Health News: [diabetes ]: Newfound hormone holds hope for diabetes treatment

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Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   Newfound hormone holds hope for diabetes treatment Fri, 26 Apr, 2013 05:08 AM PDT Scientists have identified a hormone that can sharply boost the number of cells that make insulin in mice, a discovery that may someday lead to a treatment for the most common type of diabetes Continue reading Scientists call for global action against the use of synthetics chemicals in consumer products and pesticides Fri, 26 Apr, 2013 04:28 AM PDT Today, a group of influential scientists called for swift action by the UN system to prevent harm from a wide variety of synthetic chemicals in consumer products and pesticides that play a role in increased incidences of reproductive diseases, cancer, obesity, and type-2 diabetes worldwide. Continue reading Hormone Could Lead To Improved Diabetes Treatment Options Fri, 26 Apr, 2013 04:18 AM PDT redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online A hormone known as betatrophin could be the key to new, more effective treatments for type 2 diabetes , researchers from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) have discovered. Writing in the journal Cell , HSCI co-director Doug Melton and postdoctor... Continue reading A soft-drink a day ups diabetes risk Fri, 26 Apr, 2013 04:14 AM PDT Courtesy USNews.com: (HealthDay News) -- Drinking just one 12-ounce sugar-sweetened soft drink a day can increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by up to 22 percent, a European study contends. The finding is based on an analysis of data collected from more than 28,000 people in Denmark, France,... Continue reading Newfound hormone holds hope for diabetes Fri, 26 Apr, 2013 02:15 AM PDT NEW YORK -- Scientists have identified a hormone that can sharply boost the number of cells that make insulin in mice, a discovery that may someday lead to a treatment for the most common type of diabetes. Continue reading Hormone holds hope for diabetics Fri, 26 Apr, 2013 01:38 AM PDT NEW YORK - Scientists have identified a hormone that can sharply boost the number of cells that make insulin in mice, a discovery that may someday lead to a treatment for the most common type of diabetes. Continue reading

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