Insulin

About 90 percent of diabetics have Type 2, which occurs when the body becomes resistant to the effects of insulin or doesn't make enough insulin. Type 1 diabetes, once known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic...

In this article: Obesity, Medicare, University of Chicago, U.S., Diabetes, American Diabetes Association, Amputation, and Type 1 diabetes

Jay Cutler tried using an insulin pump during the off-season, but he said it kept falling off. Jay Cutler says he's considering wearing an insulin pump next season to better control his diabetes. Currently Cutler gives himself several...

In this article: Jay Cutler, Earl Bennett, Glucose, Bears, Desmond Clark, SEC, Commodores, and Kellen Davis

...hoping to save the remaining cells. The treatment worked at first and the body produced more insulin. But over time, the effects faded, and insulin production began to decline at the same rate as among people who received placebo.

In this article: Rituximab, Cancer, Rheumatoid arthritis, Type 1 diabetes, Indiana University, Genentech, Biogen Idec Inc., and Center for Disease Control and Prevention

...found that mice lacking a gene that is involved with and controls enzymes that regulate energy production in cells became obese and insulin resistant even though they ate less and exercised more than their brothers and sisters. The findings...

In this article: Obesity, Glucose, Insulin resistance, Medical advice, Cell Metabolism, Cancer, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, and University of Nebraska Medical Center

...Food & Drug Administration (SFDA) has approved the investigational new drug application (IND) for its oral insulin project (Nodlin), an innovative insulin formulation to treat diabetes. This IND approval allows Biolaxy to initiate its...

In this article: Diabetes, Human Growth Hormone, Exenatide, Amputation, and China

...counts of Receipt of Stolen Goods. The conspiracy involved the theft of diabetic supplies, including insulin, from an Everett, Washington, Pharmacy. The insulin and other supplies were then sold to PEPIN for distribution to the public. Both...

In this article: Food and Drug Administration, Camano Island, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Florida, Seattle, Washington, and Washington

...reflect the genes being expressed), the team noticed something unexpected - a messenger RNA for an insulin receptor. "We were surprised to find the insulin receptor," said Tabarean. "The insulin receptor is very well documented in the...

In this article: Hormone, Medical advice, Oxygen, and Diabetes

Article Date: 22 Nov 2009 - 1:00 PST Sitagliptin (known as Januvia) has been approved by the European Commission as an add-on to insulin (with or without metformin) for people with Type 2 diabetes who cannot control their condition...

In this article: Sitagliptin, Type 2 diabetes, Incretin, Liver, Metformin, Dpp-4 Inhibitor, Hormone, and Glucose

Washington, Nov 20 : Scientists have discovered a direct link between insulin a hormone long linked to metabolism and metabolic disorders such as diabetes and core body temperature. This is the first time the hormone has been associated...

In this article: Hormone, Obesity, Glucose, University of California, San Diego, and Washington

...on the rise all over the world. Blood glucose levels are tightly regulated by secretion of insulin from beta cells in the pancreas. Defective insulin secretion results in poorly regulated blood glucose levels and diabetes. The work of the...

In this article: LKB1, Medical advice, and Hebrew University of Jerusalem