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Japanese researchers have discovered a hormone in abdominal fat that has some of the same characteristics as insulin. The finding may mean that fat actually has dueling roles in regulating metabolism. The Study The authors of the study compared human fat from...
A diet that is rich in carbohydrates is better than a low-fat diet for reducing the risk of heart disease and diabetes,...
Researchers have discovered a way to transform neural stem cells into insulin-producing cells, called islets—a discovery that could lead to a...
The first successful operation to transplant insulin-producing cells, called islets, from a living donor has allowed a woman to stop treating her...
The FDA is recommending that the prescribing information for the diabetes drugs Januvia (sitagliptin) and janumet (sitagliptin/metformin) include information about reported...
The Food and Drug Administration has found that people with type 2 diabetes who take pioglitazone (Actos) for one year or longer...
Thirty million Americans have dry mouth (xerostomia), including 30% of people 65 or older. It sounds like little more than a nuisance....
Xerostomia (dry mouth) is a common condition with many possible causes, including regular consumption of caffeinated beverages (such as coffee and tea)...
If you have ever noticed a few tiny dots, blobs, squiggly lines or cobweblike images drifting across your field of vision, you...
Aging often brings a reduction in the ability to see well in low light. Reasons: Night vision has two elements. First, the...
The first treatment has been approved for diabetic retinopathy, reports Deeba Husain, MD. The FDA recently approved injections of the drug Lucentis-also...
Pycnogenol (pronounced pic-noj-en-all), an extract from the bark of the French maritime pine, is known to improve circulation, reduce swelling and ease...