News-RSS.xmlInsulin Journal RSSen-usTue, 22 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMTTue, 22 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMTInsulin Journalhttp://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Twin-Data-Suggest-Physical-Activity-Can-Affect-Genetic-Predisposition-to-Obesity-.aspIndividuals who are genetically predisposed to obesity can prevent weight gain by being physically active, according to findings from a Finnish study of young adult twins....http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Detect-Treat-High-Triglycerides-to-Reduce-Vascular-Dementia-Risk-in-Elderly-.aspHigh triglyceride levels as a component of metabolic syndrome are associated with an increased risk of incident vascular dementia, a large prospective epidemiologic study shows....http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Youth-Physical-Activity-Programs-Improve-Cholesterol-but-Not-Weight-Blood-Pressure.aspSchool-based interventions that promote physical activity for children and adolescents have a positive effect on blood cholesterol levels, physical fitness measured in terms of lung capacity, and the number of hours children watch television at home, but have little effect on their weight, blood pressure, or the amount of time they spend engaged in physical activity outside of school....http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Cochrane-Review-Highlights-Benefits-of-Lifestyle-Changes-in-ChildhoodAdolescent-Obesity.aspFamily-based lifestyle changes and weight-loss drugs get overweight and obese children and teens to lose weight, at least over the short term, a Cochrane Collaboration review of data from across five continents shows....http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Nonsurgical-Weight-Loss-Can-Be-Maintained-Study-Finds.aspBariatric surgery isn't the only way for obese patients to lose weight and keep it off....http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/PTSD-Linked-to-Metabolic-Syndrome-in-Veterans.aspPosttraumatic stress disorder appears to have a significant relationship with the development of metabolic syndrome, Pia S. Heppner, Ph.D., and her colleagues have reported....http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Commentary-Glycemia-Management-in-Type-2-Diabetes.asp ...http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Men-With-Type-2-Diabetes-or-Cardiovascular-Disease-Have-Similar-Long-Term-Mortality-Risks.aspMen with type 2 diabetes mellitus and no cardiovascular disease and men who experience a first acute cardiovascular event were found to have similar long-term cardiovascular and total mortality risks in a large, longitudinal study. ...http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Pattern-of-Cerebral-Injury-in-Dementia-Differs-by-Diabetes-Status.aspTwo distinct patterns of cerebral injury were associated with dementia in autopsy studies, depending on whether the subject had diabetes, a report published Jan. 12 online in the Archives of Neurology shows. ...http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Carriers-of-Obesity-Gene-Variant-Consume-More-Energy-Dense-Foods.aspWhite children who carry a particular variant of the so-called obesity gene eat more energy-dense foods than do noncarriers, according to a report in the December 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine....http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Obese-Dyslipidemic-Children-Have-Vascular-Age-of-Adults.aspNEW ORLEANS (EGMN) - The arteries of obese and dyslipidemic children resemble those of middle-aged adults, possibly heralding the early onset of cardiovascular disease, according to a study presented Nov. 11 at the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association. ...http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Mindful-Practice-Lowering-Lipids-the-Natural-Way.asp ...http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Physical-Activity-Counters-Effect-of-Two-Obesity-Genes-in-Study-of-Amish.aspTwo gene variants were found to confer risk for obesity, but that risk was offset by an intensely physical lifestyle in a study of an Amish community reported in the Sept. 8 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. ...http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Curbing-Cardiovascular-Disease-Is-Next-Frontier-in-Type-1-Diabetes.aspKEYSTONE, Colo. (EGMN) - The next frontier in the long-term management of type 1 diabetes is the unacceptable rate of associated cardiovascular disease, according to Dr. Marian Rewers, professor of pediatrics and preventive medicine at the University of Colorado, Denver, and clinical director of the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes....http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Simple-Low-Tech-Steps-Can-Avert-Foot-Ulcers.aspWASHINGTON (EGMN) - The use of therapeutic shoes and the home monitoring of foot-skin temperature by diabetic patients who are at high risk for foot ulceration are two simple, low-tech, preventive measures that could greatly reduce costs and improve patient outcomes if adopted more widely, according to Lawrence A. Lavery, D.P.M. ...http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Metabolic-Syndrome-Hastens-Neuroaging.aspCHICAGO (EGMN) - Older people with metabolic syndrome are significantly more likely to experience depression and deficits in cognition and function as they age than are their healthier peers....http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Benign-Obesity-Characterized-in-Separate-Studies.aspA "considerable proportion" of overweight and obese adults show no cardiometabolic abnormalities and can be considered to have "benign" obesity, two separate research groups reported in the Aug. 11/25 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine....http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/ED-Called-Powerful-Predictor-of-Major-Cardiac-Events-in-Men-With-Type-2-Diabetes.aspErectile dysfunction is a predictor of major cardiac events in men with type 2 diabetes who have asymptomatic coronary artery disease, according to a study published online May 19 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Researchers also found that statins provided significant protection in this population, and phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors appear promising as well. ...http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Preventive-Measures-Led-to-Low-Incidence-of-Contrast-Induced-Nephropathy-Diabetic-Patients-Were-Most-Vulnerable.aspIn patients at high risk for contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) who were treated with preventive measures before undergoing contrast-enhanced multidetector CT angiography, the incidence of CIN was low, but those with diabetes were significantly more likely to develop the condition....http://www.insulinjournal.com/News/News-Feed/Articles/Intensive-Glucose-Control-Doesnt-Decrease-Cardiovascular-Microvascular-Risk.aspIntensive glucose control isn't any more effective than standard therapy at reducing the rates of major cardiovascular events, death, or microvascular disease in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, a large prospective study has concluded....