Patients with non-functional adrenal tumors at increased risk of diabetes supriya kashyap kashyap2 Aug 2016 5:59 PM ISTInvestigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital have found that "non-functional" adrenal tumors can increase a person's risk of developing type 2...
Overweight twins may up diabetes risk supriya kashyap kashyap4 Aug 2016 2:13 PM ISTLondon : Twins with a higher body mass index (BMI) do not have an increased risk of heart attack or mortality, however, there is an increased risk of...
Diabetes drug ineffective in advanced heart failure patients supriya kashyap kashyap5 Aug 2016 1:58 PM ISTNew York : An injectable drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes cannot improve the condition of patients with a high-risk of heart failure, a...
Routinely Measured Lipids Show Contrasting Associations with CAD: JAMA supriya kashyap kashyap7 Aug 2016 12:40 PM ISTAn analysis using genetics finds that increased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and...
Sleep apnea may worsen liver disease for obese teens supriya kashyap kashyap14 Aug 2016 12:30 PM ISTFor teens with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), breathing disruptions during sleep may worsen scarring in the liver, according to a new...
Novel protein linked to diabetes identified supriya kashyap kashyap18 Aug 2016 1:11 PM ISTNew York : Researchers have identified a protein, the lack of which can contribute to development of Type-2 diabetes.Absence of the PTRF (Cavin-1)...
High Blood Pressure, Obesity Causing Epidemic Of Heart Diseases In China: Study supriya kashyap kashyap18 Aug 2016 9:41 AM ISTNew York : Increase in cases of high blood pressure and obesity in China has contributed to a rising epidemic of heart diseases which has turned out...
Eating oily fish may lower risk of diabetic vision loss supriya kashyap kashyap20 Aug 2016 1:07 PM ISTLondon : Eating oily fish twice in a week equivalent to 500 mg per day of dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids can decrease the risk of...
Antibiotics may up Type 1 diabetes risk in children supriya kashyap kashyap24 Aug 2016 4:56 PM ISTNew York : Parents need to be extra careful while giving antibiotics to children as new research has found that the commonly-prescribed drug can...
Umbilical cells linked to increase risk of obesity: Study supriya kashyap kashyap24 Aug 2016 4:58 PM ISTNew York : A new study has found that children who are born to obese mothers are likely to be at an increased risk of obesity as a result of their...
Doctors prescribe diabetes treatment medications 15 times more than obesity drugs: Study supriya kashyap kashyap1 Sept 2016 3:43 PM ISTObesity is a well-established major risk factor for developing diabetes, with almost 90% of people living with type 2 diabetes having obesity or...
New gene identified as diabetes culprit supriya kashyap kashyap2 Sept 2016 11:44 AM ISTNew York : Using the gene editing technology called CRISPR and other sophisticated scientific tools, researchers have identified a new culprit Type-2...
