doesn't prove the sweetener is any worse than other sugars Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Carbohydrates, Diabetes Type 2, International Health
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Study Links High-Fructose Corn Syrup to Diabetes
Countries that mix high-fructose corn syrup into processed foods and soft drinks have higher rates of diabetes than countries that don’t use this sweetener, a new study shows.
Source: WebMD Health - November 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New Scrutiny for Diabetes and Sweeteners
The disputed study found a high prevalence of diabetes in countries with a high use of fructose corn syrup.
Source: NYT - November 27, 2012 Category: Nutrition Authors: By STEPHANIE STROM Tags: Artificial Sweeteners Diabetes Diet and Nutrition Food Corn Syrup and Sweeteners Research Soft Drinks University of Southern California Corn Refiners Assn Global Public Health Source Type: news

New behavioral strategies may help patients learn to better control chronic diseases
Physicians should take a serious look at tools and strategies used in behavioral economics and social psychology to help motivate their patients to assert better control over chronic diseases. Breaking large goals into smaller, more manageable parts, for example, may help patients better manage diseases such as diabetes.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 27, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Protein injection points to muscular dystrophy treatment
Scientists have discovered that injecting a novel human protein into muscle affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy significantly increases its size and strength, findings that could lead to a therapy akin to the use of insulin by diabetics.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 27, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Enzyme explains angina in diabetics
Scientists have shown that an enzyme called arginase might have a key part to play in the development of cardiovascular disease in patients who already have type II diabetes. According to the team, arginase prevents the formation of protective nitrogen oxide in the blood vessels, and treatments that inhibit this enzyme reduce the risk of angina in diabetics.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 27, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Pediatrics Endocrinology Latinoamerican Society (SLEP)
23rd Annual Meeting, Montevideo, November 2012 (ISBN: 978-3-318-02276-6)
Source: Karger Publishers - November 27, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

SfE National Clinical Cases 2013 - London - call for cases - 2 January 2013
We are pleased to announce the next of our National Clinical Cases meetings will be held in the afternoon of Wednesday 26 February 2013 at The Royal Society of Medicine, London. Registration will open shortly at the link below. The meeting will consist of ten oral presentations made up from high scoring submitted abstracts. Online abstract submission will close at 23:59 on Wednesday 2 January 2013. Full instructions on the format to use when submitting a case can be found on the website. There will be six prizes awarded at an evening reception following the 2013 meeting: three for the highest scoring oral presentations (...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 27, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

SfE joins forces with BNA Festival of Neuroscience - deadline for abstracts extended to 6 January 2013
The Society is pleased to be contributing to the next British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Festival of Neuroscience (BNA 2013) to be held at The Barbican Centre in London from 7-10 April 2013. We are sponsoring two symposia at the conference under the theme 'Circadian, Homeostatic, Neuroendocrine Mechanisms'. The first session is entitled 'How the brain controls appetite' and will be chaired by Professor Waljit Dhillo (Imperial College London). The second session will focus on 'Timing in neuroendocrinology' and will be led by Professor Stafford Lightman (University of Bristol). We encourage you all to support your Socie...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 27, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Prevalence of Diabetes in Patients in a Cancer HospitalPrevalence of Diabetes in Patients in a Cancer Hospital
Are patients with both cancer and diabetes receiving appropriate diabetes care? The British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Journal Article Source Type: news

Cardiovascular Outcomes in BARI 2 Diabetes TrialCardiovascular Outcomes in BARI 2 Diabetes Trial
What are the risks associated with an abnormal ankle-brachial index in patients with type 2 diabetes and stable coronary artery disease? American Heart Journal
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news

Blood Pressure and Lipid Management Fall Far Short in Persons With Type 2 DiabetesBlood Pressure and Lipid Management Fall Far Short in Persons With Type 2 Diabetes
Research finds that high blood pressure is poorly managed in most patients with concurrent T2DM and HTN. Cardiovascular Diabetology
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Journal Article Source Type: news

Patients should pay for 'lifestyle' diseases - Tory MP
Patients suffering from diseases caused by “lifestyle choices” such as diabetes should pay for their medication to help save the NHS from collapse, a Tory GP has urged.
Source: HSJ - November 27, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Harsh realities
(NaturalNews)he good 'ol U S of A. The best! The richest! The most powerful! The most diseased! Scary, isn't it, that the most influential nation in the world leads the world in arthritis, cancer, constipation, diabetes, gout, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Rising diabetes rates spare no race, age, gender, or state
-- Although it may come as no surprise to those who have been keeping tabs on the health of the nation, the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in the U.S. has risen steadily and universally from 1995 to 2010. In the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for November 16th...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Green tea shown to block carbohydrate breakdown to prevent blood glucose spikes
Rapidly changing levels of blood glucose as a response to eating a high carbohydrate meal is now widely recognized as a trigger for many chronic illnesses ranging from heart disease to cancer, metabolic dysfunction and diabetes. Researchers have uncovered a host of naturally...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 27, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Marketing authorisation application to the EMA for biosimilar Humulin S withdrawn
Source: EMA Area: News The European Medicines Agency has been informed of a withdrawal of marketing authorisation application for the medicines Solumarv, Isomarv and Combimarv (human insulin), all 100 IU/mL solution for injection. The medicines were developed as 'biosimilar' medicines to Humulin S for the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus who require insulin for the maintenance of glucose homeostasis. In its official letter, the company stated that, "the decision to withdraw is in order to have sufficient time to repeat and submit bioequivalence type 1 diabetes pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic data on...
Source: NeLM - News - November 27, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Cohort study: Rates of haemorrhage during warfarin therapy for atrial fibrillation
Source: CMAJ Area: News The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) has featured the results of a population-based cohort study evaluating the incidence of haemorrhagic events in patients who were starting treatment with warfarin for atrial fibrillation. The cohort comprised residents of Ontario, Canada (aged >/= 66 years), with atrial fibrillation, who started taking warfarin between April 1997, and March 2008 (i.e. patients identified over a 10-year period) - a total of 125,195 patients were identified. Any visit to the hospital for haemorrhage was defined as a major haemorrhage. Crude rates of haemo...
Source: NeLM - Cardiovascular Medicine - November 27, 2012 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Topical simvastatin shown to accelerate wound healing in diabetes
This study is published in the December issue of The American Journal of Pathology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 27, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Enzyme explains angina in diabetics
(Karolinska Institutet) In a new study published in the scientific journal Circulation, scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden show that an enzyme called arginase might have a key part to play in the development of cardiovascular disease in patients who already have type II diabetes. According to the team, arginase prevents the formation of protective nitrogen oxide in the blood vessels, and treatments that inhibit this enzyme reduce the risk of angina in diabetics.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 27, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Protein injection points to muscular dystrophy treatment
(Ottawa Hospital Research Institute) Scientists have discovered that injecting a novel human protein into muscle affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy significantly increases its size and strength, findings that could lead to a therapy akin to the use of insulin by diabetics. These results were published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Dr. Julia von Maltzahn and Dr. Michael Rudnicki, the Ottawa scientist who discovered muscle stem cells in adults.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 27, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Could this elixir hold the key to weight loss? Experts hope it'll also treat diabetes, epilepsy and Alzheimer's
There's a new drink and its scientific credentials are impeccable. It contains something our bodies produce all the time. Too good to be true? Read the evidence.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 26, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Longer Survival With Bilateral IMA Grafting in DiabetesLonger Survival With Bilateral IMA Grafting in Diabetes
Median survival with a bilateral internal thoracic artery graft was approximately four years longer compared with patients receiving a single thoracic artery graft, and there was no increased risk of sternal wound infection or 30-day morbidity between groups. Heartwire
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 26, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news