Cases of diabetes and pre-diabetes in the United States have nearly doubled since 1988, suggests new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with obesity apparently to…
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Delirium severity score; obesity and diabetes; shock therapy for chronic calcific shoulder tendinitis – Annals of Internal Medicine
1. New delirium severity score helps to predict outcomes for hospitalized patientsA new delirium severity score proves accurate for predicting important clinical outcomes in hospitalized…
Breast cancer outcomes adversely affected by obesity and diabetes
Both obesity and diabetes have adverse effects on outcomes in breast cancer patients who receive chemotherapy as primary treatment before surgery (neoadjuvant chemotherapy), according to research presented at the 9th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-9).
Critical link identified between obesity and diabetes
It’s by now well established that obesity is a major risk factor for diabetes. But what exactly is it about extra body fat that leads to insulin resistance and blood glucose elevation, the hallmarks of diabetes?
Discovery could lead to further advances against diseases tied to obesity and type II diabetes
Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have found that blocking the action of a key signaling molecule in the immune system known as Netrin-1 stalls chronic inflammation and insulin resistance tied to obesity and often derived from fatty diets.