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Diabetes Ups Protein Level Linked to Alzheimer's-Related Ageing Symptoms
October 26, 2012 (Salk Institute) — Mouse model may provide clues on mechanism linking diabetes and aging to Alzheimer's.
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - November 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news
Diabetes care 'depressingly poor'
Almost 25,000 people die prematurely each year because their diabetes has not been managed effectively, it is claimed
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Source: Nursing in Practice - November 6, 2012 Category: Nursing Authors: lnaughton Tags: Diabetes Editor ' s pick Source Type: news
Achievement of diabetes treatment targets 'depressingly poor'
Almost 25,000 people die prematurely each year because their diabetes has not been managed effectively, it is claimed
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Source: Nursing in Practice - November 6, 2012 Category: Nursing Authors: lnaughton Tags: Diabetes Editor ' s pick Source Type: news
U.S. Hispanics at High Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - November 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news
Kids Consume More Soda and Calories When Eating Out
November 6, 2012 (University of Illinois at Chicago) — Children and adolescents consume more calories and soda and have poorer nutrient-intake on days they eat at either fast-food or full-service restaurants, as compared to days they eat meals at -- or from -- home.
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - November 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news
MPs call for improved diabetes care
Too many patients with diabetes are developing potentially life-threatening complications because they are not receiving the straightforward care and support they need, according to MPs.
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - November 6, 2012 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Medical therapy in Cushing's syndrome
Surgery is the treatment of choice for Cushing's syndrome; however, steroidogenesis inhibitors such as ketoconazole or metyrapone have been used preoperatively to lower circulating cortisol and reduce surgical risk. These agents have also been used after pituitary irradiation or unsuccessful surgery. In this retrospective study, Valassi and colleagues demonstrate that preoperative administration of ketoconazole, metyrapone or both, normalise cortisol in more than half of Cushing’s syndrome patients, although clinical improvement was not reached in all. Valassi et al. (2012) Clinical Endocrinology 77, 735–742. R...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 6, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Only one day left to submit your abstract for SfE BES 2013 - deadline 15 November 2012!
SfE BES 2013 will take place at Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate
on 18–21 March 2013. If you haven't yet submitted your abstract for the conference - hurry - you only have two days left - the deadline is 15 November 2012. The call for scientific issues and clinical cases for the Meet the Expert sessions also closes on Wednesday. If you have any queries about submitting your abstract, please contact the conference team at conferences@bioscientifica.com, 01454 642210.
Online registration for the conference is also now open with discounted rates available for Society members. The early bird deadline for regist...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 6, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Only two days left to submit your abstract for SfE BES 2013 - deadline 15 November 2012!
SfE BES 2013 will take place at Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate
on 18–21 March 2013. If you haven't yet submitted your abstract for the conference - hurry - you only have two days left - the deadline is 15 November 2012. The call for scientific issues and clinical cases for the Meet the Expert sessions also closes on Wednesday. If you have any queries about submitting your abstract, please contact the conference team at conferences@bioscientifica.com, 01454 642210.
Online registration for the conference is also now open with discounted rates available for Society members. The early bird deadline for regist...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 6, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Endocrine Connections - issue two now available online
The latest issue of the Society for Endocrinology’s Open Access journal Endocrine Connections is now available online. Click on the link below to access issue two. Endocrine Connections
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 6, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Medical therapy in Cushing?s syndrome
Surgery is the treatment of choice for Cushing's syndrome; however, steroidogenesis inhibitors such as ketoconazole or metyrapone have been used preoperatively to lower circulating cortisol and reduce surgical risk. These agents have also been used after pituitary irradiation or unsuccessful surgery. In this retrospective study, Valassi and colleagues demonstrate that preoperative administration of ketoconazole, metyrapone or both, normalise cortisol in more than half of Cushing’s syndrome patients, although clinical improvement was not reached in all. Valassi et al. (2012) Clinical Endocrinology 77, 735–742. R...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 6, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Clinical Senior Lecturer (Honorary Consultant), London, UK
Via www.naturejobs.com. There is a vacancy for a part-time (20 hours per week) Clinical Senior Lecturer (Honorary Consultant) in paediatric rheumatology based at the Arthritis Research UK Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology, University College London, London, UK. The post holder will split their time between research, clinical duties and administration as necessary. The appointee will be expected to develop a high quality research programme, including the securing of external grant funding, publication in high impact journals, and the supervision of research students.
The appointee will be expected to develop a research gr...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 6, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
PhD studentships, University of Birmingham
Via www.jobs.ac.uk. Endocrine research at the University of Birmingham addresses the role of hormones in obesity, diabetes, cancer, infertility and many other conditions to find new diagnostic tools and treatments that will make a difference. PhD studentships in endocrinology and metabolism research are available in the School of Clinical & Experimental Medicine starting September/October 2013.
The research team's strengths lie in understanding the causes of rare diseases such as congenital adrenal hyperplasia, adrenal insufficiency and premature puberty that exemplify mechanisms that are of importance in common dis...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 6, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Research Assistant in Hormone Signalling, University of Bristol
Via www.jobs.ac.uk. The School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol has a vacancy for a Research Assistant to assist the Principle investigator (Prof. Craig A McArdle) in his research into gonadotrophin-releasing hormone receptor (GnRHR) signalling. The work is funded by the Medical Research Council and will involve a number of standard molecular and cellular biological techniques (cell culture, transfection, transduction, preparation of plasmid and viral vectors, western blotting, transcriptional reporters, and fluorescence microscopy) as well as automated fluorescence microscopy.
GnRH is secreted in brief pulses...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 6, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Clinical Associate Professor in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Nottingham
Via: http://www.clinicalacademicjobs.org. The School of Clinical Sciences at The University of Nottingham is seeking a Clinical Associate Professor in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. (Salary: £74,504 to £100,446 per annum, depending on skills and experience).
The successful candidate will be a national or international-quality researcher, with research interests that will complement and strengthen existing research programmes in Nottingham. These include, but are not limited to: bio-imaging (including MRI), reproductive biology, clinical trials, stem cell biology and effects of early life environment on subsequent...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 6, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
SfE Summer Studentships - deadline for applications - 11 March 2013
The Society's Summer Studentships are to assist undergraduate students in gaining research experience by working in a research environment. A stipend is offered for a period of study of up to ten weeks, together with a sum for the host department consumables.
The student will normally be an undergraduate following a course in endocrinology or a related life science subject. Students will normally take up the award during the summer vacation before their final year. Applications are invited from students whose intended host supervisor is a Society member.
The deadline for applications for the next round of studentships is...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 6, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
SfE Undergraduate Prize - deadline for entries - 11 February 2013
Calling all undergraduate students - do you have the "write stuff"? We are pleased to launch our 2013 Undergraduate Essay Prize competition with a first prize of £1000! Runner-up and highly commended prizes are also up for grabs.
The competition is open to all students currently studying an undergraduate course. The essay is required to be endocrine-related and based on a topical aspect of endocrinology. The essays must be the original work of the candidate, and extra credit will be awarded for essays illustrating thought–provoking, opinionated and readable content.
Please spread the word among your undergradu...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 6, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Society selects 2014 medallists
We are delighted to announce that the following medallists have all accepted their invitations and will give their medal lectures at the SfE BES 2014 meeting in Liverpool on 24-27 March 2014. Congratulations to them all.
Dale Medallist – Professor Bert O'Malley (Houston, Texas, USA)
Transatlantic Medallist – Professor Mitchell Lazar (Philadelphia, USA)
Society Medallist – Professor Andrew Loudon (Manchester, UK)
European Medallist – Professor Theo Visser (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Hoffenberg International Medallist - Professor Robert McLachlan (Clayton, Australia)
SfE medals
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 6, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Endocrine Connections - issue 2 now available online
The latest issue of Society for Endocrinology’s newest journal is online now. Read issue 2 online
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 6, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Would you like to see your image on a journal cover?
Do you have any exciting endocrinology-related images being produced by your lab? If so, we want them!
We are launching a Cover Art Competition for Journal of Endocrinology, Endocrine-Related Cancer and Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. Winners will be selected by the Editors-in-Chief of the journals and will have their imagery featured on the front cover of an issue, both in print and online!
Winners will be cited in the journal and will receive a professionally printed copy of the journal issue featuring their scientific image.
To enter the competition, email your images to joe@endocrinology.org, erc@endocrinology.or...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 6, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
New content uploaded!
We have expanded the endocrine conditions section of You & Your Hormones by adding three new articles. Click on the links below to access the articles.
Endometrial cancerEndometriosisSomatostatinoma
Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 6, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
MPs call for improved diabetes care
Too many patients with diabetes are developing potentially life-threatening complications because they are not receiving the straightforward care and support they need, according to MPs.
Source: HSJ - November 6, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
For Adults With Diabetes And Heart Disease, Cardiac Bypass Surgery Found To Be Superior To Non-Surgical Procedure
Adults with diabetes and multi-vessel coronary heart disease who underwent cardiac bypass surgery had better overall heart-related outcomes than those who underwent an artery-opening procedure to improve blood flow to the heart muscle, according to the results from an international study. The research was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
New findings on gene regulation and bone development (EurekAlert, 5 November 2012)
A study from Germany and the USA published in Journal of Clinical Investigation identifies an epigenetic regulator of the parathyroid hormone like hormone gene which may be implicated in brachydactyly type E, a disease of skeletal development.
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Source: Society for Endocrinology - November 6, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Failings in diabetes care 'cost thousands of lives'
This report used evidence from a report on the management of adult diabetes services in the NHS, England, published earlier this year (May 2012) by the National Audit Office.
When writing their report, the PAC also took into consideration written and oral evidence from expert witnesses and officials from the Department of Health regarding the management of adult diabetes services in the NHS in England.
Written evidence was also submitted by organisations such as Diabetes UK, and the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists.
What recommendations does the report make about diabetes care in the NHS?
Based on the con...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes QA articles Source Type: news
Fatal Heart Disease Risk More Common For African American Men And Women
Although treatments have progressed for coronary heart disease within the last 20 years, African-American men and women continue to have twice the risk of fatal coronary heart disease in comparison to Caucasian men and women, suggests a new study in the November issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. This variance may be because of a larger amount of risk factors present among African-Americans, such as diabetes, hypertension, and smoking, implying that this risk could be terminated with better risk factor control. Rates of coronary heart disease in the U.S...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
Bone Density Should Be Factored In When Considering Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric surgery, which significantly curtails the amount of food a person can eat, is the most effective treatment against obesity and is being recognized as a potentially valuable tool in the fight against diabetes related to obesity. It is being performed on increasing numbers of people worldwide, including teenagers...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
Studies Investigate Health Concerns Related To Kidney Donation And Racial Disparities Faced By Children Needing Transplants
Three studies presented during the American Society of Nephrology's Annual Kidney Week provide new information related to kidney transplantation - specifically, the post-transplant health of kidney donors and the racial disparities faced by children in need of transplants. Recent studies suggest that hypertension and diabetes are more prevalent in black versus white donors, but no comparisons have been made to healthy non-donors, so the risk attributable to donation remains unknown...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Transplants / Organ Donations Source Type: news
Studies Investigate The Potential Of Several Drugs For The Treatment Of Patients With Diabetes Or Kidney Disease
Three late-breaking studies presented during the American Society of Nephrology's Annual Kidney Week provide new information on drugs being tested in patients with diabetes or kidney disease. Hans-Henrik Parving, MD (University of Copenhagen, in Denmark) and his colleagues investigated whether the drug aliskiren might improve the prognosis of patients with type 2 diabetes who are at high risk for developing heart and kidney problems...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news
Bypass Beats Stents for Diabetic Heart Patients: Study
Title: Bypass Beats Stents for Diabetic Heart Patients: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/5/2012 12:36:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 11/6/2012 12:00:00 AM
Source: MedicineNet Heart General - November 6, 2012 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Tanzania: Diabetics Entitled to Free Treatment
[Daily News]PEOPLE suffering from diabetes can now access medical services free of charge from public health facilities in the country, the National Assembly was told.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 6, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Third dose of MMR vaccine halts mumps
Improved care and better treatments have contributed to a dramatic decline in deaths from
complications of diabetes in children.
Source: Modern Medicine Contemporary Pediatrics - November 6, 2012 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Death rates plummet for children with diabetes
Improved care and better treatments have contributed to a dramatic decline in deaths from
complications of diabetes in children.
Source: Modern Medicine Contemporary Pediatrics - November 6, 2012 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Cohort study: Comparative effects of sulfonylurea and metformin monotherapy on cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine
Area: News
The Annals of Internal Medicine has featured a study evaluating the effects of sulfonylureas and metformin on cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes (acute myocardial infarction and stroke) or death in patients with type 2 diabetes.
The retrospective cohort study incorporated data obtained from the National Veterans Health Administration databases from which veterans who initiated metformin or sulfonylurea therapy for diabetes were identified. Patients with chronic kidney disease or serious medical illness were excluded.
The primary outcome was a composit...
Source: NeLM - News - November 6, 2012 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Head-to-head trial of 2 diabetes drugs yields mixed results
(University of North Carolina Health Care) Daily injections of liraglutide were slightly more effective than weekly injections of exenatide in lowering blood sugar and promoting weight loss. However, patients had fewer negative side effects on exenatide once weekly.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Low Vitamin D Levels=Longevity?
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Vitamin D is used for conditions of the heart and blood vessels, including high blood pressure and high cholesterol. It is also used for diabetes, obesity, muscle weakness, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, bronchitis, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), and tooth and gum disease. Researchers are now linking Vitamin D levels to longevity.
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - November 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Diabetes care “depressingly poor”
Department of Health must outline how improvements will be made under new NHS structureRelated items from OnMedicaHealth check ‘lottery’ leaves diabetics undiagnosed Three-part course on diabetesHospitals are ‘letting down’ people with diabetesMore evidence on diabetes postcode lotteryDiabetes will soon cost NHS £16.9bn
Source: OnMedica Latest News - November 6, 2012 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
HONDAs segment drives 70% of healthcare cost: PwC
Hypertension, Obesity, Non-complaints, Diabetics, Asthmatics segment accounts for 70% of healthcare cost incurred on just 25% patients, PwC said.
Source: The Economic Times - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA Reviewers Call Cushing Drug Effective
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- A new product appears to effectively treat Cushing's disease, although the FDA is raising some questions in advance of a panel meeting to vote on recommending its approval.
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - November 5, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Diabetes care 'depressingly poor'
The standard of care for diabetes in England is "depressingly poor", causing unnecessary deaths and disabilities, a parliamentary committee says.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Type 1 Diabetes: Simpler C-Peptide Test Fine for Children Type 1 Diabetes: Simpler C-Peptide Test Fine for Children
A single 90-minute C-peptide measurement shows similar sensitivity and specificity compared with a more intensive full test in children with type 1 diabetes. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Diabetes Substantially Affects School Dropout Rates and Wages
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Diabetes, Diabetes in Children and Teens
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
24,000 with diabetes 'are dying needlessly': Fewer than half of patients get vital checks, say MPs
Less than half of diabetes patients are given nine basic checks by their GP which can reduce the risk of complications such as blindness, amputation or kidney disease.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
For Diabetics, Bypasses Gain
Diabetic patients with seriously diseased heart arteries are significantly more likely to survive or avoid future attacks by having them treated with bypass surgery than with artery-opening devices called stents, according to a major new study.
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - November 5, 2012 Category: Health Management Source Type: news
Study: Bypass surgery beats stents for diabetics with clogged arteries
Doctors compared treatments in study of 1,900 diabetics to see how many had suffered heart problems after five years
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Even Fit Baby Boomers Won’t Escape Heart Problems
CHICAGO (AP) - Here’s a reality check for health-conscious baby boomers: Even among those in good shape, at least 1 in 3 will eventually develop heart problems or have a stroke.
The upside is that that will happen about seven years later than for their less healthy peers.
The findings come in an analysis of five major studies involving nearly 50,000 adults aged 45 and older who were followed for up to 50 years.
The best odds are in the healthiest adults — those who don’t smoke, have diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol. Still, among 55-year-olds in that category, about a third can expect...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mreal197 Tags: Health Source Type: news
Debate Over Antidepressants In Pregnancy Ongoing
WebMD Medical News
By Salynn Boyles
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Oct. 31, 2012 — The debate over the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy has been going on for a long time, and a new review may keep the debate alive a while longer.
The research review finds little evidence that the most widely prescribed class of antidepressants benefits pregnant women and growing evidence that they cause harm.
But one expert calls the findings “nonsense.”
Investigators of the review concluded that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants should be prescribed “with great caution” du...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mreal197 Tags: WebMD News Source Type: news
Vital Signs: Limits to Resveratrol as a Metabolism Aid
Resveratrol, the red wine component shown to be helpful in improving metabolic function in obese or diabetic people, has no discernible effect on healthy women who are not obese, a new experiment has found.
Source: NYT Health - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: resveratrol Body Longevity Resveratrol (Chemical) Featured Aging Source Type: news
Bypass Surgery Improves Survival for Patients with Diabetes and Multi-vessel Coronary Artery Disease
November 5, 2012 (University Health Network) — An international, clinical research trial has shown that patients with diabetes whose multi-vessel coronary artery disease is treated with bypass surgery live longer and are less likely to suffer severe complications like heart attacks than those who undergo angioplasty.
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Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dlife Source Type: news
