23
Apr

Evidence That Poor Sleep Leads To Increased Risk Of Diabetes

Laboratory and epidemiological studies continue to show that sleep loss or decreased sleep quality disturbs neuroendocrine control of appetite, leads to overeating, and decreases insulin or increase insulin resistance. These are both steps towards Type Two Diabetes. A panel of leading sleep science experts describes recent and new studies in this fast growing field.

Topics: neuroendocrine, [...]

07
Apr

The University Of Arizona College Of Medicine And OmegaGenesis Announce Collaboration Agreement To Address Diabetic Foot Ulcers

The Department of Surgery at The University of Arizona College of Medicine and OmegaGenesis, Inc., announced an agreement to collaborate on potential remedies to address diabetic foot ulcers. The agreement includes joint work in support of potential remedies and to identify effective ways to provide information and education to medical professionals and [...]

05
Apr

Accurate Diabetes Monitoring With Randox HbA1c

Increasing levels of obesity and a sedentary lifestyle are believed to have contributed to the dramatically increasing incidence of Diabetes worldwide, which is set to double by 2030. Randox Laboratories provide a high quality HbA1c test for routine monitoring of diabetic or at-risk patients, to prevent long-term complications from this disease known as the [...]

04
Apr

Young Eye Researchers Receive Prestigious ARVO-AFER/Merck Award

Four scientists under age 45 have been named as recipients of the 2009 ARVO-AFER/Merck Innovative Ophthalmology Research Award (IORA) for their work in glaucoma and back-of-the-eye diseases. The awards are worth a total of $70,000 for the scientists and their laboratories. The IORA – made possible by a generous grant from Merck [...]