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Diabetes: Diabetes is a disease that affects your body's ability to produce or use insulin. Insulin is a hormone. When your body turns the food you eat into energy (also called sugar or glucose), insulin is released to help transport this energy to the cells. Insulin acts as a "key." Its chemical message tells the cell to open and receive glucose. If you produce little or no insulin, or are insulin resistant, too much sugar remains in your blood. Blood glucose levels are higher than normal for individuals with diabetes. There are two main types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2.
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OCT 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have learned more about the mechanisms behind our body's natural abilities to repair small wounds.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2017
Microbiology
Statins are widely used to help treat cardiovascular disease - they work by inhibiting the production of cholesterol. Ne
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers compared the effects of conventional soybean oil to genetically modified soybean oil.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
An important type of cell in the brain has been discovered to exert control over appetite.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2017
Cancer
For people who love potatoes, why not venture beyond the typical Idaho Russets or the Yukon Golds, and go for purple ins
...
SEP 22, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Enzymes play critical roles in our metabolism; one is known as an important regulator food fat in the human body - phosp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The latest dieting trend sweeping the Silicon Valley is so extreme that some may liken it to self-inflicted torture. Peo
...
SEP 13, 2017
Videos
The average American consumes about 32 teaspoons of sugar daily. This sugar is not the natural kind derived from fruits
...
SEP 10, 2017
Microbiology
Inflammation is a common feature of many diseases, and researchers wanted to know more about whether dormant bacteria ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have identified a gene involved in the complex relationship between our circadian rhythm, our metabolism, an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2017
Cancer
It’s no secret that obesity is a risk factor for several health conditions, including cancer. But specific to canc
...
AUG 28, 2017
Cardiology
First discovered in 1979, natriuretic peptides (NPs) play a variety of roles in the body, some not yet understood. But a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 17, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to a new study, being “fat but fit” is still far from reality. In fact, those who are overweight o
...
AUG 16, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists don’t usually have much good things to say about alcohol. But for once, this substance is making the he
...
AUG 15, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Weight gain is an unfortunate side effect of many antipsychotic drugs like olanzapine, and researchers are learning why.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2017
Cardiology
Inflammation in the liver and boosted cholesterol levels in the blood vessels create the perfect storm for vascular dise
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2017
Health & Medicine
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 09, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A common diabetes drug could help slow down the progression of Parkinson’s disease, the second most common neurode
...
AUG 03, 2017
Neuroscience
"It's all in your head!" Many people say this when they think of diet, exercise or kicking a bad habit. It
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 01, 2017
Cardiology
The idea that aspirin, prescribed as a blood-thinning drug, may be dangerous for people with heart failure isn’t n
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 28, 2017
Health & Medicine
Individuals with type 1 diabetes are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than other other condition. But diab
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 24, 2017
Videos
Now that we're past the mid-year mark, how many people are still sticking to the exercise regimen that they had planned
...
JUL 24, 2017
Neuroscience
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used to treat decompression sickness, which can develop after scuba diving, wounds o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim