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Anti-malarial Drug may Help Reduce Risk of Diabetes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

...tudies indicate that antimalarials improve insulin secretion and peripheral insulin sensitivity. Mary Chester M. Wasko, M.D., M.Sc., of the University of Pittsburgh, Pa., and colleagues examined the association between hydroxychloroquine therapy and risk of diabetes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. ...

Alternative Option for Type2 Diabetes Treatment

...therapy, which involves glucose-stimulated insulin secretion by intestinally derived peptides, which are released in the presence of glucose or nutrients in the gut, according to background information in the article. In October 2006 the Food and Drug Administration approved the first oral incretin enhancer,...

Cytokine IL6 as a New Chemotherapeutic Target for Ras-driven Cancers

...ounters team has demonstrated that Ras induces the secretion of IL6 in a number of different cell types. The scientists then showed that IL6 promotes tumorigenesis by encouraging new blood vessel growth. Dr. Counter and colleagues were able to successfully fight tumor formation in a preclinical model by supp...

Researchers Find New Target for Anti-cancer Drugs

...eractive ras gene was responsible for above-normal secretion of a factor known as interleukin-6 (IL-6). Scientists know a great deal about IL-6 and its functions in the body, but its link to oncogenic ras was unknown. In addition to finding that the ras oncogene spurred the production of IL-6, they also foun...

Sensible Diet, Exercise and Weight Control Increases Longevity

...cose, and it promotes growth, survival and insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells, he added. In earlie...n. That reduces the amount and duration of insulin secretion needed to keep your glucose under control when you eat. Therefore, the brain is exposed to less insu...

Researchers Have Found the Role of Protein in Accelerating Breast Cancer Progression

...s breast cancer progression but that by itself PTN secretion from human breast cancer cells may be sufficient to shift that progression to a more aggressive form of breast cancer," he said. As a part of the study, three animal models were tested to determine if inappropriate expression of PTN alone was suffic...

New Health DrinkCoffee

...mount of cholesterol, bile acid and natural sterol secretion in the colon, speeding up the passage of stool through the colon (and thus cutting exposure of the lining of the intestine to potential carcinogens in food), and via other mechanisms as well. People who drank four to six cups of coffee a day had a...

Novel Delivery Method of Insulin Gene to Combat Juvenile Diabetes Developed

...ecreating appropriately regulated internal insulin secretion in surrogate cells (i.e. non--cells) in individual...is approach has been replicating automatic insulin secretion that is tuned to the bodys requirements. Dr. Anthony Cheung and his colleagues at enGene, Inc., Va...

Drinking Oolong Tea can Help Fight Obesity

...This is not the case with breastfed babies, as the secretion of breast milk is limited....

New Health Drink—Coffe

...mount of cholesterol, bile acid and natural sterol secretion in the colon, speeding up the passage of stool through the colon (and thus cutting exposure of the lining of the intestine to potential carcinogens in food), and via other mechanisms as well. People who drank four to six cups of coffee a day had a...

Alcoholics by All Means Should Avoid Stress During Early Abstinence

...in adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol secretion in alcoholic patients, which reflect changes in the HPA axis, prompt recommendations that alcoholics avoid excessive stress – both physical and psychological – during early abstinence. Results are published in the May issue of Alcoholism: Clinical...

Doctors in UK Promoting Awareness of Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease

...allergic reaction in humans. It stimulates gastric secretion and causes dilation of capillaries, constriction of bronchial smooth muscle, and decreased blood pressure. If the heartburn is frequent or the symptoms very unpleasant, see your doctor. He or she will consider whether further tests, such as a gastr...

New Procedure Paves Way for Eunuchs to Choose a Gender and Conceive

...age, we diagnose them and through medicine control secretion of the opposite hormone. "Then the series of surgeries take place." However, he said that even grown up hermaphrodites could be given an identity. "There was a family with four such cases and we have successfully operated upon them and the fourth c...

Cannibalistic Signals Help Mammalian Embryos Develop Normally

...mbrane. A “come get me” signal is made through the secretion of another chemical, lysophosphatidylcholine. The autophagy-deficient mouse embryonic bodies failed to develop normally because their cells didn’t expose phosphatidylserine and secreted low levels of lysophosphatidylcholine, the study shows. “In ...

Scientists Explore Ways to Reduce Insulin Resistance by ‘handcuffing’ Gens

...lencing a gene for a peptide involved// in insulin secretion will not only reduce insulin resistance, in animal models, it will also help avoid the drawbacks associated with a high calorie diet. The peptide in question is ucocortin 3. This was discovered after ucocortin 2. Both are peptides produced in th...

Child Brain Likely To Be Harmed By Stress

...hese associations are the result of changes in the secretion of cortisol. "The major question is whether the smaller hippocampus is a predictor of PTSD or a consequence." He said a study in war veterans with PTSD suggested a smaller hippocampus predisposes to PTSD, not the other way round. Source-Eurekaler...

Family Planning Method is as Effective as the Contraceptive Pill

...1) the evening of the third day after the cervical secretion peak day, and 2) the evening when the woman measures the third higher temperature reading, with all three being higher than the previous six readings and the last one being 0.2 degrees C higher than the previous six. Prof Frank-Herrmann said: “The ...

Genetic Test for Type II Diabetes Moves Closer

...cancer cells) increases glucose-stimulated insulin secretion leading to hypoglyceamia. Two significant mutations, rs1111875 and rs7923837, were located near the telomeric end of chromosome 10 which contains two genes of known biological significance, the insulin degrading enzyme (IDE) and the homeodomain pro...

Xylitol Fights Oral Bacteria

.... ? Xylitol products that actively stimulate the secretion of saliva should be the first choice, such as chewing gum. ? About 6 g of xylitol per day is needed to counteract the production of acid and thereby reduce the risk of cavities. ? The daily intake should be distributed over at least three occasio...

Pregnant? Check Your Thyroid Secretion!

...ole in the formation of various tissues. An over secretion of thyroid called Hyperthyroidism increases heart ...tfulness, a hoarse voice, and dry skin. A proper secretion of thyroid hormone is necessary for a pregnancy without complications, especially during the early s...

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