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Nearly one million individuals with diabetes have to inject themselves daily with insulin. Patients with HIV and certain types of cancer also require frequent... Read More »
If approved by the FDA, an insulin pump that integrates a continuous glucose monitor will be the only system of its kind on the market. The MiniMed 530G system... Read More »
Incidence of diabetes, especially adult-onset (Type II) diabetes, is approaching epidemic proportions. The number of adults with diabetes worldwide has more... Read More »
Scientists from the Danish Stem Cell Center at the University of Copenhagen and Hagedorn Research Institute have gained new insight into the signaling paths that... Read More »
More than 20 million Americans suffer from type II diabetes and the incidence of this disease is on the rise. In diabetes, the body doesn't respond to the hormone ... Read More »
Rapamycin is a widely used drug for cancer and transplant patients, and there are hints that it might even help us put off old age and live longer. But, it also comes ... Read More »
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Health on trial at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has been busy with health topics. First... Read More »
The drug rapamycin has been shown to extend lifespan in lab animals, yet rapamycin has also been linked to impaired glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity, two... Read More »
Insulin resistance in the brain precedes and contributes to cognitive decline above and beyond other causes of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study from... Read More »
A study by Columbia University researchers suggests that cells in the intestine can be coaxed into making insulin, circumventing the need for a stem cell transplant... Read More »
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) stem cell researchers have shown that insulin and nutrition keep blood stem cells from differentiating into mature blood... Read More »
In a step toward the developing an artificial pancreas, Medtronic announced that the results of the in-clinic ASPIRE (Automation to Simulate Pancreatic Insulin... Read More »
New research suggests that diabetes may start in the intestines. Since it is the pancreas that produces insulin and the liver that stores sugar, scientists have often ... Read More »
Breathing only air is passé. People have been breathing air forever. People breathe air every day, all day. It is boring. So why are people only... Read More »
By Jim Finkle
BOSTON (Reuters) - Medtronic Inc has asked software security experts to investigate... Read More »